Nags Head News

Gov. Bev Perdue has tapped Kitty Hawk attorney Robert Trivette for the vacant District Court judgeship in the seven-county 1st Judicial District.

Burlington Mayor Ronnie Wall is now officially a member of the state Board of Transportation.

The remnants of Ida are causing severe damage along the North Carolina coastline.

A house in South Nags Head, N.C., fell into the ocean as the remnants of Tropical Storm Ida caused flooding and power outages from the Carolinas to New Jersey and was blamed for at least six deaths.

In South Nags Head, Oceanfront houses on a 10-mile stretch of beach suffered extensive damage from high surf.

North Carolina officials have closed several roads and ferry routes along the coast due to heavy flooding left by Tropical Storm Ida.

Ida is one stubborn girl. Her remnants have moved out to sea and reformed as a powerful coastal low pressure system that's been raining on the mid-Atlantic since Tuesday night, November 10.

3:44 p.m. update: N.C. 12 on Hatteras Island has been closed. 3:36 p.m. update: Lighting struck a house on Adelade Court near U.S. 17 Business just north of Elizabeth City with minor damage.

Rough waves are crashing along the Outer Banks, and conditions are expected to deteriorate over the coming days.

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.