The folks on Ocracoke Island were probably very happy today to hear that they will have the ferry to and from Hatteras back, probably late next week. According to a media release from the North Carolina Department of Transportation Ferry Division, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers last weekend identified an alternate channel that can […]
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Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry service set to resume next week
A survey conducted this past weekend by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers identified an alternate channel at Hatteras Inlet that could temporarily be used to provide ferry service. The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division has formally asked the U.S. Coast Guard to mark it with navigational aids to resume ferry service sometime next […]
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Winter beach yields some surprises this week
Islanders always enjoy exploring the winter beach on Hatteras and Ocracoke. The beaches are relatively empty except for a few other beachcombers and maybe a couple fishermen. And as you pick through the flotsam and jetsam along the tideline, you never know what you might find – a perfect shell or a piece of sea […]
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New transportation secretary talks about local highway, bridge, and ferry issues
The state’s new transportation secretary backs the Bonner Bridge project, but he is not so sure about the Mid-Currituck Bridge. He also doesn’t favor a ferry solution for Oregon Inlet, but he’s willing to consider it in Currituck. Some might take it as a good sign that Anthony J. “Tony” Tata, appointed last month to […]
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NPS releases 2012 protected species reports
The National Park Service has released its 2012 reports for protected species of birds, turtles, and plants in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. Separate reports were issued for piping plovers, sea turtles, seabeach amaranth, American oystercatchers, and colonial waterbirds. The species seem to have fared well enough on the seashore last year, though the reasons […]
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Wind Projects are on the ropes, but not out
Land-based wind power projects in Beaufort and Pasquotank counties are still in the works, despite considerable challenges that have raised doubts about their future. Progress on a third wind project in Eastern North Carolina that has not been approved yet by the state has also stalled, and there is a new proposal to build an […]
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Cape Hatteras National Seashore sets 2013 campground season
The Cape Hatteras National Seashore’s campgrounds at Oregon Inlet, Frisco, and Ocracoke will open to the public on Friday, April 5. Oregon Inlet and Frisco Campgrounds will close at noon on Oct. 14. Ocracoke Island Campground, on a reservation system, will close at noon on Oct. 28. Cape Point Campground in Buxton, on Hatteras Island, […]
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D. Edward Starnes, Jr.
HUNTSVILLE,Ala — Ed Starnes Jr., 79, passed away Saturday afternoon, Feb. 9, 2013at home beside Rae, the love of his life, and surrounded by family. D.Edward Starnes, Jr. and Jane Ramelle Hylton wed Sept. 24, 1955, andfrom their marriage rose a family that they both considered theirgreatest blessing and most lasting legacy. Edand Rae’s children […]
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Public comment is open on tour fees for Bodie Island, Hatteras lighthouses
The National Park Service is accepting public comment for 30 days on the proposed fee for guided tour climbs of the Bodie Island Lighthouse and for the proposed fee increase for the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in Cape Hatteras National Seashore. The proposed fee schedules differ for the two lighthouses and the National Park Service is […]
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A conversation with the new seashore superintendent
Barclay Trimble, the new superintendent of the National Park Service?s Outer Banks Group, which includes Cape Hatteras National Seashore, had his first formal meeting with local reporters yesterday. Trimble was named in August to replace Mike Murray, who retired last July 31, after 6 ? years as superintendent. Trimble came to the Outer Banks after […]
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