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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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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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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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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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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Cape Hatteras Electric Cooperative (CHEC) made significant headway on transmission restoration today, and the time line for restoring full power moved from 3-5 days to 2-3 days from this point, per Thursday’s press release from CHEC. Overhead Progress: Crews continued to construct the new overhead transmission line today. Lee Electrical Construction has installed all three […]
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Transmission power has been restored to all of Hatteras Island and Ocracoke Island. Cape Hatteras Electric Cooperative and contracted crews completed all work to construct the new overhead transmission line near Oregon Inlet and have energized the cable. Each of the seven villages on Hatteras Island have been removed from generator power and are now […]
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On a quiet Wednesday morning, representatives from the Outer Banks Preservation Association (OBPA), the North Carolina Beach Buggy Association (NCBBA) and the National Park Service (NPS) gathered together at Ramp 43 in Buxton to unveil the first sign of a new campaign aimed at addressing the trash problem on the beaches. Though lightly attended, the […]
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Cape Hatteras Electric Cooperative and contract crews have simultaneously pursued two options for restoring permanent transmission service to Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands, waiting for one solution to emerge as the fastest, safest way to restore reliable transmission service. That determination has been reached. Overhead Solution: Constructing a new overhead transmission line from its underground point […]
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This media brief serves as an afternoon update to the media advisory from 9:30 this morning. Overhead Progress: Crews continue to construct the new overhead transmission line today. Lee Electrical Construction is installing the second of three cables needed for the overhead solution. New River Electrical is working to prepare the cables for connections on […]
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