The seventh named tropical storm of the season, Gonzalo, became a hurricane overnight and is forecast to become a major hurricane — perhaps a Category 4 — as it heads northwest and then north in the open Atlantic. This afternoon at 5 p.m., the hurricane winds were 115 mph and the storm was moving northwest […]
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Turtle nest closes Cape Point to ORVs at night
Gonzalo expected to become major hurricane but stay far offshore
The seventh named tropical storm of the season, Gonzalo, became a hurricane overnight and is forecast to become a major hurricane — perhaps a Category 4 — as it heads northwest and then north in the open Atlantic. This afternoon at 5 p.m., the hurricane winds were 115 mph and the storm was moving northwest […]
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Cancer Foundation Fun Run is a day of celebration
The 11th Annual Hatteras Island Cancer Foundation Fun Run was held on Saturday, and the survivors won. First across the finish line for the men was Keith Gray at a little more than 18 minutes. Evan O’Connell came in at a little over 20 minutes to pace the women. They were the runners who took […]
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The War on Voting
If you haven’t registered to vote in the Nov. 4 general election by the time you read this, it’s too late. Under North Carolina’s new voting law, enacted in 2013, the deadline to register to vote next month was at 5 p.m. today — Friday, Oct. 10. Under the new law, voters cannot register on […]
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UPDATE: Supreme Court blocks same-day registration, out-of-precinct voting
The U.S. Supreme Court on Wednesday stopped a recent lower court ruling that would have allowed same-day voting in North Carolina and counting of votes miscast in the wrong precinct. With the high court’s 5-2 decision, state residents have only two more days to register to vote in the Nov. 4 general election. The deadline […]
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Old oil test well at Hatteras lighthouse draws state’s attention
Core samples from a decades old oil test well near the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse that was abandoned as a dry hole in 1946 will get another look as part of the state’s effort to expand oil and gas exploration, state officials say. Officials with the N.C. Department of Environment and Natural Resources said last week […]
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Irma Midgett Austin
HATTERAS– Irma Midgett Austin, 99, died on Oct. 9, 2014, eight days shy of her100th birthday, at Colony Ridge Nursing and Rehabilitation Center. Bornin Waves, she was the daughter of the late Ignatious and Cora Midgett.Irma was a homemaker, the widow of Fred B. Austin, Jr. and a member ofthe Hatteras United Methodist Church. Mrs. […]
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Ocracoke travel trailer amendment on chopping block
The Ocracoke Advisory Planning Board voted at its September meeting to recommend removing the travel trailer section of the Ocracoke Development Ordinance (ODO) on the premise that it duplicates FEMA and other governmental rules. Travel trailers as housing on Ocracoke have been controversial for the last few years. In 2011, the Planning Board while […]
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Seashore’s acting superintendent updates NCBBA members
