Islanders who were up before the dawn caught an incredible show in the night sky, courtesy of a rocket launch that occurred on Monday morning off of Wallops Island, Virginia. Orbital ATK’s Cygnus cargo spacecraft lifted off aboard the company’s Antares rocket at 4:44:06 a.m. from Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Flight […]
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Beginning in the summer of 2019, new gear configurations will be required in shrimp trawls used in some waters of the state, including the Pamlico Sound. The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission voted on Thursday, May 18, to require fishermen to use one of four gear combinations identified by a recent collaborative study that aims to […]
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Cape Hatteras Secondary School’s Lady Canes basketball team excelled beyond what anyone had projected for them this past season, going undefeated in their regular season and competing at the state level. Though their success was certainly a team effort, one of the standout Lady Canes was senior captain Caroline Gray. After a record-breaking season at […]
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The Dare County Planning Department is in the early stages of a massive project that takes a couple of years to complete, and which requires the public?s input to proceed. The project in question is the Land Use Plan for Unincorporated Dare County, (which includes Hatteras Island), and it?s a project that has technically been […]
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The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division today provided stakeholders an update on the Ocracoke Express passenger-only ferry service. Among the items included in Friday’s progress report: The four trams that will carry visitors on a half-hour loop around Ocracoke Village will be delivered to Hyde County by the end of July. The tram system […]
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By JOY CRIST Per a recent announcement from the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, beginning early Saturday morning, May 19, a temporary wildlife protection area will be installed near the tip of Cape Point to protect nesting shorebirds. When the protection area is installed, Off Road Vehicles (ORV) and pedestrians will be able to travel approximately […]
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The Village Market Red & White of Hatteras officially opened to the public with new owners on Friday, May 18, after a long winter and spring of remodeling and preparations. Just hours after opening its doors, the market was already crowded with locals and visitors who were eager to see the “new” old market, which […]
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In early January, President Donald Trump’s administration announced a five-year plan that would invite drilling in the Atlantic, Pacific and Arctic oceans. So, with the real possibility of offshore drilling off the mid-Atlantic coast looming again, islanders and visitors will once again have an opportunity to show their opposition by participating in Hands Across the […]
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As the fishing tournament season kicked off this week in Hatteras, members of the Dare County Waterways Commission were relieved that conditions in Hatteras Inlet are finally in good shape. “We’ve got the best channel we’ve had in four or five years,” Commissioner Steve “Creature” Coulter, a Hatteras charter boat captain, said at Monday’s […]
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The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina overseeing the class action filed against PCL granted preliminary approval on May 2 to a $10.35 million settlement to compensate businesses, vacationers, and residents of the Ocracoke and Hatteras Islands. From there, the settlement boils down into three distinct classes: At the Tuesday meeting, […]
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