Capt. Richard Etheridge, a slave who was raised on Roanoke Island and taught to read and write, was the nation’s first African-American keeper of a United States Life-Saving Service Station. The Pea Island Life-Saving Station, of which Etheridge was appointed as keeper in 1880, also made history as the only station with an all-black crew […]
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The new colonel of the North Carolina Marine Patrol was pinned with his gold eagle wings during a ceremony Monday at the North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries. Col. Carter Witten, who was most recently captain of the Wilmington Marine Patrol District, replaced Marine Patrol Col. Dean Nelson, who retired Dec. 31. Witten has more […]
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Fresh-cut Christmas trees once decorated for the holidays are being returned to nature, now that the season is coming to a close. Several towns and organizations are collecting the trees that will be used for dune stabilization and restoration or the trees are being turned into mulch. On the Outer Banks, Better Beaches OBX has […]
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