Name: New law adds tougher penalties for people who don't move over for emergency vehicles
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Description: The move-over law requires drivers to change lanes or slow down when they approach police cruisers or first responders with flashing emergency lights.

30 new or amended NC laws in effect as of December 1, 2019

16 and 17-year-olds won't be automatically tried in adult court for nonviolent or less serious felonies as the state’s 'Raise the Age' initiative takes effect.

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Ocracoke Island reopens to visitors after Hurricane Dorian

The island had been closed to visitors ever since Hurricane Dorian hit in early September 2019.

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Ocracoke Island reopens to visitors, months after Hurricane Dorian

Dorian devastated Ocracoke when the storm made landfall on the Outer Banks on September 6. The evacuation order for visitors will be lifted Monday, December 2.

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Coast Guard rescues man from sailboat off North Carolina coast on Thanksgiving

The Coast Guard hoisted a man from his disabled sailboat off the North Carolina coast on Thanksgiving Day. The rescue happened about 170 miles east of Pamlico Sound.

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Coast Guard rescues man from disabled sailboat off North Carolina coast

The Coast Guard hoisted a man from his disabled sailboat off the North Carolina coast on Thanksgiving Day.

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Coast Guard rescues man on Thanksgiving Day off North Carolina coast

The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a man off the coast of North Carolina on Thanksgiving Day.

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An Ocracoke Thanksgiving after Hurricane Dorian's destruction

Volunteers went to Ocracoke to put on a massive Thanksgiving feast for islanders who are still living in the aftermath of Hurricane Dorian.

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Thanksgiving has special meaning on Ocracoke Island after Dorian

Hurricane Dorian hit the island hard, but neighbors help each other on the island. A group from Kill Devil Hills prepared a Thanksgiving meal for those on Ocracoke.

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Coast Guard: Suspends search for boater missing near Kitty Hawk

50-year-old Michael Bye was sailing from New York to Florida aboard his 35-foot recreational vessel, the H.M.S. Me II.

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104 sea turtle hatchlings found, safely released into ocean in the Outer Banks

It was a significant discovery! 104 baby sea turtles were found and released into the ocean in the Outer Banks.

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Coast Guard: Tugboat collides with Old Bonner Bridge causing fuel spill

About 3,000 gallons were onboard the tug at the time of the collision. The tugboat’s owners are now in the process of cleaning up the spill.

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Visitors to be allowed back to Ocracoke Island beginning December 2

The new delay comes after the messy nor'easter that swept through the region last weekend.

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