Buying and warehousing paper bags does not appear to be a business the county’s tourism authority is interested in pursuing to mitigate the impact of the plastic bag ban.
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The county’s tourism authority plans to get together with fire chiefs in Kill Devil Hills and Nags Head to see what it would take to produce a fireworks show next year.
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A couple from Littlestown, Pa., drowned Friday after stepping off a sandbar in South Nags Head, police reported. Nags Head police said Benjamin Howe, 54, and his wife, Debra Sue Greene, 56, were unable to return to shore, but there was no evidence of rip currents and waves were moderate.
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Before burning down Windmill Point, the county tourism authority will try to sell off as much of the old restaurant as it can. Meanwhile, the windmill behind the building was dismantled last week.
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With a goal to start pumping sand by next spring, Nags Head is moving ahead quickly with a petition drive to raise money for its 10-mile beach nourishment project.
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The Island Free Press reports that the body of a 19-year-old man from Gloucester, Va., was recovered about 3 p.m. Thursday.
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Even as the tourist season winds down, local public safety officials wish are reminding visitors and locals alike about the importance of pedestrian crosswalks.
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Board members told a crowd that filled the meeting room they had little choice but to pass the site plan on to the Board of Commissioners because it met the town’s zoning requirements.
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After weakening to a tropical storm, Danielle became a hurricane again Tuesday night with top winds of 75 mph, the National Hurricane Center reported. Another storm appears to be forming behind it.
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A Vermont man is the second rip-current victim believed to have drowned off the Outer Banks coast in less than a week.
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Fifteen months after being named interim director of Roanoke Island Festival Park, Kim Sawyer has accepted the position on a permanent basis.
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There’s no shortage of hot buttons on the Outer Banks, and one that will usually draw a swift and negative response is the topic of taller buildings.