Dare County Emergency Management improves 911 access on Hatteras Island

Drew Pearson and James Wooten, two members of Dare County Emergency Management, delivered a Compact Rapid Deployable (CRD) device to the Avon Volunteer Fire Department (AVFD) on Tuesday, March 5. The CRDs will allow Hatteras Island fire stations to provide access to Dare County’s 911 Communication Center when phone service is down. They will also […]

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Marine Fisheries Commission to vote on mullet regulations Thursday

The North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission will vote to approve the preferred fishery management plan for striped mullet on Thursday afternoon during its February business meeting in New Bern. After a stock assessment ending in 2019 from the North Carolina Department of Marine Fisheries found mullet is overfished and overfishing is occurring, the DMF recommended […]

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Public comment held on proposed mullet fishery regulation

The Department of Environmental Quality is adding restrictions to mullet harvest after it found the stock is overfished. In a contentious meeting on Thursday, January 18, the Northern Regional Advisory Committee recommended weekend closures on commercial striped mullet harvest, including stop net harvesting, with a six to one vote. The advisory committee abstained from voting […]

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Carolina Water Service named emergency wastewater treatment operator for Kinnakeet Shores

The new wastewater treatment operator estimates repairs to the plant will cost at least $1 million. The North Carolina Utilities Commission appointed Carolina Water Service Inc. as the emergency operator for the Kinnakeet Shores Wastewater Treatment Plant in Avon. Carolina Water Service began operations on Aug. 17. The homeowners in Kinnakeet Shores are “jubilant” at […]

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