Coast Guard crews and Hatteras Island Rescue personnel are searching for a missing man off Frisco Beach near Ramp 49, which was reported this afternoon. At 1:06 p.m. today, a teenage male swimmer from Thailand was reported missing off the beaches at Cape Hatteras National Seashore in Frisco, North Carolina. The individual’s boogie board was […]
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Island historian, Earl O’Neal Jr.: 1929-2017
Island historian and raconteur Earl O’Neal Jr., 87, died May 26 in the McCall Hospice House, Simpsonville, S.C. A memorial service is scheduled for 2 p.m. June 24 in the Ocracoke United Methodist Church. Born July 27, 1929, O’Neal’s island roots on his father’s side go back to the early 1700s and include many original […]
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Mildred Stowe Willis
November 3, 1927 – June 5, 2017 HATTERAS — Mildred StoweWillis, 89, of Hatteras, NC entered into Eternal Rest on Monday, June5, 2017. Mildred was born November 3, 1927, to the late Fred AngelStowe and Fannie Peele Stowe. Mildred loved God and herfamily. She was a member of the Hatteras Assembly of God Church inwhich […]
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Public Review Period Announced for New Passenger Ferry
Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) to analyze whether or not to issue a special use permit (SUP) to North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) Ferry Division. The SUP would authorize NCDOT to construct facilities and provide long-term maintenance of a new passenger ferry system within Seashore boundaries. NCDOT has […]
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Cool Things Happening at the School
The school year at Cape Hatteras Secondary School (CHSS) may be winding down, with graduation and summer vacation just around the corner, but it?s ending with quite a bit of exciting news. Let?s start with the story of Elizabeth Muller, who in recent days, has been better known as ?Speller 185? at the national Scripps […]
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Bag Ban Repeal, Marine Fisheries Commission Requirements make an appearance in House Bill 56
House bill 56, which was originally filed in February and which is now in its fourth edition, was amended this week to include the repeal of the plastic bag ban on the Outer Banks that was initiated in 2009. The plastic bag ban was spearheaded by then Senate President Pro Tem Marc Basnight as a […]
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Contract Awarded for Construction of State’s First Passenger Ferry
Passenger ferry service between Hatteras and Ocracoke Village is a major step closer to reality this week. On Tuesday, the N.C. Department of Transportation awarded a $4.15 million contract to Armstrong Marine Inc. of Port Angeles, Washington, for construction of a 98-passenger catamaran-style ferry. The vessel will be built at Armstrong Marine’s eastern shipyard in […]
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Origins of Navy Garbage Disks Revealed
Mysterious garbage-filled plastic disks that washed up on northern Outer Banks beaches over the recent Mother’s Day weekend had been thrown overboard by sailors on a Navy ship, the U.S. Navy said in a statement issued Thursday. Ted Brown, installations and environmental public affairs officer at U.S. Fleet Forces Command, said in an interview that […]
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Hercules Cluster, Saturn, Jupiter, and other Highlights for June
May was a difficult month to stargaze, with several high-wind thunderstorms and lots of rainy nights. I was able, however, to get a few shots on still, clear evenings. This is Messier 88, a spiral galaxy in the constellation Coma Berenices. Coma Berenices means the hair of Berenice. Berenice was an Egyptian queen who had […]
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CHNS celebrating World Oceans Month by Hosting Three Beach Cleanups
June not only marks the beginning of summer, it also marks World Oceans Month. Our oceans, which make up approximately 70 percent of the earth, are natural treasures, a source of food and energy, and a foundation for the way of life. Cape Hatteras National Seashore is celebrating the oceans and its resources by hosting […]
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