The North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries officially certified two state record fish catches on Friday, July20. A Jacksonville man broke the state queen trigger fish record with a 10 pound, 11 ounce fish caught July 3, and a Newport man established the state gag grouper record with a 43 pound, 8 ounce fish caught […]
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The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division will participate in a planned Homeland Security exercise at the Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry route beginning at 7:30 a.m., Thursday, July 12. The exercise will not interrupt ferry service. The NCDOT Ferry Division will join with the U.S. Department of Homeland Security, U.S. Transportation Security Administration VIPR Team, Dare County […]
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Guests are here. Vacationers are here. Traffic is here. And the heat is on. But not in this kitchen — not every day anyway. I love to cook, but sometimes, especially when the heat and humidity seem oppressive, there is no pleasure quite as guilty as ordering take-out. And that is also possible here. I […]
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North Carolina will have a second primary election on Tuesday, July 17, to determine winners for some statewide offices, who will run in the general election on Nov. 6. Eight states allow political parties to conduct a second primary under specific circumstances. For North Carolina the deciding factors are whether the winner in the May […]
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By MALCOLM PEELE There is something terribly wrong in our country today, and there is no place where it is more evident than Cape Hatteras. The inhabitants of this tiny island that consists of seven villages are under siege by repressive government no less than the framers of the Constitution were — those who, out […]
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UPDATE: H.R. 4094 will go to House floor next week Next week, the U.S. House of Representatives will consider the Conservation and Economic Growth Act, a package of 14 Natural Resources Committee bills that will create new American jobs, grow the economy, protect the environment, and promote development of renewable hydropower. “This grouping of bills […]
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Last week, the Ocracoke Health Center was awarded a $358,967 Distance Learning and Telemedicine grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The Ocracoke Health Center has partnered with the North Carolina Office of Rural Health and Community Care and Brody School of Medicine to establish a telehealth “virtual health safety net” in Dare and Hyde […]
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I feel lucky to be able to say that I am representing a buyer in a contract for the sale of a piece of real estate. While the market had been deathly quiet, we have been seeing more activity since about August of 2011. Our buyers are staying in the range of below $400,000. The […]
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Mary Helen Goodloe-Murphy of Rodanthe was announced the 2012 Dare County Citizen of the Year on Saturday, June 4, at the annual Dare Day Festival in Manteo. Mary Helen and her husband, Tom Murphy, moved to Dare County in 1986. After moving to Rodanthe, Mary Helen spent 10 years serving as a volunteer firefighter with […]
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The Coast Guard rescued two sailors after their 49-foot sailing vessel began taking on water approximately 30 miles east of the coast of Cape Hatteras on Monday, June 4. At approximately 3 a.m., a crewmember aboard the Devil Slander contacted watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Carolina and reported that they were disabled, adrift, taking […]
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