First piping plover nest hatches, closes Cape Point and Ramps 44 and 45 The first piping plover nest of the season has hatched at Cape Point, resulting in the temporary closure of the area from Ramp 43 south to the tip of Cape Point. According to the National Park Service, Ramp 44 was closed on […]
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By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN The side-caster dredge Merritt arrived at Hatteras Friday evening and went to work on the shoaled up Rollinson Channel in Hatteras Inlet early Saturday morning. By late afternoon, the Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry, shut down for most of the week by the narrow and shallow channel, was running again. Today, ferries […]
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We all love to hate earmarks. Those funds allocated in the federal budget by individual legislators for special projects or purposes in their districts are a waste of taxpayer money, right? Some of the more infamous examples of egregious earmarks over the years include funding for a teapot museum in western North Carolina and an […]
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Additional ferry runs will take place this Saturday, Sunday and Monday on the Swan Quarter-Ocracoke route to aid travelers affected by suspension of the Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry runs because of extreme shoaling of the Hatteras Inlet. The new Motor Vessel Sea Level that was christened today will be used on the new runs. Additional runs […]
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An abbreviated ceremony at the British Cemetery on Ocracoke remembering the sinking of the British trawler HMT Bedfordshire off the coast during World War II went off smoothly today under clear, sunny skies. This 70th anniversary of the sinking on May 11, 1942, almost was canceled because Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry service has been suspended for much […]
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To assist travelers while shoaling problems continue at the Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry route, the N.C. Ferry Division has added two additional departures from both sides at the Swan Quarter-Ocracoke route this weekend. On Saturday, May 12, and Sunday, May 13, there will be a 7 a.m. and 1 p.m. departure from Swan Quarter, in addition […]
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For the state’s Division of Marine Fisheries, this was already shaping up to be a particularly busy summer. A new sea turtle protection plan is in the works. There’s a heated, ongoing debate between the commercial and recreational fishing industries over a proposed bill for gamefish status for red drum, striped bass and sea trout. […]
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Nine little darling faces stare up at me, and my heart melts at the utter cuteness of them. Four are yellow and five black, but all nine ducklings shared the same 28 days in an incubator and hatched within hours of each other . Little chirps escape their pistachio-shaped beaks as they speak to me. […]
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Nine little darling faces stare up at me, and my heart melts at the utter cuteness of them. Four are yellow and five black, but all nine ducklings shared the same 28 days in an incubator and hatched within hours of each other . Little chirps escape their pistachio-shaped beaks as they speak to me. […]
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Two years before the 1944 Great Atlantic Hurricane devastated Ocracoke and Hatteras islands, a national tragedy had played out in the waters off the Outer Banks, and to this day, many Americans have little knowledge of the horrific slaughter that took place. Kevin Duffus, author of the recently released book, “War Zone: World War II […]
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