Let this blog serve as a reminder that some important dates are coming up the first of next week. We’ve all been busy on Hatteras and Ocracoke with the influx of Memorial Day visitors and the unwelcome arrival of tropical cyclone Bonnie, which managed to hang around the better part of the week with heavy […]
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Bonnie is finally gone and sunny skies return — for now
By IRENE NOLAN TTropical Depression Bonnie kept trucking east over the Atlantic overnight — never making it back to tropical storm status — and sunny skies returned to the Outer Banks this morning. Roads on Hatteras and Ocracoke began drying out, although there is still standing water in places, especially east of Hatteras village, in […]
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Dare County releases video update on new bridge construction ….WITH VIDEO
According to the N.C. Department of Transportation travelers to and from Hatteras Island can expect daytime lane closures at the Bonner Bridge Monday through Friday during daylight hours until June 13. One lane will remain open during these closures, but motorists should allow extra time to reach their destinations. Daytime lane closures are not allowed […]
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Bonnie redevelops into tropical depression flooding the islands
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UPDATE: Bonnie could become tropical storm again
By IRENE NOLAN The National Hurricane Center said in its 5 p.m. update on Tropical Depression Bonnie that the storm’s maximum sustained winds have increased to 35 mph with higher gusts and that some additional strengthening is possible overnight. The Hurricane Center says Bonnie could become a tropical storm again, but if it does, the […]
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Jimmie Lee Jones
April 20, 1932 – June 1, 2016 Jimmie Lee Jones died on June 1,106. Jimmie was a long time resident of Albuquerque, N.M., with herhusband, Robert Davis Jones, who preceded her in death in 2006. Originally from Anson, Texas, she met and married Bob Jones. They wereboth from early Texas families. They moved to Gallup, N.M., […]
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Island Living: Being comfortable in your own skin
By JOY CRIST The Wednesday before Memorial Day was one of those brilliant sunny days that you dream about during a nor’easter while you’re holed up watching Netflix and compulsively eating Cheez-Its. So, after little thought, I decided to blow off work for the rest of the afternoon, and finally take a trip to the […]
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