By Rita Thiel Ocracoke’s Bread of Life food pantry has expanded and will officially open at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24, at the Assembly of God Church on Lighthouse Road. A prayer and dedication will kick off the celebration of this free-standing building next to the church, followed by a ribbon-cutting by Pastor Ivey [...] Local News |  Full Article

  by Dee Langston A 38-foot juvenile humpback whale washed up on the beach near Oregon Inlet Tuesday morning. The male humpback was spotted floating off Jennette’s Pier on Monday, and again north of Nags Head later in the day. “On Tuesday morning it had landed north of Oregon Inlet, where it is now,” said [...] Local News |  Full Article

  The Bonner Bridge replacement is expected to open to vehicular traffic within days, per NCDOT Public Relations Officer Tim Haas. The last step to opening the bridge entails painting the traffic lines on the roadways that direct traffic from the existing Bonner Bridge to the new bridge. “The bridge itself is ready to go,” [...] Local News |  Full Article

A short stretch of N.C. Highway 12 just north of Rodanthe and the S-Curves has completed a move roughly 20-30 feet to the east to make way for upcoming construction on the new Jug Handle Bridge. The temporary traffic shift, which was initiated earlier in 2019, is similar to the temporary highway relocation conducted while [...] Local News |  Full Article

Sen. Thom Tillis, R-N.C., has requested additional information on the recent decision to open the Atlantic Outer Continental Shelf for review under a new oil and gas leasing program. The senator sent a letter Thursday with the request to the secretary of the U.S. Department of Commerce, the acting secretary of the U.S. Department of [...] Local News |  Full Article

Though the name for the Bonner Bridge replacement is not yet set in stone, a new moniker for the structure has caused heated debate across the board for island residents and visitors, especially in online and social media spheres. The debate unofficially began at the January 7 meeting of the Dare County Board of Commissioners [...] Local News |  Full Article

The latest round of dredging in Hatteras Inlet, which included dredge work at Rollison Channel to the breakwater in Hatteras village as well as the South Ferry Channel, has resulted in a clear path for mariners, per an update at the February 11 meeting of the Dare County Waterways Commission. Steve Shriver, team leader of [...] Local News |  Full Article

Congressman Walter B. Jones passed away on Sunday afternoon, February 10, after entering hospice care at his Eastern N.C. home in late January. “After faithfully representing the people of Eastern North Carolina in Congress and the state legislature for over 34 years, Congressman Walter B. Jones (NC-3) passed away this afternoon in Greenville, North Carolina.  [...] Local News |  Full Article

Photos by Don Bowers Hundreds of people from the Outer Banks and miles beyond congregated at the edge of Oregon Inlet on Saturday to celebrate the long-awaited completion of the new Bonner Bridge replacement. The event was called “Community Day” and was an opportunity for the public to be among the first folks to walk [...] Local News |  Full Article

Hundreds of Dare County residents and visitors braved the cold temperatures and rough winds on Saturday morning to celebrate the completion of the new Oregon Inlet Bridge. Though not officially open to the public just yet, the bridge was temporarily accessible on Saturday for pedestrians and cyclists who wanted to walk along the newly finished [...] Local News |  Full Article

A 20-foot wooden cross that washed ashore outside of the Ocean Manor Beach Resort in Fort Lauderdale, F.L. on Saturday made waves throughout the Sunshine State, but days after the cross appeared, the significance of the discovery hit close to home. Family members and friends in Hatteras village believe that the wooden cross, which was [...] Local News |  Full Article

The N.C. Board of Transportation’s Road, Bridge and Ferry Naming Committee recommended naming the new bridge across Oregon Inlet the “Marc Basnight Bridge,” with a sign underneath that says “Oregon Inlet,” on Wednesday, February 6. The decision to solidify the new name now goes to the North Carolina Board of Transportation, which will vote on [...] Local News |  Full Article

The Army Corps of Engineers’ Wilmington District is accepting comments until March 6 on Dare County’s application to dredge year-round the federal project within Oregon Inlet and associated connecting channels. The 2,500-acre project near Nags Head includes the waters between the southern tip of Bodie Island and the northern portion of Pea Island, the ocean [...] Local News |  Full Article

New initiative seeks drug treatment over jail time If all goes according to plan, Dare County will soon be introducing what many experts see as a potent weapon in the battle against the opioid epidemic — a Recovery Court program. Still in the preparation stages, the program — funded with $125,000 in this year’s budget [...] Local News |  Full Article

  Photos by Don Bowers An estimated 100 total volunteers showed up on a sunny Tuesday to help remove debris from a long stretch of Frisco shoreline, a day after a shrimp trawler had wrecked just off the beach. The large beach cleanup was an impromptu endeavor that was orchestrated by the Cape Hatteras National [...] Local News |  Full Article