Cleaning a ditch is not necessarily a simple task. Getting the go-ahead to do anything on the Outer Banks sometimes seems eternal.

Workers put the finishing touches on a sign at the new T.J. Maxx in Nags Head. The department store took over the old Food Lion space after the grocer moved a short distance south on U.S. 158. A grand opening is scheduled for April 22, according to the company’s Web site.

It might have taken a moving truck or van to burglarize three houses on U.S. 158, Kill Devil Hills police report. The thefts included HD TVs, a refrigerator and a washer and dryer.
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Annual and weekly permits and new ramp and parking areas are included in the National Park Service’s preferred alternative for access to the Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
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A 1960 sit-in at the Woolworth’s lunch counter in Charlotte; Richard Petty celebrating a victory at North Wilkesboro Speedway; destruction at Kitty Hawk after the 1962 Ash Wednesday Storm — these are some of the photos in a new exhibit at the Outer Banks History Center.
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Some rental management companies have expressed concerns about a proposed occupancy tax increase, Kitty Hawk council members told Nags Head Mayor Bob Oakes Monday.
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In a statement critical of “short-sighted opposition” by some political leaders, The Outer Banks Chamber of Commerce urged Dare County towns to get behind Nags Head’s beach nourishment plan.
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An emergency project using a series of well points has drawn down the water table by as much as 5 feet in Ocean Acres, where rain has flooded the first floors of some houses.
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An environmental study will be done on Duke Energy’s plans for as many as three wind turbines off Hatteras Island in the Pamlico Sound.
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Calling it “a shocking matter of safety and security,” state Sen. President Marc Basnight has sent a letter to President Obama imploring him to cut through the red tape and get the Bonner Bridge replacement project moving.
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The end of filing Friday has set up races for sheriff, register of deeds and one seat on the Dare County Board of Commissioners. Incumbents representing Dare in the state Senate and the state House of Representatives also face challengers.
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Work to replace power poles along U.S. 158 caused a Charter Cable outage that lasted as long as six hours Tuesday, according to a Charter spokesman. He said a contractor sliced through a fiber optic line, but there were two opinions on whether it was marked properly.
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