By ROB YOUNG & ANDY COBURN By ROB YOUNG & ANDY COBURN The Coastal Resources Commission, North Carolina's coastal rule- making body, recently denied an appeal by several Outer Banks property owners to postpone indefinitely the removal of sandbag seawalls protecting oceanfront homes.

By CATHERINE KOZAK By Catherine Kozak The Virginian-Pilot nags head First to go will likely be the beat-up, uncovered sandbags that block public access on the beach. Next could be the ugly bald bags piled willy-nilly in front of oceanfront houses.

By Jerry Allegood, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. May 18--GREENVILLE -- The state is seeking a court order to force a Kure Beach condominium project to remove oceanfront sandbags and is preparing for a showdown on the removal of hundreds more sandbags along the coast.

By Steve Jones, The Sun News, Myrtle Beach, S.C. May 9--OCEAN ISLE BEACH, N.C. -- Ocean Isle Beach commissioners want oceanfront property owners to be able to rebuild their homes if they are swept away by a hurricane or destroyed by fire.

By Wade Rawlins, The News & Observer, Raleigh, N.C. Mar. 24--KILL DEVIL HILLS -- Houses and other structures soon may be built closer to the shoreline in coastal towns that have pumped sand onto beaches.