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Island Free Press: Cape Hatteras lighthouse is rotating again
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse on Nov. 18, 2019. [NPS photo] By Joy Crist The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse was rotating once again after a Friday morning repair [Read More]
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Meet Raymond the mule at CWHF’s fall festival tomorrow
Raymond with his first masterpiece. [Photo courtesy CWHF] The Corolla Wild Horse Fund is hosting a fall festival Saturday, Nov. 23 at the rescue farm [Read More]
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Norfolk man arrested after traffic stop reveals ‘large amount’ of marijuana products
David Lysle Mcelhaney The Dare County Sheriff’s Office on Wednesday arrested a Norfolk man after a traffic stop on N.C. 12 near Coquina Beach revealed [Read More]
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Coast Guard: No impacts to wildlife after swamped tug boat began leaking diesel
Coast Guard members oversee the salvage of the tugboat Miss Bonnie near Nags Head, N.C., Nov. 21, 2019. The vessel was overturned by severe weather, [Read More]
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Currituck High School student to be disciplined after posting threat on social media
Currituck County High School. [file photo] A threat made on social media by a student against Currituck County High School on Thursday was found to [Read More]
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State funds $600K grant for Ocracoke housing assistance after Dorian
Just one example of the major devastation wrought by Hurricane Dorian on Ocracoke Sept. 6. Many islanders, both residents and business owners, lost everything. [Connie [Read More]
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First Flight raises $3,365 to feed Ocracoke on Nov. 27, wins NCHSAA Turkey Bowl
FFHS photo UnitedHealthcare teamed up once again with the North Carolina High School Athletic Association, Inc. to support local communities and scholastic sports in North [Read More]
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Wanchese kicks off Christmas season with parade, day-long festivities Nov. 30
Photo courtesy A Wanchese CHRISTmas A Wanchese CHRISTmas kicks off the holiday season Nov. 30 with the annual parade, craft show, pictures with Santa, an [Read More]
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Three months after Dorian, Ocracoke Island to reopen to visitors Dec. 2
Photo courtesy Ocracoke Observer It’s official. The Hyde County Board of Supervisors on Wednesday voted to lift an evacuation order in place since Hurricane Dorian [Read More]
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Ocracoke Observer: Hyde commissioners meeting again to discuss reopening to visitors
N.C. 12 north of the pony pens on Sunday, Nov. 17, 2019. [Photo courtesy Tom Pahl] By Connie Leinbach, OcracokeObserver.com Hyde County commissioners decided on [Read More]