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outerbanksvoice.com | Kip Tabb
By Kip Tabb | Outer Banks Voice on May 31, 2025 The Beauty of the Earthenware Vessels in Which They Cook Food, DeBry print. In German. (Photos by Kip Tabb)Aliquot Heroum Virginiae Notae (The Marks of Some of the Leading Men of Virginia). In Latin. (Photos by Kip Tabb)Labame Houston telling the story of how she was able to purchase the DeBry prints she donated to the Outer Banks History Center.
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outerbanksvoice.com | Kip Tabb
By Kip Tabb | Outer Banks Voice on May 30, 2025 By Kip Tabb | Outer Banks VoiceOn May 14, the Facebook Page for Friends of NC Refuges announced a significant exodus. “Ten refuge staff…have recently retired or will be retiring soon…with these valuable employees leaving, we have 13 refuge staff left to manage 9 national wildlife refuges,” the Friends’ post said.
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outerbanksvoice.com | Kip Tabb
By Kip Tabb | Outer Banks Voice on May 17, 2025 Jackie Gore watches in wonder as her butterfly takes flight. (Credit: Kip Tabb)Jackie Gore watches in wonder as her butterfly takes flight. (Credit: Kip Tabb)Jackie Gore watches in wonder as her butterfly takes flight.
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outerbanksvoice.com | Kip Tabb
By Kip Tabb | Outer Banks Voice on May 12, 2025 By Kip Tabb | Outer Banks VoiceNewly appointed Director of North Carolina’s Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) Paul Tine is confronting a daunting task. Tine, who was selected by Governor Josh Stein to replace Wayne Goodwin, officially began the job on May 6.
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outerbanksvoice.com | Kip Tabb
By Kip Tabb | Outer Banks Voice on May 7, 2025 By Kip Tabb | Outer Banks VoiceDwarfing every county budget in northeastern North Carolina, the $242.9 million Dare County 2025-2026 budget was presented by County Manager Bobby Outten at the May 5 Commissioners meeting. Public comment on the budget will take place at the June 2 meeting and it will be voted on by the commissioners at that time.
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coastalreview.org | Kip Tabb
Reprinted from The Outer Banks VoiceAfter two hours of testimony from county officials and public hearing comments, a visibly frustrated Dare County Commissioners Chair Bob Woodard presented a motion to table any decision on an environmental zone of influence that borders Buxton Woods for 90 days, “so that we can study this and try to iron out exactly what we’ve been discussing.” The motion passed unanimously.
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outerbanksvoice.com | Kip Tabb
By Kip Tabb | Outer Banks Voice on May 5, 2025 By Kip Tabb | Outer Banks Voice After two hours of testimony from county officials and the public hearing comments, a visibly frustrated Dare County Commissioners Chair Bob Woodard presented a motion to the commissioners to table any decision on an environmental zone of influence that borders Buxton Woods for 90 days, “so that we can study this and try to iron out exactly what we’ve been discussing.” The motion passed unanimously. The discussion...
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outerbanksvoice.com | Kip Tabb
By Kip Tabb | Outer Banks Voice on May 2, 2025 By Kip Tabb | Outer Banks VoiceFollowing the announcement that a location had been selected in Kitty Hawk for a new Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) License Plate Office, one of the operators talked to the Voice about how the office will operate. Josh Bass is the President of the Currituck County Chamber of Commerce, a position he plans on continuing to hold after the new office opens.
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outerbanksvoice.com | Kip Tabb
By Kip Tabb | Outer Banks Voice on May 1, 2025 By Kip Tabb | Outer Banks VoiceThere were some fireworks on the second day of the North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission (CRC) on April 1, as Commissioner Jordan Hennessy made a motion to withdraw the lawsuit the CRC has filed against the state’s Rules Review Commission (RRC).
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outerbanksvoice.com | Kip Tabb
By Kip Tabb | Outer Banks Voice on April 29, 2025 By Kip Tabb | Outer Banks VoiceThe Dare County Recovery Court has produced many success stories since it began in 2019, with Superior Court Judge Jerry Tillett presiding. Dare County Commissioner Ervin Bateman, who was instrumental in bringing the court to the county, told the Voice the program has achieved up to a 30% success rate. “I mean, 30% really recovering,” he added.
