Superintendent Barclay Trimble announced today that Mark Dowdle will be joining the park’s management team as the new Deputy Superintendent for the National Park Service Outer Banks Group. The Outer Banks Group includes Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Wright Brothers National Memorial, and Fort Raleigh National Historic Site. Dowdle is currently the chief ranger at Boston […]
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UPDATE: Dare Commissioners reach out to President for assistance at Oregon Inlet
It was only last week that water depths at Oregon Inlet, a Federal channel authorized at 14 feet, declined to fewer than 4 feet in some areas, prohibiting recreational and commercial vessels from accessing the Atlantic Ocean. Favorable winds have improved conditions this week and emergency dredging operations have begun (weather permitting), allowing passage for […]
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Why you need to vote in the primary on Tuesday, May 6
You can?t have missed them ? all those candidate signs stuck in the ground in every village up and down Highway 12. But are you going to go to the polls on Tuesday, May 6, to vote? Probably not. But you should. This year?s North Carolina primaries on Tuesday and the general election on Tuesday, […]
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20th annual Hatteras Village Offshore Open is May 13-17
2014 marks the 20th anniversary of the Hatteras Village Offshore Open. The tournament is the official kick-off tournament for the North Carolina Governor’s Cup Series and is unofficially recognized as the big kick-off to the East Coast billfish season. Starting on May 13, all eyes will be focused on Hatteras Island, a small spit […]
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