Kirk Ross, Author at Island Free Press

Coastal Voter Turnout Trends Mirror State

Local News Kirk Ross - October 27, 2020

For the first part of this year’s highly energized election, if you looked at turnout percentages along North Carolina’s coast, Hyde County was a...

Boosting Local Efforts Key In Resiliency Plan

Local News Kirk Ross - October 7, 2020

Access to grants for local governments, tools for better planning and more local participation and training are among the strategies in a multiagency push...

Disaster, Parks Funding In COVID-19 Relief Bill

Island Features Kirk Ross - September 8, 2020

The North Carolina General Assembly overwhelmingly approved a new coronavirus relief package that also includes hurricane, tornado and earthquake assistance. In a brief, two-day session,...

Dorian Damage to Ferry Division Tops $4M

Local News Kirk Ross - March 10, 2020

Ferry service employees had to work quickly after Hurricane Dorian to adapt in order to keep the response moving to a devastated Ocracoke Village,...

State Prioritizes Resiliency, Mitigation in 2019

Island Features Kirk Ross - January 2, 2020

On the first Saturday afternoon in September, crews were cutting their way through broken pines and restringing the electric lines leading to Dare County...

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Coastal Voter Turnout Trends Mirror State

Boosting Local Efforts Key In Resiliency Plan

Disaster, Parks Funding In COVID-19 Relief Bill

Dorian Damage to Ferry Division Tops $4M

State Prioritizes Resiliency, Mitigation in 2019

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