The persistent area of low pressure that has hung off the southeast coast for more than a week is finally drifting away to the northeast, and conditions on the Outer Banks are improving this morning. Highway 12 on Ocracoke opened about 8:30 a.m., and the Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry began running about the same time. Highway 12 […]
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Flooding closes Highway 12 on Ocracoke, ferry not running
Highway 12 on Ocracoke Island has closed this morning between the Pony Pen and the Hatteras/Ocracoke Ferry Terminal because of flooding from heavy rains. There is not an estimated schedule for reopening the road at this time, according to the North Carolina Department of Transportation. Locations along Highway in this area are reported to have […]
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Coast Guard enforcing regulated navigation area at Oregon Inlet
Coast Guard Sector North Carolina yesterday began enforcing a regulated navigation area for the navigable waters surrounding the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge in Oregon Inlet. Vessels with a draft greater than 5 feet are not allowed within 100 yards of the Bonner Bridge until further notice. With Hatteras Inlet experiencing similar shoaling and navigational conditions, […]
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Park Service urges caution on beaches, closes some ramps
The National Park Service is urging visitors to use “extreme caution” on the beaches of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore during this weekend’s stormy weather. A persistent area of low pressure to the southeast of Cape Hatteras and a high pressure to the north have combined to produce consistent moderate to strong northeast winds all […]
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Enough, already, on gasoline prices!
Hatteras islander Jarvis Williams, who owns an Exxon gas station in Buxton, went to Manteo last Monday to tell the Dare County Board of Commissioners what he thinks of their continued hammering on gas prices in Dare County. He hadn’t signed up to speak during the time the commissioners set aside to hear from gas […]
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Heavy rains, high winds will batter the beaches through the weekend
It now appears that there is no end to the torrential rains, high winds, and heavy seas that are battering the Outer Banks until the end of the weekend. The National Weather Service in Newport, N.C., says that the combination of a strong high pressure to the north and low pressure to the south will […]
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Public has chance to weigh in on Buxton Beach restoration plan
Hatteras islanders will have a chance to weigh-in next week on the long-sought plan to widen the beach in Buxton, which is currently out for public review. A meeting is scheduled on Thursday, Oct. 1, from 6 until 7 p.m. at the Fessenden Center, when people will have an opportunity to ask questions and view […]
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Finding solutions to Hatteras Inlet shoaling moving at snail’s pace
Finding remedies for clogged channels in Hatteras Inlet has been moving along at a typical bureaucratic crawl, spurring frustrated members of the Dare County Oregon Inlet and Waterways Commission to investigate whether dredging the “cut-through” area near Ocracoke could be a faster way to provide ocean passage for charter vessels. “We have the permits to […]
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‘Super blood moon’ will give skywatchers a rare show…WITH VIDEO
If the week’s ghastly and gloomy weather clears out by Sunday night, sky watchers on Hatteras and Ocracoke islands will be treated to not only a “supermoon” but also to a full moon glowing with the reddish tint of a lunar eclipse — a so-called “blood” moon. September’s super blood moon is also known as […]
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Commentary: The regressive tax hike for low-income families snuck into the budget
Next spring when a single mother in Newton takes her old car to the Jiffy Lube for an oil change, she will be in for quite a surprise. It is going to cost her 6.75 percent more, thanks to the budget passed by the House and Senate and signed by Gov. Pat McCrory that for […]
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