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Starting on Monday, Feb. 27, travelers along N.C. Highway 12 may spot a small team of runners making their way to or from the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. The 15-20 runners are participants of the annual Swammie Shuffle 200, which is a grueling race from Sandbridge, Virginia, to the Buxton landmark and back. The event, which [...] Island Features |  Full Article

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Coastal Management and the Cape Hatteras National Seashore will host an interagency work group meeting on Feb. 27 via web conference to discuss the topic “Property Acquisition and Financial Assistance.” The public may listen to the 1:00 p.m. meeting by computer or phone. Log-in details are [...] Local News |  Full Article

The Hatteras Island Rescue Squad (HIRS) will be offering a public CPR class on Thursday, March 9, at 6:00 p.m. at its station in Buxton. The one-night, three-hour class will cover adult, child, and infant CPR and the use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED), and the class is part of a long-term effort to [...] Local News |  Full Article

After a two-year hiatus, the Hatteras Village Waterfowl Festival (HVWF) will land on Hatteras Island once again on February 24-25, 2023, and organizers recently posted the schedule of events for Saturday in an online update. All events on Saturday, February 25, are free and open to the public. These events feature a wide variety of [...] Island Features |  Full Article

The Cape Hatteras Elementary School (CHEM) publishes a monthly newsletter for students, parents, supporters, and friends called The Storm Report, which is nod to the school’s mascot, the Cape Hatteras Tropical Storms. From upcoming special events to recent initiatives in art, technology, music, media, and more, the newsletter is a round-up of everything there is [...] Community News Brief |  Full Article

KILL DEVIL HILLS — Roger D. Pfendler, 67 years old, of Kill Devil Hills, NC passed away on February 21, 2023, at Albemarle Hospital in Elizabeth City after a long struggle with chronic renal disease. He was predeceased by his father, Norman Pfendler; and mother, Stella Mosicki. Roger leaves behind his wife, Catherine; brother, Norman; [...] Obituaries |  Full Article

One of the most exciting aspects of beachcombing is never knowing what you can find on the sandy shores of the beach. So many people ask me where to go in hopes that I know a secret location where they can easily find treasures, but the fact is that I have no way of ever [...] Island Features |  Full Article

The Coastal Humane Society is looking for participants to join in their 26th Annual Walkathon at the Kelly’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade on March 19, 2023, in Nags Head. Participants will raise money for the Coastal Humane Society by sniffing out sponsors and retrieving donations to join the pet-friendly pack in the parade. The Walkathon always [...] Community News Brief |  Full Article

From CoastalReview.org Massachusetts-based Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution scientists and engineers are on their way to deploy test moorings off the coast of Nags Head to better understand conditions before relocating the Ocean Observatories Initiative’s Pioneer Array ocean-observing system, which most recently was collecting data about 75 nautical miles south of Martha’s Vineyard. The science team [...] Local News |  Full Article

April 1, 1953 – February 15, 2023 BUXTON — Paul Marshall Dunn, 69, of Buxton, NC died Wednesday, February 15, 2023, at Duke University Hospital in Durham, NC. Born in Jacksonville, Florida on April 1, 1953, he was the son of Claire M. Dunn and the late Stephen F. Dunn Paul attended Brevard Community College [...] Obituaries |  Full Article

The Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) announced several recent updates and news items related to recreational activities on Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands. News and events for the National Seashore for the week of Feb. 23 include the following: Seashore Updates The Parker’s Creek parking area on Ocracoke Island is scheduled to be closed from Feb. [...] Seashore News |  Full Article