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Researchers to return to Ocracoke to seek more dialog on access issues

The only traffic lights in Hyde County are placed temporarily at the north end of Ocracoke while the road is one way during the sandbag replacement project by NCDOT. Photo: C. Leinbach/Ocracoke ...
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Ocracoke reps visit Washington to advance solutions for the NC12 Ocracoke hotspot

Justin LeBlanc, Ocracoke Access Alliance executive director, and Bob Chestnut, owner of Ride the Wind Surf Shop, outside the office of N.C. Senator Thom Tillis. Photo courtesy of Justin LeBlanc ...
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Hyde County EMS to evaluate ultralight plane for two months

Hyde County EMS Chief Brook Cox sits in the Blackfly, an electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing (eVTOL) aircraft that she and the Hyde County Sheriff’s Department will evaluate for two months starting ...
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Ocracoke events March 9 to 15

C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer Monday, March 9:Ocracoke Alive: Spanish/English Coffee hour, 8:30 to 9:30 am. Ocracoke Library, and every Monday ...
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Advanced training strengthens Ocracoke’s Volunteer Fire Department

Brandon Jones’s graduation day. With him are Vann O’Neal, left, and Fire Chief Albert O’Neal. Photo by Tracey Jackson By Peter Vankevich Personnel training for a volunteer fire department is vital ...
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Memorial scholarship fund launched to honor Buxton Village Books’ Gee Gee Rosell

GeeGee Rosell outside her Buxton Village Books. By Joy Crist, Island Free Press The Buxton Civic Association has launched its first-ever scholarship fund in memory of beloved community member and ...
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Armstrong unseats Kidwell in primary; tax sales tax referendum fails

Screenshot from the NCSBE website of the Hyde results for Incumbent Keith Kidwell and Darren Armstrong. By Peter Vankevich Hyde County will have a new representative in the N.C. General Assembly ...
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Minor delays expected as sandbag work progresses along N.C. Highway 12 on northern Ocracoke

Sandbag area. Photo by Island Free Press By Joy Crist, Island Free Press Work is underway on a sandbag replacement project along a vulnerable stretch of N.C. Highway 12 on northern Ocracoke ...
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Input sought on updated county land use plan

Hyde County is seeking the public’s input for its updated land use plan. In 1974, the Coastal Area Management Act (CAMA) was established to regulate development in 20 North Carolina counties of ...
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Pool Association lunch fundraiser slated for Sunday

The Ocracoke Community Pool Association is making lunch for everyone on Sunday in the Community Center. Actually, it’s a fundraiser and it’s more like a “pop-up restaurant,” said Ruth Toth, ...
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The prospect of a Hatteras ferry toll looms

C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer Editor’s note: Background information about the ferry tolling process is at the end of this story. By Connie Leinbach If ...