The State Board of Elections has identified Michelle Pharr, general manager of the Clarion Hotel in Kill Devil Hills, who also is affiliated with the Comfort Inn South in Nags Head, as the writer and sender of a letter to out-of-town property owners urging them to vote in the referendum held April 17, 2007.

Dare County has begun the process of examining the possible need for remediation of the underground storage tanks on the site of the new administration building now under construction.

The average salary for a full nine-month faculty member at a North Carolina community college is $44,008; however, the average salary for full-time College of the Albemarle (COA) faculty member is $39,150.

State fisheries commissioner Jim Leutze would like to see more marine patrol officers in North Carolina.

The second OBX Marathon provided a boost to some local businesses over the long holiday weekend. Hotels up and down the beach were completely booked up both Friday and Saturday nights, and several had very few vacancies Sunday night as well.

Thanksgiving was first celebrated by the settlers at Plymouth in the Massachusetts colony in 1621 under the leadership of Governor William Bradford.

The Kill Devil Hills Board of Commissioners made it a town policy Nov. 14 to waive review and initial water hookup fees and the expense of a building permit to facilitate affordable housing projects in the town.

Dare County will file a motion requesting to intervene in the lawsuit that was brought against the National Park Service last month by the Southern Environmental Law Center.

More than 3600 runners competed in the OBX® Marathon and half marathon this Veterans Day Weekend, and the weather on race day, Sunday, Nov. 11, was postcard perfect.

The Town of Nags Head attempted last Wednesday to approve an ordinance amendment to make all fireworks illegal beginning next year. The action was a continuation of discussion on fireworks from May of this year.