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		<title>Blue Dare edges toward red on political spectrum</title>
		<link>http://outerbanksvoice.com/2012/01/29/blue-dare-edges-toward-red-on-political-spectrum/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 04:04:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russ Lay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[2010 signaled a big change. Not only did the GOP take both state houses for the first time in a century, Dare Republicans also did remarkably well.
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		<title>Charting the perilous channel</title>
		<link>http://outerbanksvoice.com/2011/12/19/oregon-inlet-charting-a-treacherous-channel/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 19 Dec 2011 05:19:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Morris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A ride to Oregon Inlet with the Corps of Engineers Survey Team offers a look at  what it takes to keep the channel open.]]></description>
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		<title>Denying carnival was the right call</title>
		<link>http://outerbanksvoice.com/2012/01/02/decision-against-carnival-was-the-right-choice/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Jan 2012 04:24:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russ Lay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Use of the publicly owned Windmill Point property by a carnival company would create unfair competition for local businesses.]]></description>
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		<title>Gas tax increase is inexplicable</title>
		<link>http://outerbanksvoice.com/2011/12/30/state-gains-dubious-ground-with-gas-tax/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Dec 2011 23:33:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russ Lay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The difference in state gas taxes will comprise 19 cents of the price difference between Nags Head and Chesapeake.]]></description>
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		<title>New board hits first-day bumps</title>
		<link>http://outerbanksvoice.com/2011/12/22/new-kdh-board-hits-a-few-bumps-on-opening-day/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Dec 2011 16:21:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russ Lay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new era in Kill Devil Hills government began last week with the installation of a new mayor and two new commissioners.]]></description>
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		<title>Bear saga needs clearer resolution</title>
		<link>http://outerbanksvoice.com/2011/12/18/gather-round-the-water-cooler-for-a-tale-about-bears/</link>
		<comments>http://outerbanksvoice.com/2011/12/18/gather-round-the-water-cooler-for-a-tale-about-bears/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 18 Dec 2011 17:58:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Morris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Commissioner Mike Johnson's bear hunt looks bad enough, but if the county takes it over, some details are missing.]]></description>
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		<title>A bone to pick over broken trash carts</title>
		<link>http://outerbanksvoice.com/2011/12/16/picking-a-bone-over-broken-trash-cans/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Dec 2011 17:38:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rob Morris</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If Nags Head can afford $10 million to pump sand onto the beach, surely it could scrape up $56 for a broken trash can.]]></description>
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		<title>Bear kills stir deep passions</title>
		<link>http://outerbanksvoice.com/2011/12/04/your-turn-bear-kills-in-dare-stir-deep-passions/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Dec 2011 00:45:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russ Lay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Critics denounced a youth hunt that ended with the shooting of two trophy-size bears. Was the outing legal and ethical?]]></description>
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		<title>Political outsiders get their chance</title>
		<link>http://outerbanksvoice.com/2011/11/13/political-outsiders-may-find-a-different-view-inside/</link>
		<comments>http://outerbanksvoice.com/2011/11/13/political-outsiders-may-find-a-different-view-inside/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 13 Nov 2011 17:39:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Russ Lay</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[At some point, the new mayor and KDH commissioners may find their hands tied by laws, customs and common practices.
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		<title>Inside the Occupy Wall Street protest</title>
		<link>http://outerbanksvoice.com/2011/11/06/a-generational-view-from-inside-occupy-wall-street/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 06 Nov 2011 16:34:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>The Voice</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Hayley Ingram, a student at College of The Albemarle, spent time at the Occupy Wall Street encampment.]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>41</slash:comments>
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