By IRENE NOLAN  By IRENE NOLAN  storm surge from Tropical Storm Hermine and began opening up businesses for visitors who seem to be enjoying themselves, despite the stormy start to the last holiday weekend of summer. Ferries started running again to and from Ocracoke this morning and visitors, who had been under a mandatory evacuation […]

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By IRENE NOLAN  By IRENE NOLAN  After a stormy night — that included a tornado in Hatteras village — Tropical Storm Hermine  moved over the Outer Banks and off the North Carolina coast about 8:45 this morning. Briefly, all was quiet and some folks were out and about thinking that perhaps the worst of the […]

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N.C. Department of Transportation crews along the Outer Banks and across northeastern North Carolina are preparing for Tropical Storm Hermine as it makes its way into North Carolina and aims for the coast. In the department’s Division One, which includes the Outer Banks and the northeastern counties, transportation personnel have been prepping since last weekend. […]

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At 5 p.m. this evening, the National Hurricane Center extended its tropical storm warning to include a large chunk of the southeast Atlantic coast of the U.S. — from northern Florida to Duck– including the Albemarle and Pamlico sounds. And the local National Weather Service office in Newport/Morehead City warned that coastal North Carolina can […]

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Overnight, the track of Tropical Storm Hermine has shifted again — this time back toward the Outer Banks. As of the 8 a.m. update, Hermine was in the Gulf of Mexico with winds increased to 65 mph, headed north-northeast at about 12 mph. This track, with a slight increase in forward speed, is expected for […]

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