Nags Head News

Over the summer I did TV ads and Internet videos for the Association for Hospice and Home Care and, in the process, got a close up look at the inner-workings of the Department of Health and Human Services a ' which has to be the looniest department in state government.

The winners in the contested races in Nags Head and Duck: Nags Head commissioner Doug Remaley Anna Daniels Sadler Duck council Neil Morrison Don Kingston Dave Wessel Chuck Burdick Monica Thibodeau Southern Shores Write-in candidate George Kowalski defeated Brian McDonald.

Bob Oakes and Hal Denny, challengers in Dare County's two mayoral races, have beaten respective incumbents Nags Head Mayor Renee Cahoon and Southern Shores Mayor Don Smith.

North Carolina's Scenic Byways program has garnered attention from the federal government, which has bestowed two of the state's routes with prestigious national designations.

Loading... Nags Head Mayor Renee Cahoon says her top priorities as she seeks another term are getting the towna s economy back on its feet and getting funding for a beach nourishment project in South Nags Head.

Loading... Businessman Bob Oakes has lived in Nags Head for 25 years. Oakes, an owner of Village Realty, says the town should also evaluate options other than nourishment to deal with beach erosion.

As Gerald White stood before a room of lawyers Friday, the State Bar's Distinguished Service Award winner heeded the advice of N.C. Court of Appeals Judge Linda McGee to tell a joke.

Published: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at 11:00 p.m. Last Modified: Tuesday, October 13, 2009 at 11:00 p.m. The Carolina Beach town council on Tuesday night approved the purchase of seven lots in the former Arcadius project for the site of the new aquarium pier.

Out with the burritos, in with the fish. In early December, the Outer Banks Seafood Co.

If no other attorneys apply by Monday's deadline, the 1st Judicial District Bar shouldn't have too difficult a time choosing three nominees to recommend to Gov.

I was off island yesterday. Went with Amy to Nags Head , then stopped to run a few errands.

The Main Street Cafe downtown has new owners. Again. Evelyn Barnett West and Patti Moss, both of Tarboro, have acquired the coffee shop at 439 Main St.

Pardon me while I pen a little "housekeeping of the mind." For openers, congratulations to my home church, Ashley's Grove Baptist, on officially celebrating their 100th year.

When Jerry Ayers took his son, Will, on a saltwater fishing trip at Nags Head, N.C., recently, he wasn't expecting a lot.

The law The new state law bans disposal of plastic bottles, wooden pallets and oil filters in landfills.

Ia ve known Ashley Gore since she was no bigger than a squirrel. Come to think of it, shea s not much bigger than that today.

When our family booked a week at an oceanfront house on the Outer Banks this summer, we planned for a party of seven.

Former UNC student Jonathan Ray Plymale, 22, of Greensboro, N.C., and current UNC student Eliza McQuail Vaughan, 21, of Nags Head, N.C., were charged with three felony counts: cocaine possession with the intent to sell and distribute, drug trafficking and "maintaining a dwelling," according to police reports.

Image courtesy"Pelican Point" and "Blue Heron Marsh" are part of the Webb Sawyer Mystery series written by Douglas Quinn.

Loading... Video: Exploring the shipwreck. Courtesy of NOAA 1 of 2 The YP-389, a WWII Navy patrol boat, was sunk by a German sub in 1942 off Hatteras.