Now that the power outage crisis is over, Hyde County staff will be on the island to issue Ocracoke residents and non-resident property owners reentry passes at the Ocracoke Community Center on Tuesday, (Aug. 8) from 9 to 11 a.m. If you have an expired pass please bring that with you. Additional documents needed […]
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Coastal Science and Engineering (CSE), project manager for the Buxton Beach Nourishment Project, provided a detailed update at the Dare County Board of Commissioners’ meeting on Monday morning, August 7. CSE discussed production improvement measures that are being considered to expedite construction. They reported that Weeks Marine is hoping to bring a second dredge and […]
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June 12, 1930 – August 7, 2017 SALISBURY, Md. — Walter M. Wells, 87, passed peacefully at home,surrounded by family, August 7, 2017. Born in Oklahoma City, Ok,June 12 1930, he departed in the midst of an unexpected tornado. He issurvived by wife, Peggy, son, Robert, daughters Betty and Mary,son-in-law Stephen, grandchildren Joseph and Tara […]
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There have been numerous calls coming into the Dare County Sheriff’s Office and Local Law Enforcement reference a phone scam that is showing up in our area. This particular one has the individuals stating they are from the Dare County Detention Center and there is a warrant for your arrest for various reasons. They will […]
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Footage provided by Dare County of this morning’s re-opening of N.C. Highway 12 south of the Bonner Bridge showed a long line of excited visitors ready to arrive. The mandatory evacuation and subsequent checkpoint was lifted at 12 p.m. this afternoon, and many cars arrived early and parked in the lot north of the Bonner […]
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Outer Banks Group Superintendent David Hallac is pleased to announce that Cape Point, Frisco, and Ocracoke Campgrounds reopened at 12:00 p.m. on Friday, August 4, 2017. The three Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) campgrounds were temporarily closed after Dare County and Hyde County issued mandatory non-resident evacuation orders for Hatteras and Ocracoke islands in an […]
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By JOY CRIST ?If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans? ? Woody Allen So a little more than a week ago, I was working on a blog entry about erosion. Then I went to bed on Wednesday night, July 26, and woke up the next morning – along with everyone […]
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With emergency evacuation orders set to be lifted for both Hatteras and Ocracoke islands at noon, the North Carolina Department of Transportation Ferry Division will be resuming a regular schedule on the Hatteras-Ocracoke, Cedar Island-Ocracoke, and Swan-Quarter Ocracoke routes as of 4:30 a.m. Friday, Aug. 4. In accordance with proclamations from Dare and Hyde counties, […]
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The Coast Guard suspended the search for an overdue French sailor in the mid-Atlantic region at 2 p.m. Friday. The Coast Guard began searching when Sector North Carolina watchstanders in Wilmington, North Carolina, and Sector Hampton Roads watchstanders in Portsmouth received a mayday distress broadcast on Sunday night. Coast Guard assets involved in the search […]
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The North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission will meet Aug. 16-17 at the Doubletree by Hilton Hotel Raleigh – Brownstone – University, 1707 Hillsborough St., Raleigh. The meeting will begin at 2 p.m. Aug. 16 and 8:30 a.m. Aug. 17. A public comment period will be held at 6 p.m. Aug. 16. Members of the […]
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