Eight of 10 N.C. Coastal Reserve and National Estuarine Research Reserve sites reopened to visitors on today after closures due to Hurricane Florence. These include: • Currituck Banks Reserve near Corolla • Kitty Hawk Woods Reserve in Kitty Hawk • Emily and Richardson Preyer Buckridge Reserve near Columbia • Buxton […]
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The Hatteras / Ocracoke Island ferry, as well as the northern Ocracoke Island section of N.C. Highway 12, is scheduled to reopen to the public on or before Friday, September 28. “We are hoping to have it open enough to have traffic through [the area] on Friday,” said NCDOT Public Relations Officer Tim Haas. “The […]
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By JOY CRIST Hatteras and Ocracoke islands were gratefully spared the bulk of Hurricane Florence ? a fact that was lost on no one in the community. Even the Dare County Board of Commissioners focused on the sheer luck that moved Florence away from a direct hit to the Outer Banks at their Monday meeting, […]
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The Cape Hatteras National Seashore announced on Wednesday that their visitor center, off-road vehicle permit office, and campground on Ocracoke Island will reopen on Friday morning, September 21. Hyde County is allowing visitors back on Ocracoke Island starting Friday as well, using the Swan Quarter to Ocracoke ferry route, or the Cedar Island to Ocracoke […]
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With limited impacts from the storm, there will be NO post-storm debris pickup. Storm debris may be disposed of as follows. Hatteras Island residents may bring the following items to the Buxton Transfer Station: • Vegetative debris such as branches, leaves, pine cones, and grass • Construction and Demolition Material (C&D) such as […]
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By CAPTAIN DAVID WILSON Godspeed Charters It is with a grateful heart that I give thanks that Hatteras Island was spared from the worst of hurricane Florence. The massive 600-mile wide storm was forecasted to make landfall as a category 4, somewhere between Wilmington and Hatteras. Fortunately the storm lost a bit of strength before […]
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Ocracoke Island began welcoming back visitors Friday, September 21, 2018. Ocracoke Village was spared any noticeable damage; the island remains the same beautiful, friendly place that visitors know, love, and return to year after year. The Cape Hatteras National Seashore’s visitor center, off-road vehicle permit office, and campground on Ocracoke Island also reopened to visitors […]
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The Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) announced several recent updates related to beach driving and recreational activities on Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands. Changes related to the National Seashore for the week of September 20 include the following:
Ferry service for the public has resumed for several more coastal routes, and two state ferries arrived in Southport late Tuesday evening after traveling 14 hours down the Intracoastal Waterway carrying much-needed fuel, transportation workers and supplies to the Wilmington area. The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division has reopened coastal service along the following […]
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As a barrier island, Cape Hatteras has weathered its fair share of powerful storm-incited blows throughout the years. While these natural disasters are enough to remove miles of dunes from the island’s shore, they have yet to damage the resolve of its local residents. One place this is evident is Hatteras Island Meals (HIM), a […]
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