BUXTON — Barbara Lee Barnett Williams of Buxton, NC went to be with our Lord, June 17th, 2019.  Her ever present warm smile was contagious to everyone she had contact with.  She was the best wife and mother that GOD could have ever given to anyone. She was born October 24, 1936 to the late [...] Obituaries |  Full Article

The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries is accepting proposals for the Boating Infrastructure Grant (BIG) Program for federal fiscal year 2020. BIG is a grant program of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that reimburses up to 75 percent of costs for projects that construct, renovate or maintain tie-up facilities and related amenities for recreational [...] Fishing |  Full Article

After initially proposing that more public restrooms would be built on Ocracoke by July, that hope has faded for this year as the Ocracoke Preservation Society did not receive any acceptable bids for the project. The nonprofit organization is still looking for a contractor for this project at the Island Inn and has dropped the [...] Local News |  Full Article

The North Carolina Ferry System’s Ocracoke Express passenger ferry will be making an adjustment to its schedule on June 16. Under the new schedule, the ferry will depart Hatteras at 9:30 a.m., 1 p.m. and 4:30 p.m., with departures from Ocracoke’s Silver Lake Terminal at 11 a.m., 3 p.m. and 8 p.m. “We heard from many passengers [...] Local News |  Full Article

The Coast Guard medevaced a 55-year-old Canadian man from a cruise ship 100 miles southeast of Cape Hatteras Friday morning. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard’s 5th District command center in Portsmouth, Virginia, initially received the report via phone call from personnel aboard the cruise ship Anthem of the Seas, who stated that one of their [...] Local News |  Full Article

The Dare County Board of Elections will hold two educational seminars about voter photo identification requirements on Thursday, June 27, at 10:00 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. in the Board of Commissioners Meeting Room in the Dare County Administration Building, 954 Marshall C. Collins Drive in Manteo. The seminars are free and open to the public. [...] Community News |  Full Article

The Outer Banks Community Foundation awarded $192,000 in scholarships this spring, including over $55,000 to students from Hatteras Island, helping students from across the Outer Banks achieve their educational dreams. 30 graduating seniors from Cape Hatteras Secondary School, Manteo High School, Currituck County High School, Ocracoke School, and First Flight High School received scholarships for [...] Community News |  Full Article

The N.C. Commercial Fishing Resource Funding Committee will meet jointly with the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission Commercial Fishing Resource Fund Committee at 1 p.m. June 19 at the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Washington Regional Office, 943 Washington Square Mall, Washington. The two committees are scheduled to review and vote on funding proposals from the [...] Fishing |  Full Article

The final version of a bill to expand aquaculture and reduce conflicts between shellfish operations and other users of the state’s public waters has cleared the legislature with unanimous support. The House on Wednesday approved Senate Bill 648, Support Shellfish Aquaculture, 116-0. The Senate approved the measure last week in a 47-0 vote. The bill sets [...] Fishing |  Full Article

The Dare County Waterways Commission met on Monday night at the Fessenden Center in Buxton, and with hurricane season more than two weeks underway, the biggest issue raised was the depth of the emergency ferry channel which offers escape in the event of a major weather event affecting N.C. Highway 12. All five board members [...] Local News |  Full Article

With surveying nearly complete for the new multi-use pathway in Hatteras village, the public’s assistance is needed to help pave the way for funding the impending project. The 3.75-mile pathway will stretch from the Hatteras ferry docks to the northern town borders, and will include a loop along Eagle Pass Road, making all areas along [...] Local News |  Full Article

The N.C. Division of Coastal Management has found that a proposed seismic survey related to oil and gas exploration in the Atlantic Ocean off the North Carolina coast is inconsistent with state coastal management policies. After review, the agency formally objected to the proposed activity by WesternGeco and found it inconsistent with state policies as [...] Local News |  Full Article