| Dole: Airfield project must have local support - Senator will oppose project if locals do |
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01-23-08
Daily Advance
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| North Carolina's senior U.S. senator reiterated her concern Tuesday about the U.S. Navy's plans to study sites for a jet landing field in areas where state residents are vehemently opposed to the project....(more) |
| Comment: Camden, Gates on Navy list for OLF - Sandbanks, Hales Lake to undergo 30-month study |
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01-23-08
Daily Advance
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| The Navy hopes to use the OLF as a landing field for F/A-18 Super Hornet pilots to practice night landings on aircraft carriers. The airfield is needed, Navy officials say, to replace one near Naval Air Station Oceana in Virginia Beach, Va., around which...(more) |
| Navy scraps plan for airstrip - Officials still looking at northeastern N.C. sites |
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01-23-08
Charlotte Observer
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| Five years of debate over military needs, environmental protection and rural life now shifts to Gates, Camden and Currituck counties, where the Navy says it will evaluate two new sites. Three Virginia sites will also be considered....(more) |
| Navy ditches Plan A for landing field site |
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01-23-08
News & Observer
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| North Carolina leaders, who vehemently opposed the Navy's original choice near Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge, applauded the Navy's announcement Tuesday that it would abandon plans for the site, where thousands of birds migrate annually....(more) |
| Navy drops contested N.C. site for practice field |
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01-23-08
Virginian-Pilot
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| The Navy on Tuesday abandoned its controversial plan to build a practice landing strip in Washington County, N.C., for its fighter jets and said it will launch a fresh study of five other sites - three in Virginia and two in North Carolina - for the $250...(more) |
| Navy won't build practice landing field near NC wildlife reserve |
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01-22-08
Fayetteville (NC) Observer
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| In a statement, Gov. Mike Easley said ... the state now must know what economic benefits come with the landing field before local residents "will be able to decide whether it is satisfactory to have the OLF in their communities."...(more) |
| Press Release - DOLE RESPONDS TO NAVY'S PLAN TO CONSIDER TWO NC SITES FOR A POTENTIAL OLF |
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01-22-08
U.S. Senator Elizabeth Dole
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| "Broad local support for an OLF is essential, and as I have assured North Carolinians and advised the Navy, I will oppose the Navy's efforts to acquire any site in North Carolina that fails to meet this standard."...(more) |
| No Outlying Landing Field for Washington County |
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01-22-08
Defenders of Wildlife
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| "We salute the Navy's ultimate recognition that this was not the place for an OLF," said Derb Carter, director of the Carolinas office of the Southern Environmental Law Center which represented the environmental interests in the case....(more) |
| Navy Abandons Debated OLF Sites |
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01-22-08
Raleigh Chronicle
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| A controversial 30,000 acre site in eastern North Carolina next to a wildlife area that was to become a proposed Navy landing field has now been removed from consideration, says the Navy....(more) |
| 3 Virginia sites on Navy's list for jet landings |
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01-22-08
Richmond Times-Dispatch
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| The three Virginia sites include one in the Cabin Point area of Surry County and two straddling the border of Sussex and Southampton counties. The two North Carolina sites are in Gates County and along the border of Currituck and Camden counties....(more) |
| PRICE STATEMENT ON THE NAVY'S ANNOUNCEMENT OF A NEW OLF SELECTION PROCESS |
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01-22-08
U.S. Congressman David Price, North Carolina
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| Congressman David Price (D-NC) released the following statement today after the Navy reported that it is abandoning its original site recommendations for an Outlying Landing Field (OLF) and will initiate a new process to examine five alternative sites....(more) |
| Navy dropping Craven, four other OLF sites, starting over with studies of five other locations |
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01-22-08
New Bern Sun Journal
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| Beaufort County Manager Paul Spruill said we "are relieved to close a chapter on the initial environmental impact statement." Washington & Craven sites were opposed "for the environmental, economic and property rights effect it would have in this area."...(more) |
| Camden makes Navy's shortlist for OLF - Hales Lake now one of 5 sites being studied |
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01-22-08
Daily Advance
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| Much to the dismay of local officials, the Hales Lake area in Camden County has made a shortlist of sites that will be further evaluated for a new Navy landing field....(more) |
| Navy's 2003 dare: Hire your lawyers.... |
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01-22-08
Charlotte Observer
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| When there were rumblings of a lawsuit in mid-2003, here's what Admiral Natter had to say: "I'm absolutely convinced this (project) can stand up to a legal challenge.... If anyone wants to throw money at an attorney, be prepared to throw more."...(more) |
| AUDUBON NC COMMENDS NAVY FOR ELIMINATING WASHINGTON COUNTY LANDING FIELD SITE |
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01-22-08
North Carolina Audubon Society
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| Audubon applauds the Navy's decision today to steer clear of the proposed landing field site next to Pocosin Lakes National Wildlife Refuge....(more) |
| Navy won't build practice landing field near NC wildlife reserve |
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01-22-08
Charlotte Observer
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| Navy officials said Tuesday they will not build a practice jet landing field near a wildlife reserve in eastern North Carolina, a site widely opposed by local residents, environmentalists and state officials....(more) |
