State recreational water quality officials alerted the public on Tuesday that initial testing at an ocean-side site near the Cape Hatteras lighthouse showed levels of bacteria exceeding the state’s and Environmental Protection Agency’s recreational water quality swimming standards. The alert is for waters at the public beach access at Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in Buxton. Test […]
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Dare County Mosquito Control has been hard at work trying to curb the mosquito population after more than 10 days of continual rain and standing water. “We are spraying with our trucks pretty hard, and our spraying has increased” says Mac Gray, Vector Control Supervisor. “Typically, we have a four night window we play with […]
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The National Park Service (NPS) announced that there are several excavation viewing opportunities this week on Hatteras Island. An excavation will take place near Ramp 55 in Hatteras village on Thursday, August 2, at 10 a.m., and a second excavation is scheduled for Friday, August 3, at 10 a.m. at the Frisco Day Use Area, […]
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CHEC is excited to announce the installation of two public electric vehicle (EV) charging stations on Hatteras Island. One station will be installed in Rodanthe in the parking lot of Kitty Hawk Kites, and another station will be placed at Hatteras Landing in Hatteras Village. The Level 2 ChargePoint stations will each have two charging […]
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With the exception of some rope work which will be done in-house, the renovations to the famed Mirlo rescue surfboat conducted by conservators from the National Park Service (NPS) are complete. The team of conservators worked on-site at the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station last week, completing a number of projects to make the surfboat shine. The […]
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State recreational water quality officials today lifted a precautionary swimming advisory for all coastal waters in Dare County except where signs are posted. Test results of water samples taken at swimming sites from Hatteras Inlet to Southern Shores found that bacteria levels for most waters meet the state’s and Environmental Protection Agency’s standards set for […]
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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 July 27 include the following: Access to the entire off-road vehicle (ORV) route from ORV ramp 72 to South Point on Ocracoke Island […]
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