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Rip Current Awareness Week: Inland, out-of-state residents are vast majority of victims

Local News Staff Reporter - May 1, 2025

Story courtesy National Weather Service This week is Carolinas Rip Current Awareness Week, as the National Weather Service offices in Charleston, South Carolina, Wilmington, Newport/Morehead...

Verizon customers across northeast N.C. lose service due to fiber cut

Local News Sam Walker - May 1, 2025

From SamWalkerOBXNews.com A fiber optic cable was cut in multiple places at an undisclosed location, causing Verizon customers across northeastern North Carolina to lose all...

New ABC Store in Buxton will open on May 1

Local News Joy Crist - April 30, 2025

After a flurry of last-minute preparations, the new ABC Store in Buxton is opening to the public on Thursday, May 1. The new store will...

Rip Current Awareness Week: Rip risk forecasts

Local News Staff Reporter - April 30, 2025

Story courtesy National Weather Service This week is Carolinas Rip Current Awareness Week, as the National Weather Service offices in Charleston, South Carolina, Wilmington, Newport/Morehead...

DEQ selects 7 projects to improve state’s electric grid, including Ocracoke Island project to relocate power lines

Local News Staff Reporter - April 30, 2025

The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) State Energy Office has selected seven projects to receive more than $20 million to improve North...

NCDOT to hold public meetings on Ocracoke South Dock Study

Local News Staff Reporter - April 29, 2025

The N.C. Department of Transportation will be holding two public meetings in May to discuss an upcoming study on the future of the Ferry...

Traffic lights in Hatteras Village will be replaced with stop signs

Local News Joy Crist - April 29, 2025

Due to deterioration and a high replacement cost, the two traffic signals in Hatteras Village will be removed and replaced with stop signs in...

Rip Current Awareness Week: How to spot a rip

Local News Staff Reporter - April 29, 2025

Story courtesy National Weather Service This week is Carolinas Rip Current Awareness Week, as the National Weather Service offices in Charleston, South Carolina, Wilmington, Newport/Morehead...