The North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island Advisory Committee is holding its quarterly meeting at the aquarium on Wednesday, Feb. 8 at 1:00 p.m. The aquarium is located at 374 Airport Road in Manteo. The meeting will be held in the Conference Room and is open to the public.

As part of the National Park Service Outer Banks Group Fire Management Plan, a prescribed burn began Friday in the Bodie Island District.
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A Manteo man has pleaded guilty in federal court to receipt of child pornography after thousands of images and videos were found on a desktop computer and DVDs.
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Linda Carlisle, Department of Cultural Resources secretary, was sworn in Thursday as a member of a tourism advisory board to the U.S. Secretary of Commerce.
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The Kill Devil Hills town commissioners meeting scheduled for Friday, Jan. 21, has been canceled.
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The mid-month meeting, usually held on the third Wednesday of the month, has been delayed one week.
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The Coast Guard medevaced a 55-year-old man off a 516-foot motor vessel approximately 200 miles east of Elizabeth City on Friday, Jan. 13.
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Jockey’s Ridge State Park in Nags Head led the state again in the number of visitors in 2011, but was down slightly from the previous year.
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Kill Devil Hills Police and Dare Sheriff’s deputies were able to subdue a suicidal woman last week.
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The Coast Guard rescued a 57-year-old man Sunday from a 28-foot sailboat sinking 58 miles east of Cape Hatteras.
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The Albemarle-Pamlico National Estuary Program announced grants totaling $136,141 for improving the ecosystem of northeastern North Carolina.
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The Outer Bank Sporting Events (OBSE) Board of Directors, Staff, Organizers and Directors from OBSE’s beneficiaries – the Outer Banks Relief Foundation (OBRF) and Dare Education Foundation (DEF) – met in early January to discuss past events and future endeavors.