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Two Oklahoma police officers were met by a very upset goat when they responded to a report of what sounded like someone yelling for help.

Two Oklahoma police officers were met by a very upset goat when they responded to a report of what sounded like someone yelling for help.

The Coastal Conservation Association of North Carolina is suing the state for allegedly mismanaging a public resource — that is, fish. The organization notes that the state's fishery management program began as an economic development agency, which has colored its approach since then.

For years, the state of North Carolina has struggled to balance economic interests, environmental concerns, and the public's right to recreational access to natural resources — that is, fish. The issue is complicated by the difficulty of knowing the exact status of many of the state's most popular fish species. On this episode, WHQR's Grace Vitaglione unpacks months of reporting to try and get to the bottom of things.

The State of North Carolina has asked the federal government to renew a permit that allows commercial fishermen to use gillnets.

Call for Reform Targets Decades of Mismanagement, Chronic Overharvesting and Waste

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) — Coastal recreational anglers can keep suing the state of North Carolina over accusations that government regulators have devastated near-shore fishing stocks in violation of the state constitution , the state Court of Appeals ruled Tuesday.

After Ida made landfall on August 29, 2021, residents of a senior living facility were plunged into ’12 days of hell’.

A Cortland man is facing numerous felony counts after being found in the parking lot of a closed business in the overnight hours of August 5.

The policies are meant to help increase the population of southern flounder. Right now, the species is declining and fishermen are catching flounder at a high rate.