By CATHERINE KOZAK Food trucks can now operate in unincorporated Dare County, but potential owners are hardly storming the gates to take advantage of the new opportunity. Despite mostly positive responses and expressed interest from some entrepreneurs at public meetings held earlier this year, no one has yet come forward to seek a permit, says […]
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Coast Guard Warns Mariners of No Offshore Radio Communications Along NC Coast
Repairs were completed at approximately 4 a.m. Friday. An HC-130 Hercules airplane was launched Thursday night to monitor radio communications in the North Carolina Captain of the Port Zone until repairs were completed.
$10.35 Million Settlement for 2017 Outage Receives Preliminary Approval
The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina overseeing the class action filed against PCL Civil Constructors, Inc. and PCL Construction Enterprises, Inc. (collectively PCL) granted preliminary approval to a $10.35 million settlement to compensate businesses, vacationers, and residents of the Ocracoke and Hatteras Islands who were affected by the power outage […]
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Fishing in May Can Be Memorable
As I drove back from Nags Head yesterday passing SUVs with kayaks on their roofs and motor homes with bicycles strapped on the back, the reality of summer being right around the corner became blatantly clear. There wasn’t a cloud in the sky and the thermometer in my truck displayed that it was a comfortable […]
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U.S. Coast Guard Assists Vessel in Oregon Inlet
On Friday morning at approximately 6 a.m., the U.S. Coast Guard Station Oregon Inlet received a call about a vessel that was taking on water and which was aground in the vicinity of the Bonner Bridge. The station immediately launched the 47291 MLB (Motor Lifeboat) to assist, and once on scene, the crew determined the […]
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Visiting Whale Makes a Splash in Rodanthe …WITH VIDEOS
Beachgoers close to the Rodanthe Pier got a bit of a surprise on Wednesday when a barely offshore whale popped out of the water and put on quite a show. The display was caught on video by Haley Shirk, who was visiting Hatteras Island for the first time, and the footage has been making waves […]
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Lee Robinson General Store Celebrates 70th Anniversary
The Lee Robinson General Store in Hatteras village will be celebrating 70 years of business this fall, a feat not easily achieved in such an isolated fishing village, and which owners atribute to hard work, innovation, and giving back to the community. While Virgil and Belinda Willis have owned and operated the store for 45 […]
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Hundreds Enjoy Ocracoke’s First Waterfowl Festival Reprinted from the Ocracoke Observer
Reprinted from the Ocracoke Observer Reprinted from the Ocracoke Observer Reprinted from the Ocracoke Observer An unbelievable amount of talent was on display at the first annual Ocracoke Waterfowl Festival April 21. That was the observation of Frank and Barbara Davide of Little Egg Harbor, N.J. “It’s a great show,” Frank said, noting that while […]
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Former Frisco Pier Parking Area Re-Opens to the Public
While the total removal of the Frisco (or Cape Hatteras) Pier is currently on hold due to the beginning of the sea turtle nesting and hatching season, the parking lot that borders the former structure has re-opened to the public this week. The parking area was closed for the duration of the project, which began […]
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International Travels: A CHSS Student’s Spring Break Experience
First, we flew to Germany, then Switzerland, and then Austria. In Germany, we visited the Heidelberg Castle, which was beautiful and had a quite magnificent view, as well as Neuschwanstein, which is one of the most visited castles in Europe and which was the inspiration for Disneyland’s Sleeping Beauty Castle. We also went to many […]
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