The National Weather Service in Newport, N.C., has issued a winter weather advisory for portions of eastern North Carolina, including Hatteras and Ocracoke, for Tuesday, Feb. 24., from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. Forecasters are expecting about an inch of snow on the Outer Banks with this system, but say that some locations on the […]
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Heat pumps have been pumping non-stop on Hatteras and Ocracoke for the past few days as record-setting frigid air has poured into the southern U.S. According to the weather forecasters, this is not just your normal Arctic cold — it’s cold all the way from Siberia. Temperatures started dropping on Hatteras and Ocracoke Wednesday night […]
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Almost all of us who have vacationed in coastal North Carolina — or other places on the East Coast, for that matter — have fond memories of the old, wooden fishing piers. They are wonderful places, especially for families. For a reasonable fee, a family can spend a day fishing during the annual beach vacation. […]
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Record-setting weather kept most legislators at home a couple of days during this week’s session, but the lone senator who showed up for work decided to take advantage of being a majority of one. The Charlotte Observer reports that after Sen. Jeff Jackson’s scheduled appointment fell through, he decided to put his time and situation […]
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As part of its ongoing feasibility study on passenger ferry service, the North Carolina Department of Transportation has signed an agreement with Bay State Cruise Company to charter the M/V Provincetown III for test runs of a potential passenger ferry route between Hatteras and Ocracoke village on May 4-5. “These test runs will allow us […]
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In the depths of winter, when the battle between light and dark sways towards the night, when temperatures have plummeted to the lowest of lows, when ice begins to reform along coastal stretches far to the north, a most unexpected visitor arrives in North Carolina. To be quite honest, you probably have never heard about […]
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Cape Hatteras National Seashore officials reported today in a news release that vandalism continues to be a problem on the seashore in the Buxton area. Seashore law enforcement rangers continue to investigate last week’s vandalism at the Cape Point Campground in which a vehicle was used to deliberately destroy large areas of the landscape, grass, […]
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The title of this column may imply that I am going to be talking about how to bring down a mythical creature of the night, but I am not. Last week the Outer Banks experienced a typical winter nor’easter. It was cold, wet and very windy. The wind generated a large ocean swell, and that […]
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Although the National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for the area, it appears that the Outer Banks, especially Hatteras and Ocracoke, will escape the brunt of the wintry precipitation. A low pressure area will approach the region from the southwest late today and cross the area tonight, then move quickly northeast on […]
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Bryan Perry, owner of Frisco Shopping Center and Frisco Rod & Gun, where he sells, among other things, gasoline, was the guest on this week’s edition of “To the Point” on Radio Hatteras. “To the Point,” which is hosted by Island Free Press editor Irene Nolan, airs on the island’s community radio station, FM 101.5 […]
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