BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE PUNGO — The issue published just before Pungo Strawberry Festival is a special one for The Independent News. This year, that’s the
Year: 2016
THE INDEPENDENT NEWS KNOTTS ISLAND, N.C. — These images are from a visit to Knotts Island, N.C., earlier this spring, including a stop at Mackay
THE INDEPENDENT NEWS COURTHOUSE — After a series of discussions about extending light rail and the controversy that surrounds the effort, the City Council on
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE COURTHOUSE — City animal control responded to a call earlier this year about an injured or possibly rabid raccoon in the Malibu area
THE INDEPENDENT NEWS KNOTTS ISLAND, N.C. — During that last weekend of duck season, after a lack of ducks, several folks still gathered at the Knotts
THE INDEPENDENT NEWS COURTHOUSE — Police discussed the planned introduction of body-worn cameras, which may come in 2017, during a meeting of the First
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE CREEDS — Suellen Sawyer, 10, lives in Pungo. She is in the fifth grade at Creeds Elementary School, where she is the
BY MICHAEL HIGH AND JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE VIRGINIA BEACH — Virginia Beach voters, like Virginians in general, favored Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, respectively, in the Republican
BY MICHAEL HIGH AND JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE Virginia Beach voters, like Virginians in general, favored Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton, respectively, in the Republican and Democratic
BY JOHN-HENRY DOUCETTE OCEANFRONT — Eyes of the Roshi, an independent film shot this past year in Virginia Beach and Knotts Island, N.C., is nearing