• Herbicide use coming under scrutiny (Tuesday, July 27, 2010)
  The crisis seems to be passing for the Mother Vine, the scuppernong grapevine estimated to be more than 400 years old and the oldest cultivated vine in North America.
• Shipwreck sails 90 miles south (Tuesday, July 20, 2010)
  A true artifact from the age of sail went for a two-county, 90-mile truck ride from Corolla to Hatteras Village starting at midnight Tuesday. It only lasted about three and a half hours.
• Audubon's action inspires new legislation (Wednesday, July 14, 2010)
  If it becomes law, House Bill 1829, ratified by the General Assembly on July 10 and now awaiting the governor's signature, will mandate that property donated for conservation for which State tax credits are issued must be held in perpetuity for the use for which the property was intended.
• Ferry travel a must for Ocracoke Island (Wednesday, July 14, 2010)
  Debate in the North Carolina General Assembly over the cost of running the State's ferry system has centered mostly on the cost of providing the service and the fact that fees charged on some ferries does not cover the expenses of the agency.
• Two wrongs don't make a right; but they do make a mess (Wednesday, July 14, 2010)
  Controversy over the pending sale and development of oceanfront property in Corolla has just recently erupted in the public's view but has been percolating in the background for years.
• Audubon opening door for high density project (Wednesday, July 14, 2010)
  That probably isn't thunder you hear, it's most likely the late Earl Slick rolling over in his grave.