By JOY CRIST Three 2016 Governor’s Volunteer Service Awards were given out to four Hatteras Island residents at the May 16 Board of Commissioners meeting at the Fessenden Center in Buxton. With a packed house that included many supporters of each of the recipients, the honorees were praised and applauded by the crowd, as well […]
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Eight Buxton property owners spoke during a public hearing on a proposed special tax district to help pay for beach nourishment at the Dare County Board of Commissioners meeting on Monday evening, May 16. In addition, two Buxton property owners addressed the timing of the beach nourishment project during the general public comment portion of […]
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The U.S. Coast Guard and a good Samaritan rescued two men Saturday after their boat capsized near Oregon Inlet. Watchstanders at the Sector North Carolina Command Center in Wilmington received notification at approximately 12 p.m. stating a 23-foot boat with two men aboard capsized. A good Samaritan took the two men aboard and was awaiting […]
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Jamie Rhome, the storm surge specialist with the National Hurricane Center, will give a presentation on the latest developments in storm surge forecasting on Saturday, May 21, from 10 until 11 a.m. at the Fessenden Center on Highway 12 in Buxton. The event is being organized by Dare County Emergency Management during Hurricane Preparedness Week, […]
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North Carolina’s new “bathroom bill” is now famous — or infamous, depending on how you view it. House Bill 2 was passed by the General Assembly in an emergency session in less than a day’s time on March 23. Legislators rushed to respond to Charlotte’s City Council’s approval of an ordinance that would allow transgender […]
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Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge officials say that the refuge has received numerous calls asking if the Whipping Creek Road fire, which burned for several weeks on the Dare and Hyde county mainland, has been declared “out.” In a news release, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service explains that although the fire is contained, […]
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The Coast Guard rescued four people on Wednesday, May 11, after their boat became disabled 26 miles southeast of Hatteras Inlet. Watchstanders at the Sector North Carolina Command Center in Wilmington received notification via VHF-marine radio at approximately 4:15 p.m. Wednesday stating the 23-foot boat Joe Dot Com was disabled with four people aboard. A […]
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By CATHERINE KOZAK By CATHERINE KOZAK Spring and summer fishing tournaments have only increased frustration for charter boat captains still struggling to get in and out of sand-clogged Hatteras Inlet. And little comfort was offered at the most recent meeting of the Dare County Oregon Inlet and Waterways Commission, which has been unable to nail […]
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As the temperatures heat up and more and more visitors flock to the islands, the National Park Service is noticing an uptick in the number of drones that are making an illegal appearance along the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. Drones are prohibited throughout the national seashore — on all NPS grounds and beaches – -which […]
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The National Park Service this morning closed pedestrian and off-road vehicle access to Cape Point because of breeding colonial waterbirds, including least terns, common terns, and black skimmers. According to Hatteras Island District Ranger Joe Darling, resource management staff yesterday afternoon found 150-plus “scrapes” made by the birds. Scraping in the sand is a breeding […]
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