After the official Monday christening ceremony of the brand new Ocracoke Express, passenger ferry service between Hatteras and Ocracoke Village began for the summer season on Tuesday, May 17. The new ferry will carry up to 129 passengers on three round trips daily, departing Hatteras at 9:30 a.m., 1 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., with return […]
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An unoccupied oceanfront house located at 24235 Ocean Drive in Rodanthe has collapsed overnight, per a Tuesday morning update from Chicamacomico Banks Fire & Rescue and the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. “Unfortunately, there may be more houses that collapse onto Seashore beaches in the near future,” said David Hallac, Superintendent for the National Parks of Eastern North […]
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Every two years, deserted Portsmouth Island comes alive with hundreds of descendants, friends, and visitors during a springtime event that honors the once-thriving village’s roots, and rekindles the island’s sense of community This event is the Portsmouth Island Homecoming, and photographer Don Bowers was at this year’s celebration to capture the action throughout the day. […]
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Photos by Don Bowers The first-ever Run the Rodanthe Bridge 5-mile and 5K race, which took place at the new Jug Handle Bridge on Saturday, April 9, drew a large crowd of runners, spectators, and volunteers who flocked to the event for the opportunity to be among the first to visit the new structure. The […]
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Project officials recently announced that a giant disco ball will be installed at the top of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse as part of a years-long renovation project to restore the historic structure to its former glory. Replacing the light at the top of the tower was always part of the multi-faceted restoration project, but initially, […]
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After a 46-year career, which includes 37 years on Hatteras Island, Beach Pharmacy owner Steve Evans is retiring in 2022, but he’s transferring his built-from-scratch pharmacy business to capable and close-to-home hands. Steve has a decades-long connection to Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands, (which entails local legends about his efforts to stay open after hurricanes), and […]
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The U.S. Coast Guard Station Hatteras Inlet announced on Tuesday that the configuration and maintenance of aids to navigation in the South Ferry Channel in Hatteras Inlet will be temporarily discontinued. Per the March 22 bulletin, significant shoaling exists between South Ferry Channel Buoy 4SF and South Ferry Channel Buoy 9SF, reducing channel depths to […]
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The Cape Hatteras Electric Cooperative (CHEC) will require a brief planned power outage in Rodanthe, Waves, Salvo, and Avon on Wednesday, March 16, in order to do some maintenance work to the transmission system. A brief power outage also occurred on Tuesday morning, March 15, to allow CHEC to replace a three-pole structure between the Tri-villages and […]
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For the first time in recorded history, the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) had more than 3 million visitors in a single year, with a total of 3,099,113 million visitors reported as of November 30, 2021. The visitation totals for December 2021 are expected within the next week or two, but even without December’s visitors […]
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Our Co-Founder and beloved Editor, Irene Nolan, would always do a wrap-up of the top stories of the year as her December “Editor’s Blog.” Since she passed away in March of 2017, it’s one of her many traditions that we have carried on, because we always want to remember her, but also because she […]
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