The Wings Over Water Wildlife Festival has shifted to other locations several events planned for this week on Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge after an eruption of public outrage about the group being given access to the area, which is closed to the public. The Wings Over Water festival is scheduled to begin tomorrow and […]
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Dare County has listened to Hatteras residents who need to leave the island for doctor’s appointments, jobs, and other business and has announced that beginning Monday, Nov. 5, priority boarding will be given to Hatteras Island residents traveling weekdays on the emergency ferry service between Stumpy Point and Rodanthe. Priority boarding for residents will be […]
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All of our thoughts have been on Superstorm Sandy for more than a week now as we handle the impacts here on Hatteras and Ocracoke and watch with horror what happened to folks in the northeast. We?re cleaning up after the storm surge, collecting information on Highway 12 and when it will reopen and the […]
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Lines today and yesterday for the emergency ferry from Stumpy Point to Rodanthe were long. However, reports last evening was that the Ferry Division was getting all vehicles from both sides moving. The Ferry Division will add more ferries beginning tomorrow. Re-entry restrictions on visitors to Hatteras were lifted today. If you plan to use […]
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Dare County, North Carolina Department of Transportation, and Cape Hatteras Electric Cooperative officials met with residents today in a community meeting, hosted by the Avon Volunteer Fire Department, to address recovery from Superstorm Sandy. Dare County commissioners Allen Burrus and Warren Judge, county manager Bobby Outten, Susan Flythe from the CHEC, and Sterling Baker, division […]
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Beginning Friday, Nov. 2 at 6 a.m., all re-entry restrictions for Hatteras Island will be lifted and ferry service will be available for everyone, including visitors. The only access to Hatteras Island is by ferry until further notice. The only priority given for emergency ferry service is for essential commodities and materials, as determined by […]
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Signs of normalcy began to appear today around the villages of Hatteras Island as floodwaters began to recede when Superstorm Sandy moved north of the region. Many awakened this morning to less water in their yards, weakening winds, and blue skies. After being cooped up inside for days, people were eager to move about the […]
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Beginning Friday, Nov. 2, at 6:00 a.m., all re-entry restrictions for Hatteras Island will be lifted and ferry service will be available for everyone, including visitors. The island has been cut off since ocean storm surge brought sand and water onto Highway 12 between Rodanthe and the Bonner Bridge on Sunday, Oct. 28. There was […]
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Dare County Emergency Management said today in its hurricane recovery update that the North Carolina Department of Transportation, after an initial assessment, projects that Highway 12 from Rodanthe to the Bonner Bridge will be open by Thanksgiving. That stretch of road remains closed because of sand and broken pavement, but Highway 12 is clear from […]
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The North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division today announced the following route activation and schedule between Stumpy Point and Rodanthe. Currently the ferries are not running a set schedule, but are taking the top three priorities as announced by Dare County and will begin a set schedule tomorrow according to the following information provided […]
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