Beach nourishment completed at S-curves and north Rodanthe…WITH SLIDE SHOW Sand placement was completed earlier this week on a project to protect a stretch of Highway12 in the area of the “S-curves” north and Mirlo Beach in north Rodanthe. Crews with Great Lakes Dredge & Dock Company, LLC of Oak Brook, Ill. have completed dredging […]
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Dare County officials have been working for much of this year to get Waterfall Park, Hatteras Island’s biggest eyesore, cleaned up, but it still looks just about exactly as it has since Hurricane Irene three years ago. You can see the sorry state of the former water-themed amusement park in a slide show that appeared […]
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Motorists on Pea Island this afternoon were reporting ocean overwash on the south end of the temporary bridge at Pea Island Inlet, and the National Weather Service at Newport says overwash will be possible at high tides on Thursday and Friday also. The Weather Service says that tides have been running about a foot above […]
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By BRAD RICH Coastal Review Online While the debate over drilling for oil and natural gas off the North Carolina coast rages on, one thing appears certain: Next year, the first step in that process will begin, most likely, in the spring. Nine companies have applied for permits to use seismic air guns to look […]
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Click To Download Presentation A new concept being considered by the North Carolina Department of Transportation would include a 7-mile bridge into the Pamlico Sound that would run from just north of Pea Island Inlet –at the dike at the southern pond on the refuge — down to northern Rodanthe. DOT announced yesterday that it […]
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UPDATE: DOT and SELC in ‘discussions’ about Bonner Bridge replacement The North Carolina Department of Transportation and the Southern Environmental Law Center, representing Defenders of Wildlife and the National Wildlife Refuge Association, are currently in active, confidential discussions regarding replacing the aging Herbert C. Bonner Bridge over Oregon Inlet with a new parallel bridge while […]
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Trial will be Feb. 2 for man accused in 2012 murder on Hatteras A trial date for the Ohio man accused of killing his former girlfriend while visiting Hatteras Island two years ago was announced Monday in Dare County Superior Court. Nathan Summerfield, 29, of Ashland, is charged with first-degree murder in the stabbing and […]
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Bluegrass is alive and well in North Carolina, with three events in as many weeks that will provide top-notch entertainment to bluegrass lovers. The first of these, the Outer Banks Bluegrass Festival, will be held from Thursday, Sept. 25, through Sunday, Sept. 28 in Manteo. The festival features an all-star roster of bluegrass greats, including […]
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At exactly 8:46 yesterday morning, 30 firefighters and several other first responders started their second annual Memorial Stair Climb of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in Buxton. The start time, of course, was the hour on Sept. 11, 2001, that American Airlines Flight 11 plowed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New […]
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During the course of the last year, the North Carolina Department of Transportation has performed mobile scans every three months on the deck of the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge over the Oregon Inlet on N.C. 12. The final scan in this series is scheduled for 9 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 15, weather permitting. At 9 […]
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