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  • Speed limits decrease on N.C. Highway 12 for the summer season

    May 16, 2022 | Local News

    Pellini and Cruden vie in Republican primary for District Attorney

    May 13, 2022 | Local News | By: Mark Jurkowitz | From The: Outer Banks Voice

    Hege challenges Kidwell in Republican primary for NC House Distric ...

    May 13, 2022 | Local News | By: Mark Jurkowitz | From The: Outer Banks Voice

    Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry resumes service on Thursday

    May 12, 2022 | Local News

    N.C. 12 to reopen between Oregon Inlet and Rodanthe at noon on Thu ...

    May 12, 2022 | Local News
  • Speed limits decrease on N.C. Highway 12 for the summer season

    May 16, 2022 | Local News

    Pellini and Cruden vie in Republican primary for District Attorney

    May 13, 2022 | Local News | By: Mark Jurkowitz | From The: Outer Banks Voice

    Hege challenges Kidwell in Republican primary for NC House Distric ...

    May 13, 2022 | Local News | By: Mark Jurkowitz | From The: Outer Banks Voice

    Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry resumes service on Thursday

    May 12, 2022 | Local News

    N.C. 12 to reopen between Oregon Inlet and Rodanthe at noon on Thu ...

    May 12, 2022 | Local News
  • Speed limits decrease on N.C. Highway 12 for the summer season

    May 16, 2022 | Local News

    Pellini and Cruden vie in Republican primary for District Attorney

    May 13, 2022 | Local News | By: Mark Jurkowitz | From The: Outer Banks Voice

    Hege challenges Kidwell in Republican primary for NC House Distric ...

    May 13, 2022 | Local News | By: Mark Jurkowitz | From The: Outer Banks Voice

    Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry resumes service on Thursday

    May 12, 2022 | Local News

    N.C. 12 to reopen between Oregon Inlet and Rodanthe at noon on Thu ...

    May 12, 2022 | Local News
  • Speed limits decrease on N.C. Highway 12 for the summer season

    May 16, 2022 | Local News

    Pellini and Cruden vie in Republican primary for District Attorney

    May 13, 2022 | Local News | By: Mark Jurkowitz | From The: Outer Banks Voice

    Hege challenges Kidwell in Republican primary for NC House Distric ...

    May 13, 2022 | Local News | By: Mark Jurkowitz | From The: Outer Banks Voice

    Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry resumes service on Thursday

    May 12, 2022 | Local News

    N.C. 12 to reopen between Oregon Inlet and Rodanthe at noon on Thu ...

    May 12, 2022 | Local News
  • Speed limits decrease on N.C. Highway 12 for the summer season

    May 16, 2022 | Local News

    Pellini and Cruden vie in Republican primary for District Attorney

    May 13, 2022 | Local News | By: Mark Jurkowitz | From The: Outer Banks Voice

    Hege challenges Kidwell in Republican primary for NC House Distric ...

    May 13, 2022 | Local News | By: Mark Jurkowitz | From The: Outer Banks Voice

    Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry resumes service on Thursday

    May 12, 2022 | Local News

    N.C. 12 to reopen between Oregon Inlet and Rodanthe at noon on Thu ...

    May 12, 2022 | Local News

N.C. Highway 12 remains closed; NCDOT hopes to open the highway on ...

May 12, 2022 | Local News

While N.C. Highway 12 remained closed between Oregon Inlet and Rodanthe as of 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) stated in an update that they hope to open the roadway in the late morning or early afternoon. “The overnight high tide did cause some overwash and blown sand at Mirlo [...] Local News |  Full Article

It’s Burrus vs. Bateman for Dare Commissioner’s seat

May 11, 2022 | Local News | By: Michelle Wagner | From The: Outer Banks Voice | 1

Political newcomer Mike Burrus of Wanchese is challenging incumbent Ervin Bateman of Kitty Hawk for the Dare County Board of Commissioners at-large seat in the upcoming May 17 Republican primary election. Democratic candidate Heather Euler of Buxton will face the winner of that primary in November. Burrus, 38 and a native of Wanchese, works as [...] Local News |  Full Article

Extreme high tides may cause pollution in the ocean near Buxton an ...

May 11, 2022 | Local News

State recreational water quality officials advised the public on Wednesday, May 11, to be aware of potential pollution from possible septic system failures in ocean swimming waters along parts of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. The Outer Banks of North Carolina is experiencing extreme high tides caused by a low pressure system that may have [...] Local News |  Full Article

N.C. Highway 12 to remain closed through Wednesday

May 11, 2022 | Local News

N.C Highway 12 will remain closed from Oregon Inlet to the village of Rodanthe for the rest of the day Wednesday due to safety concerns surrounding the severity of the next two high tide cycles. A stationary low pressure system has brought strong winds and large waves to the Outer Banks for the last four [...] Local News |  Full Article

Volunteers being recruited for upcoming breach clean-up in Rodanthe

May 11, 2022 | Local News | By: Joy Crist

Volunteers are currently being recruited for an upcoming beach clean-up in Rodanthe and northern Hatteras Island, per a recent announcement from the non-profit organization Outer Banks Forever “As you may have seen in the news, two unoccupied houses collapsed into the ocean in Rodanthe yesterday, creating a large debris field along Cape Hatteras National Seashore,” [...] Local News |  Full Article

Officials unsurprised as 2 more Rodanthe homes collapse

May 11, 2022 | Local News | By: Catherine Kozak | From The: Coastal Review

As a storm-crazed ocean churned furiously around its spindly pilings, a weather-beaten house collapsed Tuesday afternoon into the surf on this Hatteras Island beach. It was the second house that day to fall into the raging sea. The first one fell early in the morning. A number of people at the beach captured the moment [...] Local News |  Full Article

N.C. Highway 12 remains closed Wednesday morning; Additional ocean ...

May 11, 2022 | Local News | By: Joy Crist

N.C. Highway 12 remains closed between Oregon Inlet and Rodanthe on Wednesday morning, per an 8:00 a.m. update from the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT). “The overnight high tide was not kind to our efforts to reopen the road, as more overwash and sand covers the road at the Pea Island Visitor Center and [...] Local News |  Full Article

Another round of overwash reported with Tuesday afternoon’s ...

May 10, 2022 | Local News | By: Joy Crist

Another round of ocean overwash was reported with Tuesday afternoon’s 3:30 p.m. high tide on multiple stretches of N.C. Highway 12, including northern Buxton, in Avon near Ocean View Drive, in the S-Curves/Mirlo Beach area of northern Rodanthe, and on Pea Island. The public is advised to avoid driving through these areas, as standing water and [...] Local News |  Full Article

N.C. Highway 12 to remain closed on Tuesday

May 10, 2022 | Local News

N.C Highway 12 will remain closed from Oregon Inlet to the village of Rodanthe for the remainder of the day today, as worsening conditions during this afternoon’s encroaching high tide make it too unsafe to reopen the road to traffic. A stationary low pressure system has brought strong winds and large waves to the Outer [...] Local News |  Full Article

Second Rodanthe house collapses into the ocean

May 10, 2022 | Local News | By: Joy Crist

A second unoccupied home collapsed along the oceanfront in Rodanthe at approximately 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday, per multiple reports. The home was located at 24265 Ocean Drive, and was adjacent to a home that collapsed overnight at 24235 Ocean Drive. The property was a 4 bedroom, 2.5 bathroom home that was originally built in 1980. The first [...] Local News |  Full Article

N.C. Highway 12 closed between Oregon Inlet and Rodanthe

May 10, 2022 | Local News

N.C. Highway 12 is currently closed between Oregon Inlet and Rodanthe due to ocean overwash that occurred with Tuesday morning’s 3:00 a.m. high tide, per an update from the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT). Crews will assess the roadway at daylight, and updates are available via the NCDOT’s travel conditions website at https://drivenc.gov/ and on social [...] Local News |  Full Article

House collapses overnight in Rodanthe

May 10, 2022 | Local News | By: Joy Crist

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 [...] Local News |  Full Article

Minor to moderate ocean overwash reported with Monday’s high tid ...

May 9, 2022 | Local News | By: Joy Crist

Minor to moderate ocean overwash was reported with Monday afternoon’s high tide, which occurred at roughly 2:30 p.m. While N.C. Highway 12 remains open throughout, standing water and sand remain on the roadway, and flooding may continue through the afternoon. Travelers are advised to use caution, and to avoid driving if possible, as saltwater can [...] Local News |  Full Article

Dare County announces trash collection schedule changes due to inc ...

May 9, 2022 | Local News

Due to adverse weather conditions, Dare County Public Works will not conduct commercial trash collection on Hatteras Island on Monday, May 9, 2022. Weather permitting, this trash collection will be completed on Tuesday, May 10, 2022. Residential trash collection was performed on Monday, May 9, 2022, in the villages of Buxton, Frisco and Hatteras—with the exception of [...] Local News |  Full Article

Ocean overwash likely with Monday afternoon’s high tide; Hat ...

May 9, 2022 | Local News | By: Joy Crist

While minor ocean overwash was reported with the early morning 2:30 a.m. high tide in Buxton and northern Rodanthe, N.C. Highway 12 remained open and passable throughout as of Monday morning, with minimal amounts of water and blowing sand on the roadway. However, additional ocean overwash is expected up to several hours before Monday afternoon’s [...] Local News |  Full Article

More Local News

Coastal Flood Warning in effect; Hatteras, Ocracoke ferry operations suspended

May 8, 2022 | Local News | By: Joy Crist

Coastal storm could bring flooding, ocean overwash Sunday through Wednesday

May 7, 2022 | Local News

Public Hearing for Dare County’s Proposed Budget for Fiscal Year 2022-2023 Scheduled for May 16

May 7, 2022 | Local News

U.S. Coast Guard Station Hatteras Inlet assists two grounded vessels off Ocracoke and Buxton

May 6, 2022 | Local News

NCDOT seeks new study on moving Hatteras-Ocracoke’s South Dock Ferry Terminal to the Pony Pens

May 6, 2022 | Local News | By: Joy Crist

Ocracoke Planning Board seeks moratorium on approving food truck permits

May 6, 2022 | Local News | By: Connie Leinbach | From The: Ocracoke Observer

Severe weather possible Friday; Coastal Flooding possible early next week

May 6, 2022 | Local News

Outten proposes 2023 Dare budget of $124M

May 5, 2022 | Local News | By: Michelle Wagner | From The: Outer Banks Voice

Reservations now available for Ocracoke Express passenger ferry; 2022 season starts May 17

May 3, 2022 | Local News

After COVID disruption, outlook brighter for international students coming to OBX this summer

May 2, 2022 | Local News | By: Michelle Wagner | From The: Outer Banks Voice

U.S. Coast Guard assists disabled vessel near Oregon Inlet Bar

May 1, 2022 | Local News

Coast Guard rescues two passengers & one dog from sailboat 40 miles east of Oregon Inlet

April 30, 2022 | Local News

Jug Handle Bridge will open in mid-May at the earliest

April 27, 2022 | Local News | By: Joy Crist

Dare County Announces Recent Launch of “Miss Katie” Dredge

April 26, 2022 | Local News

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