Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) experienced an almost nine percent increase in total recreational visits this June compared to June 2017. Last month’s visitation (389,722) made it the busiest June at the Seashore since 2002. So far in 2018, the Seashore has hosted 1,130,473 recreational visits, up almost 12 percent from the same period last […]
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On the news, all you hear these days is about how hot it is everywhere. Oh, it has been hot indeed, but we are blessed to be surrounded by eighty-something degree water which keeps us a bit cooler in the summer than areas inland. There are definitely pros and cons to living on a barrier […]
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The National Weather Service Newport / Morehead City office and the Hyde County Emergency Services Department are currently monitoring an area of disturbed weather situated a few hundred miles southeast of the North Carolina Coast. Showers and thunderstorms associated with a well-defined but still weak low pressure system located a few hundred miles southeast of […]
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A perfect July beach day with blue skies and clear waters served as the opening act for the fireworks show off the Avon Pier on Wednesday, attracting spectators from all across Hatteras Island. The Avon Fireworks started at around 9:20 p.m., launching from the very end of the Avon Pier. The show lasted roughly 20 […]
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The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries is accepting proposals for the Boating Infrastructure Grant (BIG) Program for federal fiscal year 2019. BIG is a grant program of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service that reimburses up to 75 percent of costs for projects that construct, renovate or maintain tie-up facilities and related amenities for […]
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Cape Hatteras National Seashore is offering park visitors an opportunity to observe excavations of recently hatched sea turtle nests during the months of August and September. An “excavation” is the process completed by biologists to document what remains in the nest after a natural hatch has occurred. Each spring and summer female sea turtles–loggerhead, green, […]
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To assist drivers during the busy July 4 holiday this week, the N.C. Department of Transportation will suspend most road construction activities that can cause lane closures on major routes across the state. Where possible, lanes closed for construction will be reopened from early morning Tuesday, July 3, through the evening of Thursday, July 5. […]
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Celebrating its sixth consecutive year in 2018, the annual Golf Cart Parade will be brightening the streets of Hatteras village on July 4 at 5 p.m. The yearly event began in 2013 as a fundraiser for the Hatteras Island Cancer Foundation, and attracted roughly a dozen carts that were decked out in patriotic and appropriately […]
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July 2 marks the opening day of a special exhibit at the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum that ties in nicely with the upcoming 300th anniversary of Blackbeard’s demise in the fall of 2018. “Blackbeard’s Queen Anne’s Revenge: 1718” is a traveling exhibit that was created by the N.C. Department of Natural and Cultural Resources, […]
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Environmental advocates are warning that a constitutional amendment on the ballot this fall will dramatically shift implementation of environmental policies, allowing for greater direct control by the legislature. Last week, in the closing days of this year’s short session, legislators approved six constitutional amendments for the November ballot, among them a revision to the constitution’s […]
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