With navigation through Hatteras Inlet close to impossible since recent storms, the inlet’s troubles occupied most of the discussion at Tuesday’s meeting of the Dare County Oregon Inlet and Waterways Commission. Surveyors were working in the inlet yesterday to provide the information needed to clear an area of the old ferry channel between the Ocracoke […]
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Beginning Nov. 1, 2015, Cape Hatteras National Seashore will increase camping fees and Wright Brothers National Memorial will increase the entrance fee. The fee increases will allow park staff to fund much needed maintenance projects and “to continue to protect, preserve and share the special places at the Seashore and the Memorial with current visitors […]
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Tracking a rescued bald eagle flying over our coast might even be more fun than following the travels of a great white shark off of our coast. It would take a hard heart not to be touched by the adventures of Yangchen, a young rehabilitated bald eagle that has been soaring above the skies of […]
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The Dare County Planning Board will meet at the Rodanthe Community Center on Wednesday, Oct. 28, at 6 p.m. to receive public input on a draft zoning proposal for the villages of Rodanthe, Waves, and Salvo. Property owners and residents of the community are encouraged to attend and share their comments with the Planning Board. […]
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Cape Hatteras National Seashore officials today reopened Ramp 43 in Buxton to give drivers off-road vehicle access to Cape Point, but the area is still flooded and the Park Service urges drivers to use caution. With today’s opening, only three other ramps in the seashore remain closed because flooding from rain and ocean overwash earlier […]
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While N.C. Ferry Division officials were on Ocracoke yesterday assuring islanders that they would go along with islanders’ not wanting a toll on the Hatteras Ferry, the Dare County commissioners, after a presentation by the Ferry Division, voted 6 to 1 to approve tolling the Hatteras Ferry. Ed Goodwin, Ferry Division director, along with Rep. […]
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The U.S. Coast Guard rescued a man on Friday, Oct. 16, from a grounded sailboat near Ocracoke Inlet. Sector North Carolina watchstanders were notified at 7:21 p.m. Friday that the 30-foot sailing vessel Lydamay was aground and taking on water near Ocracoke Inlet. A 47-foot Motor Lifeboat crew launched from Station Hatteras Inlet and arrived on scene but were unable […]
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The annual Cape Hatteras Anglers Club Invitational Surf Fishing Tournament, the largest and one of the oldest on the East Coast, was the topic of the Radio Hatteras Interview Show, “To the Point,” on Sunday, Oct. 18. The guests for the interview were Larry Hardham, long-time president of the Anglers Club, and Pat Weston, the […]
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Following Gov. Pat McCrory’s introduction last week of the customer service enhancements at the N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles, the division is unveiled its innovative new mobile offices at the North Carolina State Fair on Friday, Oct. 16. The mobile offices are designed to better reach remote areas and enhance customer service as part of […]
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An effort to seek a toll on the Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry is off the table for now, Hyde County manager Bill Rich confirmed Friday. Wednesday night, at the monthly Ocracoke Civic and Business Association meeting, Rich had reported that the N.C. Ferry Division would ask the Albemarle Regional Planning Organization (RPO) to approve tolling visitors on […]
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