As transportation officials struggle to make Highway 12 passable through Mirlo Beach and the S-curves, a decision on the long-term fix at the troublesome spot has been put off until late winter — more than a year later than originally expected. Beth Smyre, state Department of Transportation project manager, said that with the challenges created […]
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The pipeline dredge Richmond is expected to make its way from Ocracoke’s Silver Lake Harbor to Hatteras Inlet within 10 days. Roger Bullock, chief of navigation for the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, said today that the dredge should finish its work in the harbor in the next two days, if there are no problems. […]
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The North Carolina Department of Transportation is putting more restrictions on the four-wheel-drive route on northern Hatteras Island because of an ongoing problem with vehicles getting stuck. The problem area for four-wheel-drive vehicles is at the S-curves in northern Rodanthe. Now that the ocean is no longer regularly overwashing the route at high tide, the […]
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The North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division is reducing the total number of runs each day at the Stumpy Point-Rodanthe emergency route from nine to eight from each side. The change is to reduce costs and is effective Wednesday, Nov. 28. The eliminated runs are those with the least amount of traffic and […]
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Island Free Press photographer Don Bowers was back in the air yesterday with Dwight Burrus of Hatteras village to get new photos from above of the Mirlo Beach/S-curves area and Pea Island Inlet. The photos from Mirlo and the S-curves show that the ocean has calmed down after days and day of northeast wind, but, […]
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As the Outer Banks Community Foundation (OBCF) celebrates its 30th anniversary during the month of November, the organization announces a change in leadership. Founded in 1982 by David Stick, Andy Griffith, Ray White, Edward Green, George Crocker, Martin Kellogg and Jack Adams, OBCF has awarded more than $4.5 million in grants and scholarships to organizations […]
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The gray skies, high winds, and heavy seas from low pressure systems off the coast finally gave way to sunshine and just plain old breezy conditions on the day after Thanksgiving. Travelers on Highway 12 faced obstacles from long ferry lines, to a few cancelled ferries, to intermittent overwash on the four-wheel-drive only route around […]
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The Cape Hatteras National Seashore off-road-vehicle permit offices will begin issuing the 2013 annual ORV permit on Saturday, Dec. 1. The 2013 annual permit will be valid from the date of purchase through Dec. 31, 2013 at a cost of $120 per permit. The ORV permit offices are open seven days a week, from 8 […]
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BY CATHERINE KOZAK BY CATHERINE KOZAK The Southern Environmental Law Center is seeking to have a judge review a challenge to Major CAMA permit allowing construction of the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge. The request for a judicial review was filed just about an hour before the courts closed on Wednesday for the Thanksgiving holiday. Attorneys […]
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Hurricane Sandy?s brush by the Outer Banks almost a month ago was much less dramatic than Hurricane Irene?s visit in August of last year. Irene cut two new inlets and did millions of dollars in damage in the northern Hatteras Island villages. Sandy, by contrast, blew by with high winds, heavy seas, ocean overwash, and […]
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