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Monthly Archives: July, 2017

Hatteras Island a Not-Quite Ghost Town After Saturday Morning Evacuation

Local News Joy Crist -
Hatteras Island wasn’t quite a ghost town on Saturday afternoon after a 6:00 a.m. evacuation of visitors, but it certainly didn’t seem like a...

Help Is On The Way: NC Ferry Division Delivers Generators To Ocracoke

Local News Staff Reporter -
The N.C. Department of Transportation Ferry Division today loaded two 90,000-pound electrical generators bound for Ocracoke Island aboard the Motor Vessel Sea Level.  The...

Severed Transmission Cable Exposed; Testing Planned to Determine Repair Timeline

Local News Staff Reporter -
Cape Hatteras Electric Cooperative (CHEC) continues restoration efforts in the wake of a transmission outage that was caused when PCL Construction accidently drove a...

Majority of Cape Hatteras National Seashore Visitor Services and Facilities Remain Open

Seashore News Staff Reporter -
The underground transmission cable that was damaged at the south end of the Bonner Bridge yesterday morning is continuing to cause electric challenges and...

Mandatory Evacuation Order Issued for Hatteras Island Visitors

Local News Staff Reporter -
Due to life safety issues from the loss of reliable electrical power on Hatteras Island and growing uncertainty as to when repairs to the...
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Theodore Roosevelt Meekins, Jr.

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Traffic lights in Hatteras Village will be replaced with stop signs

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Cora Lee O’Neal

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Rudy Leroy Austin

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