For Ocracoke news, click here RALEIGH–Gov. Roy Cooper and the Department of Environmental Quality submitted formal comments yesterday to the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to convey North Carolina’s opposition to oil and […]
For Ocracoke news, click here ATLANTIC BEACH–Gov. Roy Cooper announced Wednesday that the state Dept. of Environmental Quality will submit formal comments opposing offshore seismic testing for oil drilling on North […]
This is reprinted courtesy of the Coastal Review Online For Ocracoke news, click here. June 8, 2017 By Jennifer Allen WASHINGTON – The National Marine Fisheries Service, or NMFS, proposed Monday to […]
For Ocracoke news, click here Coastal recreational fishermen hooked fewer fish in 2016 than they did in 2015, the state Division of Marine Fisheries has announced. Anglers brought an estimated 8.5 million […]
For Ocracoke news, click here By Peter Vankevich If the North Carolina General Assembly’s Senate Bill 15 is not passed it could result in a loss of 4.5 teaching positions for Ocracoke […]
For Ocracoke news, click here. By Peter Vankevich The North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries Commission (DMF) voted in Wilmington yesterday (Feb. 16) to approve a petition by the N.C. Wildlife Federation that would […]
For Ocracoke news, click here. With the recent awarding of a contract, a new bridge around Rodanthe may be a reality by the summer of 2020. The N.C. Dept. of Transportation awarded […]
For Ocracoke news, click here By Peter Vankevich and Connie Leinbach Hyde County Commissioners at their Jan. 3 meeting unanimously passed a resolution opposing proposed shrimp trawling reduction rules in the Pamlico […]
For Ocracoke news, click here. By Peter Vankevich Paul Tine has been a good friend of Ocracoke during his four-year tenure in the NC General Assembly. In a recent interview on the […]
The following is courtesy of the OBX Voice. Read view McCrory’s concession video, click here. Dec. 5, 2016 1:54 p.m. By Sam Walker of the OBX Voice Gov. Pat McCrory announced today (Dec. […]
From our news sources RALEIGH–Wake Superior Court Judge Don Stephens late Friday afternoon ordered the state voter registration deadline extended to Wednesday (Oct. 19) in 36 counties reeling from Hurricane Matthew and […]
RALEIGH – State officials will hold four meetings in September to gather public input on the North Carolina Beach and Inlet Management Plan. Initially developed by the state environmental agency in 2011, […]
Update for July 16 posting. MOREHEAD CITY – The state Division of Marine Fisheries has postponed two meetings scheduled for next week to explain new flounder permit and reporting requirements for pound net […]
By Connie Leinbach With the N.C. Senate’s favorable first vote Tuesday night on the 2016-17 budget, the toll threat on the Hatteras/Ocracoke ferry appears to be over for now, and the N.C. Ferry […]
Editor’s note: This is the second in a series of interviews with candidates seeking to represent Ocracoke. The first profile was on Sen. Cook’s opponent Brownie Futrell. By Peter Vankevich State Senator Bill […]
By Peter Vankevich Incumbent Walter Jones of Greenville, Pitt County, handily won the Republican contest in a special primary June 7 for his Congressional District 3 seat, which includes Ocracoke. District-wide, Jones captured […]
The following came in June 10 from Hyde County lobbyists Henri and Joe McClees: The NC General Assembly is moving quickly toward resolve its 2016 budget. The House and Senate have each passed […]
By Peter Vankevich A special election for a state supreme court seat and several North Carolina U.S. Congressional seats, include the representative for Ocracoke, will be held tomorrow (Tuesday, June 7). Voting […]
