From Wobx.com The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission on Thursday voted to send out a draft amendment for review and public comment of the state’s management plan for the striped mullet fishery. The commission voted in May to shut down the taking of striped mullet from early November through the end of the year, also known […]
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From Wobx.com Hatteras Island Meals, a longstanding and all-volunteer organization that provides nutritious lunches to elderly or homebound island residents five days a week, received an amazing surprise donation this week from Surf or Sound Realty. Launched in 1987 as an informal endeavor, where local folks prepared meals for their neighbors, it has grown to […]
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From Wobx.com The N.C. Coastal Resources Commission is scheduled to meet Thursday in Beaufort, where among other agenda items they are expected to vote on raising the price of many Coastal Area Management Act permits. The commission is expected to consider raising the price of major CAMA permits from $200 to $400. Major permit extensions, […]
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From Wobx.com The National Weather Service is predicting warmer-than-average temperatures and above-normal precipitation across eastern North Carolina this winter, thanks to El Nino conditions over the eastern Pacific. “While an El Nino can give us a good hint at what may happen, week-to-week differences in the weather are still quite variable,” said Erik Heden, Warning […]
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From Wobx.com Driven, in part, by price increases caused by inflation, occupancy and meals collections in Dare County both grew by almost four percent in August and retail sales in July were up nearly three percent. That follows new all-time monthly highs set in July for gross collections at hotels/motels and vacation rentals and restaurants. “We continue […]
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From Wobx.com Four Outer Banks radio stations are now up for liquidation, after the assets of a New Jersey-based company that had filed for bankruptcy were transferred to a trustee on Friday. JAM Media Solutions had been seeking Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection by reorganization since October 2022. The company owned Beach 104 (WCXL-FM); 99.1 The Sound […]
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While July was another high water month on the Outer Banks for visitor spending, the latest data indicates the amount of visitors coming to Dare County this summer has declined to a more balanced level and that the record revenues were driven more by higher prices. Total retail sales in June also set a new […]
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From wobx.com It was another strong month in June for occupancy and meals collections in Dare County, but the amount of retail sales in May was off by almost double digits from the previous year. According to reports presented to the Dare County Tourism Board at their August 17 meeting, gross collections on hotel rooms and […]
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Almost 400 college students from more than a dozen countries spent their summer vacation on the Outer Banks working in a variety of roles with the region’s largest grocery store chain. Food Lion operates six stores on the Outer Banks in Corolla, Southern Shores, Kill Devil Hills, Nags Head and Avon, with over 300 full […]
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From Wobx.com N.C. Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey has set a hearing date for a request to raise insurance rates for rental properties that could lead to an increase of more than 75 percent on new and renewing wind and hail policies for vacation and full time rental houses on the Outer Banks. Causey said the […]
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