Per the 8 p.m. briefing from the National Hurricane Center, Tropical Cyclone 10 remains on track to move up the North Carolina coastline on Tuesday. A Tropical Storm Warning remains in effect from north of Surf City to Duck, NC. Due to the inclement weather concerns, Dare County Schools will be closed for all students […]
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A Tropical Storm Warning has been issued for the North Carolina coast from Surf City to Duck including the Albemarle and Pamlico Sounds. A Tropical Storm Warning means that tropical storm conditions are expected somewhere within the warning area – in this case within the next 24 hours. Hazards associated with the storm include high […]
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While Hurricane Harvey devastates the western Gulf Coast region, a weak tropical system may form off the Southeastern U.S. coast early this week, per the National Weather Service office in Newport/Morehead City. This separate system has the potential to impact Eastern NC as it tracks along or off the coastline sometime between late Monday and […]
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A Tropical Storm Watch is in effect from South Santee River, South Carolina, to Duck, North Carolina, per the 5 p.m. public advisory from the National Hurricane Center (NHC.) The watch is in response to a potential tropical system which originated in the eastern Gulf of Mexico late last week, and which crossed the state […]
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November 18, 1919 – August 26, 2017 FRISCO — James Robert NelsonMorton, 97, of Frisco, NC died at Sentara Norfolk General HospitalSaturday, August 26, 2017. Born in Canada, he was the son of the lateRobert Francis Morton and Lille Jane Dean and the widower of WinnieDuChene Morton. James served his country honorably in the United […]
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By JOY CRIST Earlier in 2017, the National Park Service created a series of maps to determine how erosion has affected regions of Hatteras Island in the past 150 years or so. Per David Hallac, Cape Hatteras National Seashore Superintendent, the creation of the maps stemmed from a conversation with local property owners in Avon, […]
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BUXTON– Rosa Isabel Aburto Valencia departed this life suddenly inCurrituck, NC Thursday, August 24, 2017. Rosa was nine years old. Amongthe numerous heartbroken and devastated family she leaves behind areher parents, Roberto Carlos Aburto Sanchez and Santa AdrianaValencia-Hernandez of Buxton and her brothers and sister, grandparents,uncles, aunts, and cousins as well as her extended family […]
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During such a busy season on Hatteras Island, it can leave little time to stop and enjoy the surrounding majesty of nature. There is so much beauty to take in, yet our schedules often do not allow us to pause and enjoy it. On September 9, 2017, however, the Hatteras Island community will have the […]
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The beach access route to Cape Point remains open and the Bypass Road reopened last week. Lots of people continue to enjoy the Point and the nearby sandbar. If you are planning a trip to beach access ramp 44, please park off the roadway if walking from the fish cleaning station area to allow full […]
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BUXTON and HUNTINGTON — Mrs.Annette Yvonne Brunson, 81 went to be with the Lord in the peace andtranquility of her son’s home Tuesday August 22, 2017. Annettewas the daughter of the late Pluma and John Ransbottom and thegrandmother of the late Justin Gray. Annette was a member of Olive Baptist Church in Barboursville, WestVirginia. She […]
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