By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN The body of a kiteboarder missing since Sunday evening was recovered yesterday afternoon by Cape Lookout National Seashore staff members. The body of a kiteboarder missing since Sunday evening was recovered yesterday afternoon by Cape Lookout National Seashore staff members. The body of a kiteboarder missing since Sunday evening […]
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UPDATE: An Island Free Press Reader Survey: Hurricane Irene Response
In my blog last Tuesday, I asked our readers to let their voices be heard on Hurricane Irene from the preparation to the response by local and state agencies and other organizations. And did you ever give us a shout out! In fewer than three days online, at early afternoon Friday, we passed the 1,000-mark […]
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Ruby Gray Williams
AVON — Ruby Gray Williams, 99, daughter of Nelson Gray and BettyScarborough and native of Avon, passed away on Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011at the Outer Banks Hospital in Nags Head. She was a member ofSt.Johns United Methodist Church in Avon. In addition to herparents, she is predeceased by her sister, Selma Sterling. Surviving are her […]
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CORRECTION: Visitors to southern Hatteras can still enter by ferry — and make reservations By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN Earlier this evening, Dare County Emergency Management issued Hurricane Irene Advisory #35. The headline on the advisory is, “Dare County Public Official Evacuation Advisory Mandatory Prohibition of Hatteras Island Visitors Without Ferry […]
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UPDATE: Emergency Stumpy Point-Rodanthe ferry resumes operations
UPDATE: Emergency Stumpy Point-Rodanthe ferry resumes operations The N.C. Department of Transportation Ferry Division’s emergency route at Stumpy Point that was temporarily suspended today because of low tide resumed operations with a 5 p.m. departure from Stumpy Point and a 6 p.m. departure from Rodanthe. The Ferry Division has been monitoring water levels all […]
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BRIDGING THE GAPS: Latest Highway 12 recovery update
BRIDGING THE GAPS: Latest Highway 12 recovery update While Highway 12 south of the Bonner Bridge remains closed because of damage caused by Hurricane Irene on Aug. 27, the North Carolina Department of Transportation continues to make progress fixing the breaches and areas of overwash in order to improve and reopen the highway. One large […]
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Stumpy Point Emergency ferry shut down by low water
Stumpy Point Emergency ferry shut down by low water The North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division’s emergency route at Stumpy Point temporarily suspended operations at midnight last night due to extreme low tide. The route is currently not operating. Northeast winds are causing the water depth to be too low for safe travel. […]
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Beach and soundside access throughout the Seashore:
National Park Service continues to open seashore facilities and access National Park Service facilities continue to reopen at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, after Hurricane Irene shut the seashore down before its Aug. 27 arrival. NPS facilities that reopen on Hatteras Island on Thursday, September 15, 2011: National Park Service facilities continue to reopen at Cape […]
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Beach and soundside access throughout the Seashore:
National Park Service continues to open seashore facilities and access National Park Service facilities continue to reopen at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, after Hurricane Irene shut the seashore down before its Aug. 27 arrival. NPS facilities that reopen on Hatteras Island on Thursday, September 15, 2011: National Park Service facilities continue to reopen at Cape […]
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Chamber joins tourism board in urging county to revisit decision on visitors
Chamber joins tourism board in urging county to revisit decision on visitors The Outer Banks Chamber of Commerce joined the Dare County Tourism Board in passing a resolution urging Dare County to revisit its decision to allow visitors into the southern Hatteras Island villages, beginning yesterday. The Tourism Board passed its resolution Thursday morning, and, […]
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