A long period of sometimes gusty northeast wind and high waves pounding the beach have made off-road vehicle travel to Cape Point challenging and treacherous. National Park Service law enforcement rangers did close the area briefly over the weekend to assess the situation and then re-opened it and stayed nearby for a time to warn […]
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Operation Beach Respect keeps the seashore clean
Members of the North Carolina Beach Buggy Association and National Park Service employee volunteers manned each beach access ramp from Oregon Inlet to Hatteras on Saturday, Sept. 13, to hand out information packets, including trash bag,s to beachgoers during September’s Operation Beach Respect. Operation Beach Respect is a 30-year-old beach and highway clean-up program that […]
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Governor, Tata unveil 25-year vision for transportation
Governor, Tata unveil 25-year vision for transportation Governor Pat McCrory and Transportation Secretary Tony Tata unveiled the Governor’s 25-year vision for transportation in North Carolina last week with a cross-state tour that includes stops in Wilmington, Greenville, Winston-Salem and Asheville to detail the challenges faced by and solutions proposed for each of the state’s four […]
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Second round of heavy rain has Hatteras, Ocracoke under water
A second round of torrential rain in five days has Hatteras and Ocracoke islands under water — up to a foot or more in places on roadways, prompting the National Weather Service to issue a flood watch for the area until 8 p.m. this evening. The heaviest rainfall was overnight and into this morning when […]
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Sheriff’s office now has technology to catch the perps quicker
An onsite fingerprint reading machine and database at the Dare County Sheriff’s Office has the potential to help decrease the frequency of breaking and entering crimes that plague the Outer Banks in the winter. By shortening the time for analysis of prints from months to days, the technology provides an especially useful tool to track […]
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Charlotte June Jennette
CHESAPEAKE,Va. — Charlotte June Jennette, 83, of Chesapeake, Va., died onTuesday, Sept. 23, 2014 at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. Born inAvon, she was the daughter of the late Calvin W. and Dorcas FarrowMeekins and the widow of Joseph Edward Jennette Jr. Mrs. Jennette was ahomemaker, a member of the St. Johns United Methodist Church in […]
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Hatteras commissioner talks about bridge issue on radio show
Allen Burrus, vice-chairman of the Dare County Board of Commissioners and Hatteras Island representative on the board, was the guest Sunday, Sept.21, on the new Radio Hatteras interview show, “To the Point.” The show, hosted by Island Free Press Editor, Irene Nolan, will air on the island’s community radio station, FM 101.5 and FM 99.9, […]
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Day at the Docks draws a big crowd despite the downpours
Hatteras Island’s watermen are known for their hardiness and their perseverance. They go to sea to catch fish in all kinds of weather — hot or cold, windy or calm, rain or shine. And so it seemed rather appropriate that this year, after several years of fair weather, the planners of Day at the Docks, […]
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UPDATE: More heavy rain and gusty winds forecast for midweek By IRENE NOLAN
UPDATE: More heavy rain and gusty winds forecast for midweek By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN Even as the big “puddles” — if you want to call them that — continue to cover the roads and challenge drivers, the National Weather Service is forecasting a good possibility of more heavy rain and […]
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Coastal low dumps up to 5.25inches of rain on Hatteras
A low pressure system that formed off the southeast coast late on Friday sent extremely heavy rainfall onto Hatteras Island, especially the southern part of the island, on Saturday, Sept. 20, as it headed northeast. According to the National Weather Service office in Newport, N.C., unofficial totals by trained observers for the 24 hours ending […]
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