The Hyde County Emergency Services Department is issuing re-entry permits to Ocracoke residents and property owners this week to be used when emergency conditions limit general access to Ocracoke Island. Hyde County staff will issue permits in Ocracoke at the Ocracoke Community Center on the following dates and times: Wednesday, May 1 from 1:00 p.m. […]
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Welcome to springtime! So far this year, we have had two batches of Easter spring breakers, plus OBX Bike Week. The island has been bustling with fishermen, beachgoers and gift shoppers. The temperatures have been perfect, mostly in the high 60s to low 70s. Water temps have been on the rise and so has the […]
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Celebrate the artistic community on Hatteras Island May 27-June 14 at Dare County Arts Council’s 7th Annual Rock The Cape Festival. This year’s Rock The Cape will begin with the Island Art Show on Monday, May 27 and conclude with a soundfront concert at REAL Watersports on Friday, June 14. Surf rock musicians The Chong […]
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The Cape Hatteras Secondary School Surf Club was out in full force at the first annual Ray Gray Classic at the old Cape Hatteras Lighthouse Site on Sunday, and the inaugural event attracted a big crowd of spectators and surfers. The club’s teacher-sponsor, secondary school teacher Clayton Tiderman, formulated the event after multiple requests from […]
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July 31, 1952 – April 25, 2019 ALVA, FLORIDA — Glenn Keith Davenport, 66, a resident of Labelle, FL and Alva, FL since 2009, formerly of Manteo, NC, passed away Thursday, April 25, 2019, in Cape Coral, FL. He was born July 31, 1952, in Portsmouth, VA to Glenn and Mary Davenport, now deceased. Glenn […]
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While conducting training on Sunday morning, U.S. Coast Guard Station Oregon Inlet responded to a small vessel taking on water in “the cut,” an unofficial channel between the Walter Slough and Oregon Inlet channels. The station’s 24’ response boat happened to be in the right place at the right time, as they sighted the vessel […]
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Roughly two dozen Coast Guard members from stations as far away as Elizabeth City volunteered their time on Friday to do a thorough spring cleaning of historic cemeteries that are dotted throughout Rodanthe and the Tri-villages. The April 26 endeavor is part of a long-term operation to bring these hidden cemeteries back to life, and […]
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A few strong to severe thunderstorms with damaging winds will be possible across the Outer Banks this afternoon and early evening, per a Friday morning update from the National Weather Service Newport / Morehead City office. Widely scattered showers are expected to develop late in the morning and early afternoon, with a broken line of […]
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The Ocracoke Preservation Society (OPS) is requesting proposals from North Carolina licensed General Contractor firms to construct a Public Restroom Facility on the grounds of the Old Island Inn, in Ocracoke, North Carolina. The project includes the construction of a gable-roofed building approximately 30′ X 26′ which shall contain six single-user restroom facilities and a […]
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Drivers planning to use the William B. Umstead Bridge on U.S. 64 over the Croatan Sound over the next four weeks need to be aware of lane closures on the bridge. A required inspection of the structure, known locally as the Old Manns Harbor Bridge, calls for alternating lane closures between 8 a.m. and 4 […]
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