By JOY CRIST Night owls and early birds taking a stroll along a Hatteras Island beach may encounter more than just the neighborhood sandpipers, seashells, and other visitors who appreciate having the shoreline almost all to themselves. More and more beach-goers, mostly in front of the villages, are leaving behind canopies, tent stands, and other […]
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Many coastal property owners should save money if newly proposed federal flood insurance maps are adopted, but some officials fear that the maps’ changes might lead to complacency. “They’re just maps, and people need to realize that lines on paper don’t mean there won’t be floods,” said Donna Creef, director of the planning department in […]
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The past several weeks have packed some serious heat indexes. With sky-high humidity, the temps have felt at or above 110 degrees, which can be described only as oppressive. Strong, offshore southwest winds have been responsible for the high temps and, in some areas, for a big cool-down in water temperatures. The weather has been […]
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NOAA grant will help fund living shorelines for waterfront landowners Waterfront property owners with eroding shorelines along our coastal sounds, bays, rivers, tidal creeks and waterways may soon be eligible for financial assistance to naturally control their erosion while increasing fish habitat at the same time. The North Carolina Coastal Federation recently received $75,000 […]
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Danny Couch of Buxton, who has just completed three years as Hatteras Island’s representative on the Dare County Board of Education, which oversees two of our most valuable resources — teachers and the youngsters who are the island’s future, was the guest on the Radio Hatteras interview show, “To the Point,” on Sunday, Aug. 7. […]
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Last week I wrote — once again — about the continuing struggle to keep the sand-clogged channels in Hatteras Inlet open for the island’s commercial, charter, and recreational boats to transit from the Hatteras village docks to and from the Atlantic Ocean. I wrote about the steps that the county and the state have taken […]
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North Carolina’s latest state record for scamp is also a pending world record catch. Teddy Wingfield, a 9-year-old from Lookout Mountain, Tenn., reeled in the fish on June 2 while fishing in waters off of Atlantic Beach. The scamp weighed in at 32 pounds, topping the former state record by nearly 5 pounds and the […]
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Travelers to and from Ocracoke on Wednesday might have seen a contingent of black-shirted Transportation Security Administration people at the Hatteras and Ocracoke ferry docks. The team of officers, mostly based in Raleigh, was here at the invitation of the N.C. Ferry Division to join in the annual security exercise at the ferry terminals, said […]
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Sector North Carolina issued an urgent marine information broadcast at 8:53 a.m. and launched a 47-foot Motor Life Boat crew from Coast Guard Station Oregon Inlet and a 29-foot Response Boat-Small crew from Station Oregon Inlet at approximately 9 a.m., with an Emergency Medical Services team from Dare County aboard the RBS. The boat crews arrived […]
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Local, state and federal agencies will conduct a security training exercise at the Hatteras and Ocracoke ferry terminals on Wednesday, Aug. 3. The exercise will begin at approximately 8 a.m. The public may see first responder and federal law enforcement activity at the both ferry terminals. The North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division is participating in […]
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