The board approved spending up to $150,000 to speed up the process, so Outten would not have to return to the board when the survey is completed and cost estimates are made. The county will pay one-fourth of the cost of the dredging, and three-fourths will come from the state’s Inlet and Waterways Fund. The […]
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The North Carolina General Assembly this week will begin the negotiating process on the two chambers’ differing versions of their respective budgets, and ferry tolls and $150 priority passes are back in the mix. This priority pass provision is in section 35.12.(b) (page 142) of the Senate budget: SECTION 35.12.(e) G.S. 136-82 is amended by […]
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At its meeting this morning, the Dare County Board of Commissioners unanimously passed a resolution establishing a service district in north Buxton to help pay for next year’s planned beach nourishment project. Commissioner Jack Shea made the motion to approve the district. The motion to second was made by Commissioner Wally Overman. There was no […]
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The North Carolina Department of Transportation is planning a series on public hearings on the Outer Banks from June 20 – 22 on its preferred alternative for bridging a troublesome “hot spot” along Highway 12 in north Rodanthe and S-curves on Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge. Last month, the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) approved the […]
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Record rainfall from tropical cyclone Bonnie has left some ramps in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore flooded and hazardous for travel and has temporarily closed the Cape Point Campground. Several of the ramps on the seashore have had standing water in low spots over the past week, but the most flooded and hazardous are Ramps […]
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By IRENE NOLAN Tropical Depression Bonnie finally headed east of Cape Hatteras and into the Atlantic on Friday — becoming a tropical storm again before giving up the ghost — and now Tropical Storm Colin is headed our way. Bonnie’s record rainfall is barely a memory, and the National Weather Service in Newport/Morehead has already […]
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Meanwhile, residents and visitors should monitor the latest forecasts, watches, and warning on the local Weather Service website at www.weather.gov/mhx/. Or check out the local office on Facebook at https://www.facebook.com/NWSMoreheadCity/?fref=ts. Click here to see the 5:30 p.m. briefing on Tropical Storm Colin’s local impacts.
If you missed the presentation at the Fessenden Center on Saturday, May 21, on the dangers of storm surge during tropical cyclones — featuring a storm surge expert from the National Hurricane Center — you can catch up with the audio of the newest edition of “To the Point,” the Radio Hatteras interview show hosted […]
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September 8, 1937 – June 3, 2016 OCRACOKE — Sherry Simonne O’Neal, 78, died on Friday, June 3,2016 at her home. A native of Ocracoke Island, she was the daughter ofthe late Herbert O’Neal Sr. and Katie A. O’Neal. Sherry was retiredfrom the National Park Service and a member of Ocracoke UnitedMethodist Church. Sherry is […]
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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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