A small ribbon cutting ceremony that was held on Wednesday, May 1, marked the official opening of the new soundside parking area at Kite Point, a popular watersports destination just north of Buxton. National Parks of Eastern N.C. Superintendent David Hallac, County Commissioner Danny Couch, REAL Watersports Co-Founder Trip Forman, and Earl Fountain from the […]
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A tropical disturbance has formed in the northwestern Bahamas, roughly a month before the official start of Hurricane Season on June 1. The disturbance has low probability of development over the next several days, but some increased swell and coastal showers may be possible along the Outer Banks as the system moves up the coast. […]
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The Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) announced several recent updates and news items related to recreational activities and seashore conditions on Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands. News items and events related to the National Seashore for the week of May 2 include the following: Seashore Updates Shorebird nesting season is off to a strong start this […]
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A state bill that would change a wide array of current regulations to alcohol sales cleared the House Committee on Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) on Tuesday, and if passed, could result in alcoholic beverage sales on the new Ocracoke passenger ferry, as well as Sunday hours of operation for ABC stores. House Bill 536 was […]
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Bills to establish a new shellfish leasing program and extensive changes to the state’s marine fisheries oversight began moving through the Senate this week. Sen. Norm Sanderson, R-Pamlico, introduced both measures Wednesday morning in a review-only session of the Senate’s Agriculture and Natural and Economic Resources Committee. Sanderson said Senate Bill 554, Marine Fisheries Reforms, […]
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Wikipedia defines a globular cluster as “a spherical collection of stars that orbit a galactic core, as a satellite.” Globular clusters are fairly common, and there about 150 globular clusters in the Milky Way. This is Messier 3, a +6.19 magnitude globular cluster that is 33 thousand light years away. M3 was discovered by Charles […]
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Democrat Allen Thomas won his party’s nomination in Tuesday’s special primary election for the U.S. House of Representatives seat of the late Rep. Walter B. Jones, but a special runoff election is likely in the future for Republicans to determine their candidate for the general election. Rep. Greg Murphy, a Greenville surgeon, was at […]
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September 24, 1936 – April 27, 2019 FRISCO — Anne Bruce Tolson, 82, of Frisco, North Carolina passed in the early morning of Saturday, April 27, 2019. She is met in death by her first husband Leonard Howell, and her late husband Solon “Buddy” Tolson. Her memory lives on in her two sons, Douglas Howell, […]
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The Hyde County Emergency Services Department is issuing re-entry permits to Ocracoke residents and property owners this week to be used when emergency conditions limit general access to Ocracoke Island. Hyde County staff will issue permits in Ocracoke at the Ocracoke Community Center on the following dates and times: Wednesday, May 1 from 1:00 p.m. […]
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Welcome to springtime! So far this year, we have had two batches of Easter spring breakers, plus OBX Bike Week. The island has been bustling with fishermen, beachgoers and gift shoppers. The temperatures have been perfect, mostly in the high 60s to low 70s. Water temps have been on the rise and so has the […]
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