The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers On Friday, June 20, opened bids from contractors for an N.C. Department of Transportation project to nourish the beach north of Rodanthe on Hatteras Island and provide protection for a vulnerable stretch of Highway 12. Multiple bids were received. The Army Corps will now review each bid to ensure […]
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UPDATE: Community reaches out to family that lost home
The Hatteras Island Community has spent the weekend reaching out to support a Buxton family that lost its home in a fire on Thursday, June 19. Courtney and Melissa Whitehead and their three children lost just about everything in the blaze that destroyed their three-story house. All escaped without injury but all of their possessions […]
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UPDATE: Ferry Division Will Test Hatteras Inlet Channel Again This Week
UPDATE: Ferry Division Will Test Hatteras Inlet Channel Again This Week The North Carolina’s Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division said Sunday that it will once again be testing the waters of its original “short route” in Hatteras Inlet this week, after an Army Corps of Engineers dredge departs the area Monday. The M/V Merritt, an […]
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Coast Guard medevacs boater near Oregon Inlet…WITH VIDEO
Coast Guard medevacs boater near Oregon Inlet…WITH VIDEO The Coast Guard medevaced a recreational boater Saturday who suffered a laceration near Oregon Inlet. Dare County Emergency Services contacted Coast Guard Sector North Carolina watchstanders at approximately 3:08 p.m. to report the owner of a 22-foot power boat suffered a laceration on his leg near the Bonner […]
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Buxton beach nourishment is moving — but not quickly enough for some
Christie Roberson of Buxton spoke to the Dare County Board of Commissioners during the public comment period at the meeting earlier this week. “It is no longer okay,” she said, “that we are not in active pursuit of getting sand on the beach in Buxton.” She noted that businesses and homeowners in north Buxton have […]
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Boyle rules against CHAPA in lawsuit to stop ORV rule
Federal District Court Judge Terrence Boyle of the Eastern District of North Carolina today ruled against the Cape Hatteras Access Preservation Alliance in its lawsuit to try to overturn the National Park Service’s off-road vehicle law and final rule for the seashore, which became effective in February 2012. The lawsuit was filed the same month […]
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Coastal Review Online
Local economies are getting bang for the bucks that fund coastal restoration projects, according to recent federal report. Coastal restoration projects completed throughout the U.S. in 2011 created more than 470 jobs and contributed $35.6 million in local economic stimulus, according to a Fish and Wildlife Service study. “Restoration Returns: The Contribution of Partners for […]
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Citizens invited to comment on next step in new transportation law implementation
Citizens are encouraged to help North Carolina take the next step forward to implement the Strategic Transportation Investments law. STI overhauls the way the state funds transportation improvements, allowing the N.C. Department of Transportation to make more efficient use of its existing revenues to fund more investments that improve the state’s transportation infrastructure, create jobs […]
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Fire damages house in Buxton, starts brush fires…WITH VIDEO and SLIDE SHOW By IRENE NOLAN
Fire damages house in Buxton, starts brush fires…WITH VIDEO and SLIDE SHOW By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN A fire at a house in Buxton in the vicinity of Rocky Rollinson Road today severely damaged the structure, started several brush fires, and caused a closure of Highway 12 in the area for […]
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Ocracoke School Graduates 10 Seniors In The Class Of 2014 By CONNIE LEINBACH
Ocracoke School Graduates 10 Seniors In The Class Of 2014 By CONNIE LEINBACH By CONNIE LEINBACH By CONNIE LEINBACH Andrew Tillett, valedictorian of the Ocracoke School Class of 2014, on Sunday, June 15, during graduation ceremonies likened high school to Plato’s Allegory of the Cave in his “Republic.” “High school is in a way like […]
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