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New Fireworks Law Takes Effect
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Last Updated: 8:26 PM 02/01/10 - The new rules came after four people were killed and a fifth worker injured in a July 4th fireworks explosion on Ocracoke Island. (Full Story) |
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State Says Workplace Deaths Down In 2009
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Last Updated: 4:13 PM 01/26/10 - Hyde County had the second highest number of workplace deaths last year, this after the July 4th fireworks explosion killed four. (Full Story) |
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Senate Leader Denies Involvement In Pier Work
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Last Updated: 5:32 PM 01/20/10 - Senate leader Marc Basnight says he had nothing to do with a family company helping rebuild a pier on the North Carolina Outer Banks. (Full Story) |
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House Made Famous In 'Nights in Rodanthe' Moved
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Last Updated: 7:34 PM 01/18/10 - The house was supposed to be moved Friday, but contractors were told by deputies that the permit to move the house expired at 2 p.m. (Full Story) |
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Wild Weather Knocks Over Outbuildings, Breaks Temp And Rainfall Records
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Last Updated: 5:23 AM 01/18/10 - Some people have some clean up to do after strong thunderstorms rolled through Sunday evening. (Full Story) |
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State Farm Dropping Coastal Homeowner Policies
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Last Updated: 9:55 AM 01/16/10 - The decision will impact some 1600 homeowners up and down the coast. (Full Story) |
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Appeals Court Hears Challenge To Big Coastal Insurance Jump
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Last Updated: 11:49 AM 01/14/10 - A North Carolina appeals court is weighing whether to freeze or even reverse homeowners' insurance premiums that soared by up to 30 percent along the coast while sliding by a third in counties farthest from the shore. (Full Story) |
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Watching The Sea Level
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Last Updated: 8:47 AM 01/14/10 - Coastal experts in North Carolina want to know how much the sea along the shoreline is rising. (Full Story) |
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Eastern Carolina Lawman To Get DWI Hero Award
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Last Updated: 10:02 PM 01/12/10 - A Currituck County Sheriffs Deputy will be honored with the eastern NC Police DWI Hero of 2009 award. (Full Story) |
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Outer Banks Aquarium To Host Shark Exhibit
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Last Updated: 9:20 PM 01/10/10 - Visitors to the North Carolina Outer Banks soon will be able to see sharks without having to scurry for the shore. (Full Story) |
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Japanese Black Pines In NC Dying Because Of Worms
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Last Updated: 3:05 PM 01/10/10 - A small worm is slowly eating away at dozens of Japanese black pine trees along the North Carolina coast. (Full Story) |
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Autopsy Concludes Man Drowned Off Carolina Coast, Not Killed By Sharks
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Last Updated: 9:49 AM 01/06/10 - A final autopsy report says a Pittsburgh man died off Eastern Carolina's Outer Banks of drowning, not a shark attack. (Full Story) |
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Sea Turtles Stranded Along Outer Banks
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Last Updated: 7:16 AM 01/06/10 - Volunteers are scrambling to save endangered sea turtles that are stranded off the Outer Banks -- the victims of storms and cold. (Full Story) |
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Worms Killing Japanese Black Pines In NC
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Last Updated: 5:54 AM 01/11/10 - A small worm is slowly eating away at dozens of Japanese black pine trees along the North Carolina coast. (Full Story) |
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Forecasters Will Send Storm Warnings Earlier
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Last Updated: 1:42 PM 01/05/10 - They hope warnings about 36 to 48 hours ahead of the storms will give coastal residents more advance notice. They said Tuesday that improved storm tracking allows them to do it. (Full Story) |
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Dare, Hyde Counties Lead State With Unemployment Hike
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Last Updated: 8:39 PM 01/05/10 - The two coastal counties saw the biggest jump in unemployment between October and November. (Full Story) |
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New Power Lines Planned For Outer Banks
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Last Updated: 8:09 AM 01/05/10 - A utility plans to start building new power lines along a highway in North Carolina's Outer Banks. (Full Story) |
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Several Ferry Runs Suspended To Allow Repairs
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Last Updated: 1:00 PM 01/05/10 - Several ferry runs to North Carolina's Outer Banks are suspended while workers fix problems with one of the vessels. (Full Story) |
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Coast Guard Rescue Near Bonner Bridge
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Last Updated: 8:16 AM 01/05/10 - We have word Tuesday of another rescue at sea. (Full Story) |
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