The National Hurricane Center has upgraded the tropical storm watch from Cape Lookout to Oregon Inlet along the eastern North Carolina coast to a tropical storm warning. A tropical storm warning means that tropical storm conditions are expected somewhere within the warning area, in this case within 24 hours. Interests elsewhere along the Outer Banks […]
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By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN The National Hurricane Center has issued a tropical storm watch for the North Carolina coast from Cape Lookout to north to Oregon Inlet, including Hatteras and Ocracoke islands. According to the Hurricane Center, at 8 a.m., Tropical Depression 8 was comprised of a swirl of low-level clouds accompanied by […]
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By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN The National Hurricane Center said in an 11 a.m. advisory this morning that an area of disturbed weather west of Bermuda has become Tropical Depression 8 with winds of 35 mph with higher gusts and could become Tropical Storm Hermine in the next day or so. According to the […]
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SOUTHERN SHORES — Charles “Charlie” John Rocknak Jr., 85, passed away unexpectedly on Aug. 27, 2016. He is survived by his wife, Sandra K. Rocknak; a son, Charles John III;a daughter, Wendy; a brother, Roger William (Lucinda); four nieces, andtwo nephews. No memorial services are planned at this time. In lieu offlowers, memorial donations in […]
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The Cape Hatteras National Seashore maintenance staff has begun a project to restore Ramps 44 and 49 to their original elevations and reduce the effects of heavy rainfall that flooded the ramps for weeks last fall and again around Memorial Day. “Over time with use and maintenance the ramps have developed a depression or trough […]
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The three members of the Dare County Board of Elections should be ashamed of themselves. At a meeting on Wednesday afternoon, they had another chance — apparently a last chance — to make things right with early voting opportunities — and they refused. All three members of the board — two Republicans and a Democrat […]
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We are in the final days of August and rapidly approaching Labor Day weekend. While meteorologists do not consider Labor Day the end of summer, a tourism-driven community does. Depending on where you live, schools have already started back, or are about to. There has already been a downturn in numbers this week for that […]
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One milestone in the history of substance abuse treatment and community awareness in Dare County can be traced back to four resolute ladies, a chance meeting in a restaurant and a woman’s moving words. In the spring of 2006, Dare County was reeling from drug overdose deaths and an opioid abuse epidemic. During the previous […]
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By IRENE NOLAN Dare County put out a call for help this afternoon to residents and local business owners. The county is working with two contractors — North Carolina State University and RTI International — to develop an economic development and diversification plan. “Your involvement and input are critical to our success,” the county said […]
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National bluegrass talent will once again be riding the bluegrass trail to Hatteras for Hatterasity 2016, three days of bluegrass music presented at the Hatteras Village Civic Center and nearby venues from Oct. 6-8. Hatterasity, billed as “the coolest little festival on the Eastern Seaboard,” has been modified somewhat since the first three-day event […]
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