Frankly, the editor needs a break from writing this blog. And we could probably all use a break from more discussion of the challenges facing Hatteras and Ocracoke as we head into the summer season. I want to say again that Highway 12 is open, the ferries to Ocracoke are running, and businesses are ready […]
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UPDATE: Army Corps again surveying inlet after dredging project fails to solve ferry problems
A survey team is working to determine the degree of shoaling in the Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry channel, which ferries still can’t transit after a months-long dredging project. “I’m not clear what’s going on,” Roger Bullock, chief of navigation for the Wilmington district of the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, said late Wednesday. Ferry captains have reported […]
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Boats are back to using the main channel in Hatteras Inlet
Commercial fishing, charter, and private boats are back to using Rollinson Channel to safely navigate between the harbor in Hatteras village and Hatteras Inlet. Since January, many boats were using an alternate channel that goes farther west into the sound to bypass the heavily shoaled Rollinson Channel, also known as the ferry channel or main […]
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Dredging finished, but channel still problematic for ferries
May is upon us, and the regular Hatteras-to-Ocracoke ferries still are not running because of an inadequate ferry channel. “It’s a mess,” noted Allen Burrus, a Dare County commissioner who has been actively working on the ferry channel problems. Rudy Austin, president of the Ocracoke Civic and Business Association and a former ferry captain, echoed […]
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State representatives visit Ocracoke to talk ferry tolls …WITH SLIDE SHOW
Three state representatives who visited Ocracoke on Friday, April 26, pledged to do all they can to find an alternative to tolls on all North Carolina ferries. The visitors were Paul Tine, a Democrat of Kitty Hawk, who represents Dare, Hyde, Beaufort and Washington counties; Charles Jeter, a Republican of Mecklenberg County, and John A. […]
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Ocracoke youngsters will soon have a real baseball field …WITH SLIDE SHOW
Ocracoke students will have a real baseball field by the end of the summer. The field, which will be called Ocracoke Community Park, is at the end of Maurice Ballance Road and is being prepared on a 3.8-acre tract purchased from Dal and Darren Burrus. “If you wanted to play flag football, you had to […]
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Visitors Bureau sets events for National Travel & Tourism Week
Visitors Bureau sets events for National Travel & Tourism Week The Outer Banks Visitors Bureau is celebrating National Travel and Tourism Week, May 4 -12, with a series of fun and informative events, including the first Outer Banks Tourism Summit. On Tuesday, May 7, Tourism Research Assistance Center (TRAC) State Tourism and Commerce […]
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You can fish anywhere on the beach — and other misconceptions about the ORV plan
The National Parks Subcommittee of the U.S. Senate Committee on Energy and Natural Resources had a hearing last week on Senate Bill 486, which would overturn the off-road vehicle management plan at the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. Under the legislation, which was introduced last month by Sens. Richard Burr, R-N.C., and Kay Hagan, D-N.C., off-road […]
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USFWS seeks comment on compatibility for Pea Island Inlet Bridge
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Draft Compatibility Determination on the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s request for a temporary easement permit for construction of a new, permanent bridge at Pea Island Inlet is open for public comment and review until May 3. Comments are being sought on the benefits of and impacts from issuing […]
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Political terrain is rougher in new version of the gamefish bill
BY CATHERINE KOZAK Commercial fishermen for the fourth time are fighting against passage of a gamefish bill that is winding its way through the North Carolina General Assembly, but this time the political terrain is rougher and the legislation is an entangled mix of actions. The bill, HB 983, proposes to remove red drum, speckled […]
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