Meetings to explain new flounder permit and reporting requirements postponed
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...
Tolls on Hatteras/Ocracoke ferry won’t happen–at least for now
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...
Bill Cook: Proud of his accomplishments
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...
Light voter turnout in Hyde for special June primary
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...
State senators and representatives to negotiate on budget, action required
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...
Primary voting Tuesday includes state supreme court justice, U.S. Congressional seats
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...
Senate budget version retains ferry tolls, reinstates $150 priority pass fee
By Connie Leinbach
The NC General Assembly this week will begin the negotiating process on the two houses’ differing versions of their respective budgets, and...
General Assembly contemplating ferry replacement funding
By Connie Leinbach
By the end of June, islanders should know whether or not they will have to continue fighting the push for a toll...
Tine introduces bill to eliminate ferry tolls, fund replacement ferries from...
By Connie Leinbach
Rep. Paul Tine (U-Kitty Hawk) has introduced a bill to fund new ferry vessels from the general transportation budget and eliminate all...
Ferry funding from General Assembly needs a push
By Peter Vankevich
Hyde County Commissioner Benjamin Simmons III (Fairfield Township) said at the Feb. 1 commissioners meeting that if the General Assembly convening April 25...