The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) will suspend their repair work on the northern section of N.C. Highway 12 on Ocracoke Island this weekend in order to accommodate traffic and visitors attending the annual Blackbeard’s Pirate Jamboree Festival. Crews are currently tackling the oceanfront dune line, which washed away in some sections of a […]
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As work on the Jug Handle Bridge in northern Rodanthe continues to heat up, the new Bonner Bridge is inching closer to a late 2018 completion and opening date. “They are still evaluating if there will be any schedule changes due to the recent storms,” said Tim Haas, NCDOT Public Relations Officer. “[But] we are […]
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By the time October rolls around on the islands, the summertime crowds have certainly thinned, but there’s always a steady wave of “new” visitors that hit the beaches in full force – the fishermen. Anglers and hunters have the honored distinction of being the islands’ first visitors, as it was the exceptional fishing and hunting […]
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On a sunny Friday afternoon, REAL Watersports Co-Founder Trip Forman presented the Hatteras Island Youth Education Fund (HIYEF) Board of Directors with a check for the money raised during the Wind Voyager Triple-S Invitational in 2018. It’s a ceremony that has become somewhat routine over the past three years, however, 2018 was especially notable for […]
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BY JOY CRIST You hear it every election cycle: ?This is going to be one of the most important elections of our lifetime.? But the reason why this phrase is uttered so often is because – for the present moment in time, at least – it generally happens to be true. How we vote today […]
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Noting that the permitted dredging window of October 1 through March 31 is officially open, the Dare County Waterways Commission took steps to speed up maintenance dredging of the South Ferry Channel at their October 9 meeting in Buxton. “We’ve been waiting for the environmental window to open up, and I think we’re there,” said […]
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The newly revitalized Dare County Commission for Working Watermen began to take shape on Monday evening at a lightly attended but energized meeting that attracted potential applicants and commission members. The meeting was presided over by Dare County Commissioner Steve House, who took on the role of point person and county commissioner representative once the […]
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The soundside Kinnakeet Shores neighborhood was the most colorful spot on Hatteras Island on Saturday morning, thanks to the annual HICF Positively Pink 5K. Celebrating its 15th year, the October event is a popular fundraiser for the Hatteras Island Cancer Foundation (HICF), and serves as a great opportunity for people to don their hottest shades […]
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On a bright and crisp Saturday evening, a line of local vessels made a slow procession along the Hatteras waterfront before heading out into the open water for a somber but uplifting moment of gratitude, prayer, and remembrance. The on-the-water gathering was due to the annual Blessing of the Fleet, an event that has […]
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A lot can change in a week, and this is certainly the case when it comes to hurricanes. In the days leading up to Florence’s arrival, everyone was glued to the all-too-familiar National Hurricane Center’s Forecast Cone, to see if Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands were in the dreaded white projected center of the storm. And […]
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