The National Park Service will open a newly constructed parking area, footpath, and off-road vehicle ramp in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore on Friday, Sept. 4. The new ramp — Ramp 32, is located on the oceanside of Highway 12 between the villages of Salvo and Avon and near the soundside site of the historic […] Seashore News | Full Article
Dare’s second quarter Cost-of-Living Index is 108 percent Among the 271 urban areas that participated in the second quarter 2015 Cost of Living Index, the after-tax cost for a professional/managerial standard of living ranged from more than twice the national average in New York (Manhattan), N.Y. to almost 20 percent below the national average in […] Real Estate | Full Article
Nearing the end of his 9:30 a.m. run from Ocracoke on Saturday, North Carolina Ferry Captain Mark Piner noticed an unusual sight in Swan Quarter Bay — an overturned boat with two people hanging onto it. Immediately, Piner contacted the U.S. Coast Guard and ordered the M/V Silver Lake’s rescue boat launched. Crew members Daniel […] Local News | Full Article
They came, they talked, they went home. And that pretty much sums up the past week’s activities in the General Assembly. The few notable actions that occurred happened on Thursday, the last legislative day of the week, when both chambers passed yet another continuing resolution to keep government operating without an approved state budget in […] Local News | Full Article
The National Park Service announced today that it will extend the season at Cape Point Campground, keeping it open almost three additional months through the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. The campground, which had been scheduled to closed after the Labor Day weekend on Sept. 7, will now close on Monday, Nov. 30, at noon. “We’re trying […] Seashore News | Full Article
The National Hurricane Center issued its last advisory on Tropical Storm Erika at 9:30 this morning, but left the door open to the possibility that the storm might regenerate over the southeastern Gulf of Mexico. Erika, a struggling storm for days now, was battered by wind shear, dry air, and finally the mountains of Hispaniola […] Local News | Full Article
Tropical Storm Erika, still a weak and troubled system, managed to bring enough wind and rain to the Caribbean islands overnight to cause floods and mudslides that are reported to have taken at least 12 lives. Erika’s eventual path continued to perplex forecasters who have watched its center reform several times now, each time more […] Local News | Full Article
The National Park Service has announced that it will reopen Cape Point to off-road vehicles on Sunday, Aug. 30, after a closure of almost five months. The “closed” signs may be removed by the time the beaches open to vehicles at 7 a.m. on Sunday, but it could be later in the morning before rangers […] Seashore News | Full Article
Residents of and visitors to the Outer Banks will be waiting a few more days before forecasters can even make a relatively solid prediction about where Tropical Storm Erika might eventually end up. Erika continued on a path through the Caribbean islands today with winds fairly steady at 45 mph. The storm had slowed down […] Local News | Full Article
Tropical Storm Erika remained a weak and struggling system today as it continued moving quickly west across the Atlantic. While the storm is expected to continue its westward movement as a weak and struggling tropical storm into the weekend, there is still a possibility that Erika could threaten the southeast coast, including coastal North Carolina, […] Local News | Full Article
