Hyde County News

I appreciate the financial strains existing in the state budget, and I am willing for legislators to explore cuts in services or to entertain fees on certain services.

Vidant Health is accepting applications from Beaufort County and mainland HydeA County groups to develop projects that will improve the health of residents of the two areas, hospital officials announced Friday.

A scheduled inspection is due for the motor vessel Carteret, so a 10 a.m. departure from Cedar Island and a 1 p.m. departure from Ocracoke have been canceled.

Before Shepherd, 24, was a year old, her father, Dicky Jones, had bought her a lifetime state hunting license.

Beaufort County's unemployment rate increased 0.4 percent during the last two months of 2011, from 10.5 percent in November 2011 to 10.9 percent in December 2011, according to figures released by the N.C. Division of Employment Security on Wednesday.

The National Weather Service says the system that brought heavy rains to the Deep South will pose less of a threat to North Carolina.

Getting on the ferry from Ocracoke Island to Cedar Island is now $15, but not for long.

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