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- Refuge seeks public comment on CHEC proposal to move transmission lines. On Local News Page.
- 24 boats compete for prize money in Hatteras Village Offshore Open. On Fishing Page.
- Ocracoke still reeling two weeks after visit from state troopers. On Local News Page.
- UPDATE: Gamefish bill is alive and well in the legislature. On Fishing Page.
- EDITOR'S
BLOG: Looking at the impact of Hatteras on Dare’s tourist economy. On
“Shooting the Breeze” above.
- UPDATE: Shoaling keeps ferries on longer route, but more runs added for the holiday. On Local News Page.
- UPDATE: Bill to overturn ORV plan brings “spirited” discussion to the Senate. On Beach Access and Park Issues page.
- UPDATE: Bill to overturn Park Service’s ORV plan will go to House for a vote. On Beach Access and Park Issues Page.
- Roaming Ocracoke Inlet and Portsmouth Island. On Features Page under Excursions.
- NPS Weekly Resource Management Report and NPS Weekly Table of Miles Open/Closed. At the top of the Beach Access and Park Issues Page.
- Full Moon lighthouse climbs scheduled for May 24. On the Community News and Commentary Page under Event Planner.
- Kinnakeet fish fry dinners start May 25. On the Community News and Commentary Page under Event Planner.
- Budget and tax rate inching up in Dare County. On Local News Page
- SHERIFF’S BLOTTER April 11- May 8, 2013. On the
Community News and Commentary Page under Crime Reports from Dare
Sheriff’s Office.
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NEW....05.16.2013 4:25 pm UPDATE: Bill to overturn ORV plan brings “spirited” discussion to the Senate
NEW....05.15.2013 4:50 pm UPDATE: Bill to overturn Park Service’s ORV plan will go to House for a vote
NEW....05.15.2013 11:35 pm NPS Weekly Resource Management Report and NPS Weekly Table of Miles Open/Closed
Senate subcommittee hears testimony on bill to overturn ORV plan 04.23.2013 6:00 pm
House
subcommittee hears testimony on Jones bill 03.14.2013
4:40 pm
Climbing fee for Cape Hatteras Lighthouse increases 04.22.2013 4:10 pm
Cape Point closes to off-road vehicles 04.09.2013 1:00 pm
Park
Service begins repairs on some parking areas and access ramps 04.04.2013
11:20 am
Park
Service campgrounds will open April 19 04.01.2013
5:00 pm
ORV
routes on village beaches close on April 1 03.29.2013
1:35 pm
UPDATE:
Seashore
will hire seasonal workers after all 03.16.2013
1:15 pm
-More
details on impacts of forced spending cut on the seashore 02.27.2013
5:15 pm
-National
Park Service preparing for sequestration cuts 02.26.2013
8:10 pm
Park
Service establishes prenesting areas for shorebird breeding season 03.14.2013
1:50 pm
House
subcommittee sets hearing on Jones bill to overturn ORV plan 03.07.2013
4:20 pm
Court
approves scheduling on CHAPA lawsuit to stop park’s ORV plan 02.26.2013
5:45 pm
NPS
releases 2012 protected species reports 02.12.2013 5:15 pm
Public
comment is open on tour fees for Bodie Island, Hatteras lighthouses 02.08.2013
5:15 pm
Boyle’s
status conference on new off-road vehicle plan is uneventful 01.24.2013
4:10 pm
2013
annual ORV permits go on sale Dec. 1 11.26.2012
3:40 pm
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NEW....05.21.2013 4:40 pm Refuge seeks public comment on CHEC proposal to move transmission lines
NEW....05.17.2013 5:00 pm Ocracoke still reeling two weeks after visit from state troopers
-Two state troopers choose busy weekend for Ocracoke patrol, get vehicles vandalized 05.06.2013 4:45 pm
NEW....05.17.2013 11:00 am UPDATE: Shoaling keeps ferries on longer route, but more runs added for the holiday
-UPDATE: Another dredge will try clearing sand out of ferry channel 05.07.2013 6:30 pm
-UPDATE: Army Corps again surveying inlet after dredging project fails to solve ferry problems 05.01.2013 9:20 pm
-Dredging finished, but channel still problematic for ferries 04.30.2013 4:50 pm
NEW....05.15.2013 6:00 am Budget and tax rate inching up in Dare County
Annual ceremonies honor British seamen buried in Ocracoke and Buxton….WITH SLIDE SHOW 05.13.2013 2:45 pm
Shipwreck museum presents first plans for exhibit design 05.13.2013 10:15 pm
UPDATE: Hatteras Island Meals to resume meal delivery on May 13 05.09.2013 4:55 pm
First-ever Hatteras Storytelling Festival is a smash hit….WITH SLIDE SHOW 05.09.2013 5:35 pm
N.C. refuges and parks will get $12.3 million in Hurricane Sandy relief 5.09.2013 1:50 pm
UPDATE: Summer schedule for Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry starts May 7 05.03.2013 5:05 pm
State representatives visit Ocracoke to talk ferry tolls…WITH SLIDE SHOW 04.30.2013 5:20 pm
Ocracoke youngsters will soon have a real baseball field…WITH SLIDE SHOW 04.29.2013 4:30 pm
300 folks participate in second annual Ocracoke road run…WITH SLIDE SHOW 04.29.2013 3:30 pm
Proponents say Mid-Currituck Bridge still on track 04.26.2013 10:40 am
USFWS seeks comment on compatibility for Pea Island Inlet Bridge 04.25.2013 5:30 pm
Community is enthusiastic about Emergency Response Teams 04.18.2013 10:20 am
Ocracoke Volunteer Fire Department breaks ground on new building….WITH SLIDE SHOW 04.16.2013 11:10 am
UPDATE: CHEC files suit against four Mirlo property owners 04.15.2013 3:25 pm
Cancer Foundation’s Spring Dance raises almost $6,000 ….WITH SLIDE SHOW 04.12.2013 5:15 pm
Weather Channel predicts another active hurricane season 04.08.2013 4:20 pm
Hatteras
Island Meals is making a comeback 04.01.2013
4:00 pm
Bonner
Bridge replacement project awaits federal judge’s decision 03.29.2013
1:50 pm
CHEC
begins condemnation proceedings to get power lines moved 03.25.2013
5:15 pm
Governor
declares state of emergency for highway at S-curves 03.20.2013
5:40 pm
Governor,
DOT secretary hear concerns about Highway 12…WITH
VIDEOS 03.12.2013
1:30 pm
Ocean
continues to pound northern Hatteras Island…WITH SLIDE
SHOW 03.11.2013
4:30 pm
New
report says ferries still not an option for access to Hatteras Island 02.19.2013
4:30 pm
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Community News
The Event Planner...UPDATED 05.15.2013
News and Business Briefs ...UPDATED 04.04.2013
Crime
Reports from Dare
Sheriff’s Office ...UPDATED 05.13.2013
Free
Classified Ads ...UPDATED 05.21.2013
Obituaries ...UPDATED 05.15.2013
Commentary & Guest
Columns
Guest Column: It’s just a hobby for them 05.09.2013 12:30 pm
Guest
Column: Property Revaluation 101 02.21.2013
5:20 pm
Guest
Column: Some good questions about ferry tolls need answers 01.15.2013
3:30
Guest
Column: The best path to a safe bridge and reliable highway 11.21.2012
5:30 pm
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Featured
Articles
A celebration of the restoration and relighting of the Bodie Island Lighthouse….WITH SLIDE SHOW 04.19.2013 3:00 pm
Riding out the storm: Avon couple faces down cancer in Chapel Hill 04.16.2013 2:50 pm
Bodie Island Lighthouse’s long path back to glory had many twists and turns…WITH SLIDE SHOW 04.11.2013
1:50 pm
Island
Living: Getting married Hatteras-style 01.08.2013
12:30 pm
Island
People: Elizabeth Hanrahan nurses Ocracoke’s wild animals back to health…WITH
SLIDE SHOW 01.07.2013
5:30 pm
Everything
you always wanted to know about the Hatteras Island spaceship….WITH VIDEO 12.17.2012
4:40 pm
Island
Living: Hatteras gone wild 11.27.2012
11:30 am
Hurricane
Irene: One year later....WITH SLIDE SHOWS 08.24.20
3:10 pm
Watersports
Paddleboarding:
The equal opportunity watersport 10.03.2012
4:00 pm
Surfing:
A promising beginning to the summer has since faded…WITH SLIDE SHOW 08.16.2012
4:20 pm
Food
& Dining
Dee Callahan: A homegrown Hatteras Island professional cook 05.14.2013 4:30 pm
Our Coast's Food: Keeping It
Simple 04.04.2013
10:30 am
Island Cooking:
Outer Banks shrimp and grits 10.16.2012
10:00 am
Island
Cooking: Paella is a seafood feast 08.20.2012
10:20 am
Excursions
NEW....05.15.2013 1:30 pm Roaming Ocracoke Inlet and Portsmouth Island
Bodie Island and Hatteras lighthouses open for climbing on April 19 04.11.2013
11:30 am
First
phase of Hatteras Island Ocean Center set to open this spring 03.12.2013
4:50 pm
‘Hook,
Line, and Hatteras’ tells the history of charter fishing on the Outer
Banks 08.14.2012
4:45 am
The
call of the wild: Wolf howling is popular program 08.08.2012
11:00 am
Nature
& Environment
U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service maps wind farm concerns 04.16.2013
10:25 am
Opposition is brewing to injection wells for wastewater from fracking 04.08.2013 5:00 pm
Citizen
science program needs your help observing the weather…WITH VIDEO 03.19.2013
9:40 am
Wind
Projects are on the ropes, but not out 02.12.2013
8:15 pm
Student
volunteer makes news saving cold-stunned sea turtles 02.04.2013
12:10 pm
Ocean
Acidification: Global warming's 'evil twin' 01.28.2013
5:10 pm
How
will a new legislature and governor influence environmental policy? 01.08.2013
10:45 am
Island
History
Displaying
history rescued from the deep is a tricky business 01.04.2013
11:45 am
New
book details a horrific chapter in World War II history that unfolded
off the North Carolina coast 05.09.2012
4:25 pm
A
eulogy for an old Hatteras village friend 03.12.2012
5:00 pm
he
‘old
Hatteras’ in photographs 08.17.2010
2:35 pm membhe
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse relocation. With six articles on
the
feat that wasmpleted 10me
7.21.2009
2:30 pm
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NEW....05.21.2013 3:20 pm 24 boats compete for prize money in Hatteras Village Offshore Open
NEW....05.17.2013 4:50 pm UPDATE: Gamefish bill is alive and well in the legislature
Outer Banks Angling: The wheels on the bus go round and round 05.09.2013 11:30 am
Anglers battle relentless wind in Ocracoke Surf Fishing Tournament….WITH SLIDE SHOW 05.06.2013 4:30 pm
Boats are back to using the main channel in Hatteras Inlet 05.01.2013 5:00 pm
Jones continues efforts to block catch-shares funding 04.19.2013 3:50 pm
Outer Banks Angling: Fishing is heating up 04.12.2013 10:00 am
Outer
Banks Angling: Spring ahead 03.19.2013
8:50 am
Owners
of Hatteras-based boat win another round in long legal battle over Big
Rock winnings 02.26.2013
945 am
Outer
Banks Angler: Cold-stunned 01.26.2013
10:20 am
Outer
Banks Angling: Earning your stripes 12.06.2012
7:00 pm
55th
annual Cape Hatteras Anglers Club tournament was ‘a logistical
nightmare’ 11.13.2012
4:40 pm
NCBBA
red-drum tournament is cut short by weather 11.09.2012
1:40 pm
Outer
Banks Angling: Tournaments and foul weather 11.09.2012
10:50 am
Hatteras
Charter Fishing: The Pioneer Years 10.18.2012
9:15 am
The
Albatross Fleet turns 75 with a celebration…WITH SLIDE
SHOW 10.01.2012
4:45 pm
The
very
best guide to charter fishing
on the islands….WITH SLIDE SHOW 04.21.2011
12:10 pm
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Koru Village named Outer Banks business of the year 05.09.2013 2:50 pm
Hatteras Island Real Estate: Conversations with property owners 04.30.2013 9:30 am
Visitors Bureau sets events for National Travel & Tourism Week 04.29.2013 5:00 pm
Greening up the state's travel industry 04.09.2013 1:15 pm
Bills, petition target increase in homeowners’ insurance rates 04.08.2013 3:45 pm
Homeowners’
insurance rate hike agreement will slam coastal counties 03.07.2013
12:40 pm
Ocracoke
Real Estate: Are we ever going to catch a break? 04.02.2013
4:10 pm
Hatteras
Island Business Association is reactivated 04.01.2013
4:40 pm
Hatteras
Island Real Estate: Trends worth watching 03.29.2013
10:45 am
Wave of flood insurance changes headed our way 03.20.2013
11:50 am
SCORE
needs volunteers for its business counseling program 03.18.2013
4:20 pm
Hatteras
Island Real Estate: 2013 State of the Market Report 02.11.2013
2:10 pm
Hatteras
Recycle: Green business is good business 02.04.2013
4:40 pm
SBA
launches Affordable Care Act web page and blog 01.28.2013
3:20 pm
Hatteras
Island Real Estate: Important National Flood Insurance Program changes
12.26.2012
11:50 am
Hatteras
Island Real Estate: Year-end market perspectives 12.10.2012
3:10 pm
Hatteras
Island Real Estate: The days of the great deals are numbered 10.25.2012
5:30 pm
Hatteras
Island Real Estate: Frequently asked questions 06.12.2012
12:45 pm
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Something
old, something new, something green 04.04.2013
12:15 pm
Island
Living: Getting married Hatteras-style 01.08.2013
12:30 pm
Island Wedding Stories: Danielle Smith
and Jonathan Burruss are wed in Avon…WITH SLIDE SHOW
Dare County officials have been
busy issuing marriage licenses 09.28.2012
10:40 am
A
classic Hatteras wedding with a surprise guest...WITH SLIDE SHOW
Wedding
planners advise Island brides to have a weather plan
Tying
the knot for Hatteras bridal couples is a labor of love for local
minister
Destination
wedding basics: 12
must-read destination wedding tips
Island
Weddings: Planning a ceremony at the beach
Destination Wedding Information
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