The first-ever Hatteras Storytelling Festival was, by all accounts, a smash hit, and it’s a sure bet that the festival will become an annual event on the island. The festival, which began on Friday, May 3, and ran through Sunday, May 5, was sponsored by Our State magazine and the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau and […]
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Frankly, the editor needs a break from writing this blog. And we could probably all use a break from more discussion of the challenges facing Hatteras and Ocracoke as we head into the summer season. I want to say again that Highway 12 is open, the ferries to Ocracoke are running, and businesses are ready […]
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Commercial fishing, charter, and private boats are back to using Rollinson Channel to safely navigate between the harbor in Hatteras village and Hatteras Inlet. Since January, many boats were using an alternate channel that goes farther west into the sound to bypass the heavily shoaled Rollinson Channel, also known as the ferry channel or main […]
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The National Parks Subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources had a hearing last week on Senate Bill 486, which would overturn the off-road vehicle management plan at the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. Under the legislation, which was introduced last month by Sens. Richard Burr, R-N.C., and Kay Hagan, D-N.C., off-road […]
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The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Draft Compatibility Determination on the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s request for a temporary easement permit for construction of a new, permanent bridge at Pea Island Inlet is open for public comment and review until May 3. Comments are being sought on the benefits of and impacts from issuing […]
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The Senate Subcommittee on National Parks accepted testimony today on 13 pending pieces of legislation, including Senate Bill 486 to overturn the Cape Hatteras National Seashore’s off-road vehicle management plan that became effective in February 2012. And in a repeat of his questioning at a hearing last June, Sen. Joe Manchin, D-W.Va., heavily criticized the […]
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A coastal low pressure area formed today off the Georgia coast and is forecast to move northeast along a stalled cold front tonight into Tuesday. A tight pressure gradient between a high pressure area over New England and the low pressure off the southeast coast has brought stiff northeast winds and building seas to the […]
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As expected, a gamefish bill has arrived in the North Carolina General Assembly. Also as expected, it was not introduced as a stand-alone bill. Stand-alone gamefish bills have not fared well in the past several legislatures. The bill introduced Wednesday, House Bill 983, addresses not only gamefish status for red drum, speckled trout, and striped […]
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Though the North Carolina General Assembly has been plenty busy, there was apparently no ?gamefish? bill introduced this week. The bill would declare ?gamefish? status for three species of fish ? striped bass, red drum, and speckled trout. It was the subject of my blog last week. The bill would stipulate that the three fish […]
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A U.S. Senate’s subcommittee has set a hearing on a bill that would overturn the National Park Service’s off-road vehicle management plan for the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, which became effective in February 2012. The hearing will be before the National Parks Subcommittee of the Senate’s Energy and Natural Resources Committee on Tuesday, April 23, […]
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