| Residents to task force: Study Va. sites for OLF - Study group holds hearing on area sites |
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10-24-07
Daily Advance
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| The message could not have been any plainer or more unanimous: Don't put a Navy jet landing field anywhere in northeastern North Carolina. That's what several hundred residents, many of whom had to wait in line to get in, told a governor's task force...(more) |
| Wainwright says hearing drew strong opposition to Navy landing field in northeastern counties |
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10-23-07
New Bern Sun Journal
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| "What has been said thus far has inspired me to be more vocal about the need for an OLF," Wainwright said. "The presence of the military in North Carolina's five bases has a $20 billion impact on the state's economy ..."...(more) |
| Wainwright to attend meeting about Navy landing field |
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10-22-07
New Bern Sun Journal
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| The group will meet at 3 p.m. in Elizabeth City. It will hold a public hearing for northeastern North Carolina residents to express their opinions about having a landing field in their area....(more) |
| Study group to hold hearing amidst opposition to OLF - Northeastern counties resolve against Navy's practice field |
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10-18-07
Washington Daily News
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| The N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources is also accepting comments about the proposed OLF sites by e-mail at olfstudygroup@ncmail.net ....(more) |
| Cherry Point growth to impact city |
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10-17-07
Havelock News
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| CH-53, Huey and Cobra helicopter units will be stationed at Cherry Point while permanent facilities are built at the New River air station. They will be replaced by two F/A 18 Super Hornet squadrons that will begin arriving in 2010....(more) |
| Currituck, Pasquotank OK anti-OLF resolutions |
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10-17-07
Daily Advance
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| The Outlying Landing Field Study Group, a task force appointed by Gov. Mike Easley, will hold a public hearing on the OLF in the auditorium of the Mickey L. Burnim Fine Arts Center at Elizabeth City State University on Tuesday, Oct. 23, at 3 p.m....(more) |
| Elizabeth City Site Of OLF Hearing Next Week |
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10-16-07
WITN-TV Channel 7
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| The public hearing will be from 3:00 pm - 8:00 pm at the Floyd Robinson Auditorium, 1704 Weeksville Road, at Elizabeth City State University in Elizabeth City. Presentations at the hearing are limited to three minutes....(more) |
| Currituck and Pasquotank County Commissions Vote To Oppose OLF |
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10-16-07
WITN-TV Channel 7
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| This brings the number of county governments opposing the Navy's proposed OLF sites to seven. Earlier this month, Camden, Hertford, Perquimans, Gates and Chowan - agreed on a resolution opposing an OLF....(more) |
| OLF Latest |
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10-16-07
NCNN - North Carolina News Network
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| North Carolina's two U.S. Senators say they can't support an OLF for the Navy if it doesn't have local backing. NC Senator Richard Burr says it's up to the Governor's special commission to work with the Navy on it but it would need local support....(more) |
| Counties prepare for troops |
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10-14-07
Carteret County News-Times
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| At Cherry Point, Marine Corps helicopter squadrons that were historically based at New River Air Station will be moved in, along with the Navy's two expected squadrons of F/A-18 Super Hornets....(more) |
| Siting a landing field - Navy, N.C. see better alternatives, but questions remain |
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10-14-07
Charlotte Observer
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| The Navy has concluded it doesn't need a new OLF for the two squadrons going to Cherry Point. Their training needs can be accommodated at existing fields, so the need for a North Carolina-based OLF is diminished....(more) |
| Marine build-up to bring growth, challenges for seven-county area |
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10-12-07
New Bern Sun Journal
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| Col Darrell Thacker, New River commander: Cherry Point -- two squadrons of Navy F/A-18 Super Hornets beginning in 2010 to 2012 -- with or without a proposed outlying landing field that the Navy is seeking for pilots to use in practice....(more) |
| America's Wild Legacy - 52 Places: A Sierra Club Report - North Carolina - Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge |
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10-12-07
Sierra Club
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| In this report, "America's Wild Legacy," we offer snapshots of the remaining American landscape, and of our work to protect it. No place - despite any official designation, environmental value, or storied past - is ever completely protected. - NC - PLNWR...(more) |
| Dole says she won't support any OLF site not backed by residents |
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10-11-07
Virginian-Pilot
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| U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole was not ready to publicly join the overwhelming opposition to the possibility of a Navy airfield in northeastern NC after meeting with local officials. But she did say she would oppose sites not supported by the local community....(more) |
| Congress pulls purse strings on OLF at Site C - NO-OLF still 'vigilant' |
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10-11-07
Washington Daily News
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| The people have spoken, Congress has spoken and to show good faith towards the people of the United States the Navy should stop immediately any further activity at Site C....(more) |
| Officials tell Dole: Don't put OLF here - N.C. senator hears opposition but doesn't commit to fight area sites |
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10-11-07
Daily Advance
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| County officials from northeastern NC had a clear message for U.S. Sen. Elizabeth Dole: Don't allow a Navy pilot training field to land in this area. Officials from Chowan, Pasquotank, Camden, Currituck, Gates, Hertford, Perquimans counties met with Dole....(more) |
