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Eastern Surfing Association Contest
#4 Winners at Salvo, NC on June 28th
Menehune
Quentin Turko
3A Boys
Julian Payne
3A Juniors
Sterling King
3A Men
Chris Hunter
Masters
Jesse Hines
Senior Men
Pat McManus
Grandmasters
Reese Patterson
Open Shortboard
Chris McDonald
Jr Women
Jackie Thomas
Women
Leanne Foster
Menehune Longboard
Julian Payne
Junior Longboard
Cam Fullmer
Mens Longboard
Carmen Garcia, Jr.
Masters Longboard
Reese Patterson
Legends Longboard
Mike Payne
Womens Longboard
Kate Easton
Menehune Bodyboard
John Joyce
Open Bodyboard
Brian Breiholz

see full list of participants and final standings
Early Morning Surfers
Early Morning Surfers Art Print
Nikolaevich
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Nags Head Lifeguards Earn Division
First Place in Lifeguard Competition
Lifeguards from Nags Head Fire and Ocean Rescue placed first in the B Division of the South Atlantic Lifesaving Association's Regional Lifeguard Competition held on July 16 and 17 at Pleasure Island, North Carolina. Corolla Ocean Rescue placed second in the division, only three points behind Nags Head.
 
Insurance Companies Threaten Homeowners
with Huge Increase in Insurance Premiums
if Major Hurricane Strikes North Carolina
 
Corolla or Currituck Beach Lighthouse, built in 1875
Corolla or Currituck Beach Lighthouse, built in 1875
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North Carolina State Attorney General Wants
to Send You an E Mail Alert when a Sex
Offender Moves Within 5 Miles of your Home
 
Drowning Victim on Duck Beach Identified
Outer Banks, NC from Space   - ©Spaceshots
Outer Banks, NC from Space - ©Spaceshots Art Print
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Kenneth R. Lang, 63, vacationing from Birdsboro, Pa was pulled from a Duck beach on Thursday, July 17, 2008 and pronounced dead a short time later. Lang was discovered floating face down by bystanders. Surf conditions on the beach at the time were estimated to be 3 foot high waves and strong currents.
Outer Banks officials also reported 72 rescues occurred that day along a six mile stretch of shoreline running through the towns of Duck and Southern Shores. They estimated about 5,000 people visiting the beach that day with about 1,000 swimming in the high surf. Further south in Nags Head, rescue officials reported 13 people rescued from high surf. Warning flags were posted on their beaches.
 
Beach Path
Beach Path Art Print
Soderlund, Karl
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State Increases Time a Person can Receive Unemployment Checks from 26 to 39 weeks.
 
High School Band Director Sentenced
to Prison for Having Sex with Student
The Lighthouse Stands Behind a Fence on Ocracoke Island
The Lighthouse Stands Behind a Fence on Ocracoke Island Photographic Print
Alvarez, Stephen
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Currituck High School Band Director Allan Matthew Coyle, 33 was sentenced to prison on Monday, July 21 after pleading guilty to six counts of taking indecent liberties with a student. The case was brought against Coyle when the parents of a 17 year-old girl student filed a complaint.
 
Gulls Flying Over Beach, Ocracoke Island, NC
Gulls Flying Over Beach, Ocracoke Island, NC Photographic Print
Fox, Martin
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Husband and Wife Magic Show bringing
World Class Act to Outer Banks Audiences
 
Tropical Storm Christobal Teases Outer Banks
Good News, Christobal spares the Outer Banks a Lashing!
 
Nags Head Says No To New Beach
Nourishment Scheme Using Dredged
Oregon Inlet Sand on Town’s Beaches

 
Kill Devil Hills Hotel in Hot Water for
Violating Wastewater Treatment Permit
State regulators are considering enforcement action against the owner of the Clarion Hotel in Kill Devil Hills for violating its wastewater treatment plant permit. The violations include improper discharges of nitrates and methanes

 

Marcia Cline
July 24 Outer Banks Food, Wine & Art
Gathering Features Artist Marcia Cline
 

Harbinger Woman Catches
Citation King Mackerel
Susan McClanahan of Harbinger, North Carolina caught a citation 38 pounds, 48 inches long king mackerel while fishing on a boat out of Oregon Inlet on July 12, 2008. picture
 
Wind, Waves and Fisherman in an Suv on a Beach in the Outer Banks
Wind, Waves and Fisherman in an Suv on a Beach in the Outer Banks Photographic Print
Brown, Skip
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Cape Hatteras National Seashore Off Road
Vehicle Access Report for July 17, 2008
 
Jalapeno Peppers and Avocados Sold in
North Carolina Fall under Recall Notice
 
OBX Tourism Hit Hard
A new audio report by North Carolina Public Radio discusses the depressed economy and its effect on tourism along the Outer Banks.
 
Author Pete Dunne to Give Keynote
Address at Outer Banks Bird Festival
Aerial View of Cars on the Coast of the Outer Banks
Aerial View of Cars on the Coast of the Outer Banks Photographic Print
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Home Foreclosures Setting Record
Pace in Northeast North Carolina
Lynyrd Skynyrd - Biker Patch
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Home forclosures are running at a record pace in Pasquotank, Camden, Perquimans, Chowan and Currituck Counties with more than 700 expected during 2008. Currituck County, which contains the northern portion of the Outer Banks reported two to three foreclosure hearings a day during the month of June. About 50% of the foreclosures involved property owners with second homes on the Currituck Outer Banks, with the remaining half involving homes on the mainland.
 
Lynyrd Skynyrd Concert Set for Elizabeth
City Coast Guard Base on September 13
Wright Brothers Historic First Flight Kitty Hawk, N.C. - Dec.17, 1903
Wright Brothers Historic First Flight Kitty Hawk, N.C. - Dec.17, 1903
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The concert will be held at the Morale, Well-Being and Recreation field on the Coast Guard base. Gates will open at 6 p.m. with the opening band starting at 7 p.m. Lynyrd Skynyrd will begin playing at 9 p.m. 7,500 tickets are available. Several thousand tickets will be reserved at a cost of $40 each. The remaining tickets will be general admission and sell for $25 in advance and $35 the day of the show. Military discounts will be available through the MWR office. Children 12 and under will get in free. more entertainment
Pea Island Lighthouse at Dusk
Pea Island Lighthouse at Dusk Photographic Print
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North Carolina General Assembly to
Consider Offshore Drilling Resolution
The new law is being spurred by state republicans trying to find support from citizens that are angry over high energy prices. Introduced by republicans on Tuesday, July 15, the resolution will decide whether offshore oil and gas exploration as well as drilling should be allowed off the state’s coast. Since the US Congress has the final say on the matter, the resolution asks North Carolina’s US congressional delegation to support legislation to return the oil and gas drilling powers to the states.

 
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, North Carolina
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, North Carolina Art Print
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Stranded Whale Euthanized
on Remote Pea Island Beach

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On Monday afternoon, July 14 a report of a stranded marine mammal was called in by a Coast Guard helicopter crew that spotted the distressed animal as they flew over Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge. Teams from Pea Island and Cape Hatteras arrived at the site to find a young 10 foot long short-finned pilot whale stranded on the beach. The crews went into action to make the animal as comfortable as possible while they assessed its health. The whale was suffering from continuous muscle spasms and experiencing irregular breathing. Euthanasia was determined to be the most humane action for him. A necropsy was expected to be performed on the whale at NOAA’s lab in Beaufort Tuesday afternoon. more pictures

Bodie Island Lighthouse, Part of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Bodie Island Lighthouse, Part of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore Photographic Print
Kharitonov, Vlad
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Alcohol and Drugs Suspected
in Kill Devil Hills Car Wreck
Five people were reported injured in a three vehicle crash that occurred on Saturday afternoon, July 12 on U.S. 158 in Kill Devil Hills. One unidentified woman was flown to Sentara Norfolk General Hospital for treatment. The crash occurred when the driver of a pickup truck using the center turning lane to drive south, crashed head-on into a car containing a woman and two girls that was stopped in the center lane waiting to make a turn. The impact of the crash pushed the car back into another car, injuring its driver. The driver of the pickup truck suffered minor injuries and is expected to be cited.
  Avon
Grapes Originating from 400-Year-Old
Roanoke Island Vine Source of New Wine
 
Areas of Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife
Refuge Re-Open to Public Access for First
Time Since Wildfire Began in Early June
 
Oregon Inlet Charter Fishing Boats
Report Busy Day Catching Big Eye Tunas
 

$15.6 Million Renovation Set to Start on
Mattamuskeet Lodge, to Reopen in 2010
The historic Lodge is located in Hyde County and is Listed on the National Register of Historic Places. Officials hope the former hunting lodge will stimulate the economy of the economically distressed region around Lake Mattamuskeet. Also see Motorcycle Ride to Lake Mattasmukeet.
 

 

Roanoke Island American Indian Cultural
Festival and Powwow, August 09-10, 2008
5th Annual Roanoke Island American Indian cultural Festival and Powwow sponsored by: The Algonquian Indians of NC and the Roanoke and Hatteras Indians of Dare County, NC and will be held at: Airport Pavilion Lawn located on Airport Road across from the NC Aquarium. No contest powwow. Admission Fee: Adults (13+)$5.00 Children (3-12)$3.00 Age 2 and Under FREE.
 
Shark Bites 14-Year old Girl
at Emerald Isle, NC Beach
According to local officials, the unidentified girl was bitten on Wednesday, July 9 while she was in the water between Sea Dunes and Ocean Oaks Drives. The young girl suffered a bite on her foot resulting in cuts and damage to ligaments and tendons. She was taken to Carteret General Hospital in Morehead City where doctors identified the bite wounds.
 
Beach Food Pantry Opens New
Location in Southern Shores
  

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Outer Banks Association of REALTORS® members and Joanne Holterling of the Beach Food Pantry at their new location #2 Juniper Trail in Southern Shores. You can reach them at 480-0070 for hours or assistance.
Karen Pierce, Event Coordinator; Kim Endre, Membership Committee Chair, and Rosemarie Doshier, President collected and delivered donated food items, Food Lion gift cards and checks collected from OBAR members at their recent Family Picnic. The REALTORS® have collected items at their meetings this year and have donated to various groups throughout the county.
 

 
July 4th Blaze Destroys Kitty Hawk Home

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A fire destroyed a Maryland family’s three story vacation home on Beach Dr. in Kitty Hawk late Friday night, July 4th. The fire was reported to have been so intense that neighbors were seen watering down their yards and trees with garden hoses in an effort to keep the flames from spreading to their own homes. Firefighters were reported at the scene all night. Spent fireworks discarded in a plastic trash can near the home were believed to have re-ignited and spread to the vinyl siding covering the home. No one was reported injured during the fire; however the family's dog Magothy perished in the fire. Two cats were also in the house at the time of the fire but were believed to have escaped when a neighbor entered the home in an attempt to save the dog. The family is still trying to recover their two cats named Cleo and Chloe.
 

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