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

From OuterBanksVoice.com “Opens April 2.” A red banner with white lettering and the trademark Target logo, newly displayed on the storefront of the Outer Banks’ first Target, heralds the much-anticipated and fast-approaching first day of business for the store. The approximately 80,000-square-foot store, located at 1901 N. Croatan Highway in Kill Devil Hills, has been [...] Local News |  Full Article

At the Feb. 6 county commissioners’ meeting, by a vote of 5-1, Dare County became the first county in the state to adopt a resolution formally asking the North Carolina General Assembly to raise the age of tobacco sales to 21. Entitled a “Resolution Requesting North Carolina General Assembly to Pass Legislation to Protect Our [...] Local News |  Full Article

The Cape Hatteras Secondary School’s Lady Canes varsity basketball team won their first round of the state playoffs for the 2022-23 NCHSAA Women’s Basketball Championships – 1A Tournament in a home game against the Union Spartans of Rose Hill on Tuesday, February 21. The Lady Canes defeated the Spartans at their home turf in Buxton [...] Local News |  Full Article

Ocracoke Island re-entry permits are now available for residents and property owners for the 2023-2026 timeframe. The Hyde County Emergency Services Department issues re-entry permits when emergency conditions limit general access to Ocracoke Island, such as in the event of a hurricane. Re-entry permits are now issued to be valid for several years. To make [...] Local News |  Full Article

The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is hosting a public discussion of proposed treatments of the destructive spongy moth in Dare and Currituck counties after seeing an increase in reproducing populations from 2021 to 2022. Spongy moth, (Lymantria dispar) formerly known as gypsy moth, is an invasive insect that can cause tree defoliation [...] Local News |  Full Article

People will have a chance to embark on a rewarding new career as the North Carolina Ferry Division hosts a career fair Feb. 28 at the Hatteras Village Community Center at 57689 Highway 12. The fair will run between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. Applications will be accepted for all positions at all experience levels, [...] Local News |  Full Article

The Oregon Inlet Task Force approved a request at its February meeting for the county-managed-dredge Miss Katie to return to Hatteras Inlet’s Connector Channel in mid-March to perform an additional dredging project, contingent upon good weather and channel conditions. Miss Katie recently completed a 10-day dredging event in the Connector Channel on February 5, with 14,172 cubic [...] Local News |  Full Article

  When it comes to saving cold-stunned sea turtles, pardon the cliché, but it really does take a village. There are those at the front end of the process, like the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission authorities who follow water conditions to pinpoint temperature dips, the volunteers and professionals with the National Park Service who [...] Local News |  Full Article

Workers replacing a pipe running under U.S. 158 at the Nags Head Town Hall accidentally damaged a fiber optic cable that cut off most communications on Hatteras Island for more than seven hours on Tuesday, Feb 14. The cable maintained by Brightspeed, formerly known as Centurylink, provides high-speed data service that supplies internet and video [...] Local News |  Full Article

From wobx.com The North Carolina Coastal Resources Commission will meet on Feb. 23 in Ocean Isle Beach and among the agenda items is a pair of amendments to regulations governing septic tanks on oceanfront properties. Changes to the rules were drafted in response to sewage spills from three homes that collapsed last year in Rodanthe, [...] Local News |  Full Article

With the Miss Katie successfully completing a 10-day dredging event for Hatteras Inlet’s Connector Channel, the Dare County Waterways Commission focused on proactive steps to keep the Connector Channel and the other channels that link to Hatteras Inlet open for the long term at their monthly meeting on Monday, February 13. “The Dare County Task [...] Local News |  Full Article

After an undefeated conference season, the Cape Hatteras Secondary School’s Lady Canes girls’ basketball team will host the first round of the 2023 Conference Tournament against the Mattamuskeet Lakers on Tuesday, February 14, at 5:00 p.m. in Buxton. The Lady Canes clinched their undefeated 1A Conference 1 record on Thursday, February 9, after another game [...] Local News |  Full Article

A developing coastal low pressure system will continue to affect the Outer Banks area through Monday morning, bringing localized heavy rainfall, gusty winds, and the potential for minor coastal flooding along the soundside, per an update from the National Weather Service Newport / Morehead City office. Wind gusts up to 40 mph on Sunday and [...] Local News |  Full Article

A developing coastal low pressure system will affect the Outer Banks area on Sunday and Monday, bringing localized heavy rainfall, gusty winds, and the potential for minor coastal flooding along the soundside, per a Saturday morning update from the National Weather Service Newport / Morehead City office. Wind gusts up to 30-40 mph on Sunday [...] Local News |  Full Article