August 4, 1944 – September 18, 2017 WAVES — Donna Gray Midgett, 73, ofWaves, NC passed away Monday, September 18, 2017, in her homesurrounded by family. She was born in Avon, NC and graduated from CapeHatteras School. Donna loved everyone and was loved by everyone. Donna is survived by her husband of 54 years, Carroll […]
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It was clear skies and smooth sailing for Day at the Dock’s Saturday event, as attendees were treated to brilliant sunny weather that lingered all day long. The annual festival, which originated in 2004, has grown continually over the years, and 2017’s Saturday event spanned from the Village Marina in Hatteras village all the way […]
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Coast Guard rescues 5 after boat capsizes in Oregon Inlet A Coast Guard boat crew rescued five people after their boat capsized in the surf in Oregon Inlet, Saturday. A mariner in the area contacted Coast Guard Sector North Carolina watchstanders in Wilmington on VHF-FM channel 16 at about 5 p.m., reporting that a 54-foot […]
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Per the 5:00 p.m. update from the National Hurricane Center, the center of Jose is forecast to pass well east of the North Carolina coast on Monday, and tropical-storm-force winds are currently expected to remain offshore of the Outer Banks. However, an additional increase in the size of the storm or a westward adjustment in […]
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September 15 begins the transition to night driving as long as there are no sea turtle nests remaining along a route. There are still 54 turtle nests in the ground with 21 due to hatch so this information is only what is currently open and will change as nests are set to hatch. Your best […]
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Due to mechanical issues, the North Carolina Ferry Division’s Hatteras-Ocracoke route will be on an amended schedule from Tuesday, Sept. 19 through Monday, Oct. 2. The 7-day schedule will be as follows: The route will revert to its regular fall schedule as planned on Tuesday, Oct. 3.
BY CATHERINE KOZAK It was one of those bone-chilling days, drizzly and gray. A stiff 20-knot wind whipped the faces of the crowd in Hatteras that had gathered at sunset at Village Marina. But everyone wore big smiles, waving and cheering as boats coming through Hatteras Harbor chugged past them. This was a celebration ? […]
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The roughly week-long period of rough surf from Hurricane Irma has brought more than just great waves to the popular Shelly Island sandbar – it’s also brought some dramatic changes to the long formation off of Cape Point. Most noticeably, it appears that the sandbar is finally connecting to the rest of Cape Point at […]
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Come to Ocracoke Island for Blackbeard’s Pirate Jamboree, a free three-day pirate festival October 27 to 29, 2017. Step back in time with the sights and sounds of 17th- and 18th-century pirate life as Ocracoke Island comes alive with pirate reenactment crews as they invade by land and sea. There will be activities for everyone, […]
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The Salvo Day Use Cemetery received a much-needed boost over the weekend thanks to a new barrier of sandbags to protect the fragile gravesites. The cemetery, which is located on National Park Service land within the popular Salvo Day Use Area just south of the tri-villages, has been battered by storms and erosion, and has […]
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