| Perdue: Fighting OLF joint effort - Lt. governor discusses Obama, health care, spending reform |
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03-28-08
Daily Advance
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| Perdue disagreed with Burr's statement that the responsibility for responding to the Navy's study of OLF sites rests with NC's governor. "I think it's critically important our office expresses opposition & the congressional delegation has a strong voice."...(more) |
| Moore & Nielsen Square-off; Perdue A No-Show At Debate |
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03-27-08
WITN-TV Channel 7
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| Both candidates, current State Treasurer Richard Moore, and retired Colonel Dennis Nielsen. agree that the Navy should not bring it's controversial outlying landing field to North Carolina if people do not want it....(more) |
| Burr: He can't get sites off OLF list - Senator: Economy not yet in recession |
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03-27-08
Daily Advance
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| U.S. Sen. Richard Burr said there is nothing he or fellow N.C. Sen. Elizabeth Dole can do to remove sites in Camden and Gates counties from the Navy's OLF list. He said responsibility for the sites being considered rests with Gov. Mike Easley....(more) |
| Navy begins steps to divest itself of land in Washington County |
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03-26-08
New Bern Sun Journal
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| The Navy started action this week to put some Washington County land acquired for an outlying landing field into public hands. The Navy also acted to cancel condemnation proceedings on some land and return it to the original owners....(more) |
| County wants deed to Navy land |
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03-26-08
Roanoke Beacon, Washington County, NC
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| Washington County commissioners dealt with two issues currently facing the county during a board meeting Tuesday [yesterday] morning new storm water rules and approximately 2,739 acres of land that the U.S. Navy acquired in 2004 for the core of an OLF....(more) |
| Is James City in Navy flight plan? |
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03-26-08
Virginia Gazette - Williamsburg, VA
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| "If you are more than four miles away from this, you will never hear an airplane," said Mark Anthony, the Navy's project officer for the OLF. "You are definitely out of any impacts. You wouldn't even know they are flying."...(more) |
| Navy cancels condemnation of some land at Site C - Washington County asks for remaining acreage |
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03-26-08
Washington Daily News
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| The Navy on Tuesday petitioned a federal court to cancel condemnation proceedings on 1,572 acres of 2,793 it owns at Site C. The 1,572 acres was acquired by condemnation in 2005 from the McMullen Trust. At that time, the Navy paid the Trust $3.2 million....(more) |
| Navy will argue for OLF by citing need for night pilot training |
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03-25-08
Virginian-Pilot
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| The Navy wants the landing strip placed in a remote area where pilots can fly in and out in near-total darkness but still relatively close to Oceana Naval Air Station in Virginia Beach, its East Coast master jet base....(more) |
| 'Scoping' meetings for OLF set in May - No public comments to be taken at sessions |
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03-25-08
Daily Advance
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| Navy officials will be in Camden and Currituck counties in early May to outline the process they'll follow to evaluate the Hales Lake area for a possible jet pilot training field....(more) |
| Lawyer, prof: Constitution can stop OLF - Morrison, Silliman disagree on who has authority to exercise law |
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03-23-08
Daily Advance
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| in 2005, when debate was raging over the Navy's decision to locate the OLF in Washington County, the Legislature revised state law to limit federal jurisdiction over land federal agencies sought to acquire in North Carolina....(more) |
| Anti-OLF group forms in Currituck - Group: Moyock affected if Camden picked |
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03-19-08
Daily Advance
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| Moyock resident Juanita Krause said the group would like the NC Legislature to pass a resolution opposing the OLF coming to the state. "We need a formal resolution passed by the General Assembly," she said. "What it does is it puts us in the spotlight."...(more) |
| Town Hall meeting on OLF held in Currituck Co. |
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03-18-08
WVEC Channel 13 News VA
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| OLF Project Officer Commander Rich Catoire says another key issue is the fact that under the Fleet Response Plan, Fentress Field in Chesapeake has already exceeded its capacity and the Navy simply needs this field to meet operational requirements....(more) |
| Gates residents put down landing field |
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03-14-08
News & Observer
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| RALEIGH - Several dozen Gates County residents told Gov. Mike Easley they don't want a Navy jet practice landing field. They rallied outside Easley's offices in downtown Raleigh. Easley did not attend....(more) |
| Landing field opponents in Gates County rally in Raleigh |
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03-13-08
Charlotte Observer
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| Governor Easley doesn't have a formal say on the location of the $230 million project, but he can apply pressure upon the military. The Navy has said a final decision is more than two years away....(more) |
| OLF Opponents Protest In Raleigh |
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03-13-08
WITN-TV Channel 7
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| 50 people opposed to the OLF demonstrated on the steps of the state administration building. The protesters, mainly from Gates County, say they want Governor Easley & the public aware of the broad opposition of to the Navy placing an OLF in their county....(more) |
| No OLF group to hold rally in Raleigh |
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03-10-08
New Bern Sun Journal
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| An OLF in Gates County would destroy generational families and farms, local history and heritage, and wildlife and natural resources; northeastern North Carolina would receive no economic benefit from the project...(more) |
