A new tropical storm formed off the Florida coastline on Monday morning, and is scheduled to pass offshore of North Carolina later in the week. Though area meteorologists believe that the coast of North Carolina will remain relatively unaffected, there may be a high risk of rip currents along the coastline. Per a Monday morning […]
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Overnight Testing Reveals Only Two Cables are Damaged
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Significant Progress Made to Overhead Solution as Dual Solutions to Power Repairs are Executed
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Steel casing was being set aside when it cut power to Hatteras
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All Three Transmission Cables Compromised – Outage Update for Sunday 8 a.m.
Cape Hatteras Electric Cooperative (CHEC) continues restoration efforts in the wake of a transmission outage that was caused when PCL Construction accidently drove a steel casing into the cooperative’s underground transmission cable on Thursday morning, July 27. A mandatory evacuation remains in effect for all visitors to Hatteras Island. CHEC will continue to supply temporary […]
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Pamlico Sound Ferry Routes to Adopt Alternate Schedules
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Audrey Mae Allman Brewer
June 20, 1957 – July 30, 2017 MANTEO — Audrey Mae Allman Brewer,60, of Manteo, NC died Sunday, July 30, 2017, at Vidant InpatientHospice in Greenville, NC. Born in Chesapeake, Va. on June 20, 1957,she was the daughter of the late Olive Mae Carpenter Allman and JudsonCaroll Allman. A teacher’s aide at Cape Hatteras Secondary […]
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Repairs Underway and Tentative Time Frame Established – Outage Update For Sunday Evening July 30
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Three Campgrounds at CHNS Close as a Result of Non-Resident Evacuation Orders
Due to damaged underground electrical transmission cables near Oregon Inlet, Hyde and Dare Counties have issued mandatory evacuation orders for visitors on Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands. The orders have been issued to protect life safety during this period of lost and unreliable electrical service. Information on Dare County’s mandatory visitor evacuation order can be found […]
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Evacuation Moves Forward while CHEC Continues Work to Provide Temporary Power – Outage Update for Saturday, 12 p.m.
Cape Hatteras Electric Cooperative (CHEC) is focusing its efforts today on ensuring that all residents on Hatteras Island have continuous temporary power. Per Laura Ertle, Director of Public Relations for CHEC, all of the circuits for Avon and all villages south have been energized, and no rolling blackouts are expected for these areas. There are […]
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