Wanchese News

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The Highway Patrol has dropped its objections to allowing longer trucks on North Carolina roads, after lawmakers agreed to leave it to state officials to restrict certain routes.

State Sen. Clark Jenkins, the primary sponsor of a bill that would allow wider boats and longer, heavier trucks on North Carolina highways, is an owner of a marina near Nags Head that claims on its Web site to ...

For the fifth year, North Carolina's harvest of fin fish and shellfish fell, a decline that commercial fishermen blame on tightened regulations, higher fuel prices and an increase in imported seafood.

AS MANY longtime visitors can attest, the charm of North Carolina's Outer Banks doesn't lie in its McSeaMansions or its tony restaurants.

“He wanted to provide a place for the community to work.”

At the family-owned Fisherman's Wharf restaurant, seafood caught locally and old family recipes - " including the popular hush puppies and chocolate pie - " will be served. via PilotOnline.com

“You don't go to the back, so I'll be ----- if I'm going to the back door.”

Recently, Dr. Henry Vanderbilt Johnson Jr. shared a story with me about an unsung little moment in our state's civil rights history: a cafe brawl in Engelhard, a fishing village in Hyde County. via News Observer

A two-vehicle wreck on the Manteo-Nags Head causeway killed a Virginia Beach man over the weekend and injured two Outer Banks men, a state trooper said Wednesday. via The Virginian-Pilot

“The water there is muddy but high, and I think the fish are wanting to bed. So we could be in a pre spawn or spawn pattern, and that could mean lots of fish.”

It's gobbler time. Spring season opens Saturday in Virginia and North Carolina. According to wildlife biologists in both states, this could be a great spring for big male birds. via PilotOnline.com

“We would not be running fish houses and businesses”

The money can help preserve public access and traditional marine industries as property taxes rise THE PROJECTS Where the money will go and how much was funded: BUY 2 ACRES at Fishermen's Wharf in Swan Quarter, ... via News Observer

When John and Nancy Comstock of Wanchese received an estimate of $10,000 to install a handicap ramp at their home for John's use, it was disheartening. via Obsentinel.com

“I have a hard time figuring things out.”

News North Carolina Close Slideshow John Comstock of Wanchese says a wheelchair-accessible ramp is the best Christmas present he could receive. via PilotOnline.com

Girl hurt in parade accident Samantha Jo Dunton, 9, of Manteo, suffered minor injuries after falling under the wheel of a float during Saturday's Christmas Parade there. via Obsentinel.com

“We would like the opportunity to help, before the actual work is done”

Rotary donates to Imagination Library First Flight Rotary Club has donated $1,000 to Children and Youth Partnership to help bring Dolly Parton's Imagination Library program to Dare County. via Obsentinel.com

“After the body was discovered and the sun came up, we were still waiting for the SBI”

Early Sunday morning, a mobile home fire in Wanchese claimed the life of an unidentified woman and caused a second victim, an unidentified male who suffered severe burns, to be airlifted to Norfolk General Burn ... via Obsentinel.com

“I think that this is a program that fishermen buy into”

Policy based on catch shares divides North Carolina fishermen OCRACOKE ISLAND North Carolina fishermen are divided on whether the state should pursue a new fisheries-management policy based on catch shares. via The Virginian-Pilot