Governor Roy Cooper today wrote to President Donald Trump to urge him to end the federal government shutdown that is holding back hurricane recovery efforts and threatening North Carolina’s farming economy. “While we continue the short-term recovery with FEMA’s help, our critical long-term work to rebuild stronger and smarter is delayed with every day that […]
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A look at winter fishing on Hatteras Island Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I’m looking at my little artificial “Charlie Brown” Christmas tree, and wondering why I haven’t taken the ornaments off and put it away yet. I guess maybe because, until today, it hasn’t even felt like winter! Our warm, soggy summer and […]
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The new PORT Health Services on Hatteras Island is scheduled to open on Wednesday, January 16, roughly a year after the concept of an island-based mental health services center was first proposed. The new center, which is housed within the former Medical Center building in Hatteras village, will initially offer individual therapy, group therapy, psychiatric […]
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The North Carolina Beach Buggy Association made a number of donations to local Outer Banks charity organizations at the end of 2018, just in time for the holidays. The wave of donations included a $500 donation to Surfing for Autism, a $750 donation to Room in the Inn, and a $750 donation to the Beach […]
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Happy New Year! I hope that everyone had a great Christmas holiday and Santa brought some warm winter clothes – or maybe a new pair of binoculars! Here in North Carolina, far from the North Pole, we live at just the right latitude to enjoy a great host of wintering birds, including waterfowl, water-birds, raptors […]
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NOAA released the 11th Fisheries Economics of the United States report which provides the most up-to-date economic statistics on commercial and recreational fisheries as well as seafood-related businesses for each coastal state and the nation. “In 2016, commercial and recreational saltwater fishing in the United States generated more than $212 billion in sales and contributed […]
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CHSS Students Remember Troops over the Holiday For Cape Hatteras Secondary School (CHSS) students Henry Macchio, Morgan Fairbanks, and John Contestable, Christmas is about more than just receiving gifts – it’s about helping other people. Two years ago, they created a student-led service project devoted to supporting U.S. troops deployed overseas during the […]
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The new Bonner Bridge remains on track to open in February or March of 2019, as crews work on finishing touches to allow vehicles on the structure, such as paving the on-ramps that connect the bridge to N.C. Highway 12. Though there remains a possibility that the bridge will open in one-lane stages, (with one […]
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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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A new river-class vehicle ferry that was originally contracted by the N.C. Department of Transportation’s (NCDOT) Ferry Division in 2017 is nearing completion and is expected to be in the water by the spring of 2019, per a recent announcement by the NCDOT. The M/V Rodanthe, which is being built at the Bollinger Shipyard in […]
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