Ocracoke Island residents will need to reapply on February 5 through February 7 for an updated 2019 and 2020 priority pass for the Hatteras / Ocracoke ferry. Permanent residents of Ocracoke Island can apply for a free priority pass to display on their driver-side windshield, however, applicants must apply in person at the Ocracoke Silver […]
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The N.C. Department of Transportation (NCDOT) unveiled its draft 10-Year transportation plan for 2020-2029 at the monthly Board of Transportation meeting in Raleigh on Thursday, and the plan included the construction of a second passenger ferry for the Ocracoke / Hatteras route, beginning in 2027. The plan, called the Draft 2020-2029 State Transportation Improvement Program […]
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A new series about the Outer Banks is coming to Netflix, but due to lingering effects of North Carolina’s controversial “bathroom bill,” it likely won’t be filmed anywhere near here. “OBX,” created by Wilmington resident Jonas Pate, follows a summer of change for four teenagers in a fictional Outer Banks town after a hurricane knocks […]
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Governor Roy Cooper today wrote to President Donald Trump to urge him to end the federal government shutdown that is holding back hurricane recovery efforts and threatening North Carolina’s farming economy. “While we continue the short-term recovery with FEMA’s help, our critical long-term work to rebuild stronger and smarter is delayed with every day that […]
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KILL DEVIN HILLS — Linda Kay Tewers, 71, of Kill Devil Hills passed away peacefully on Jan. 8, 2019, surrounded by family. Born Oct. 12, 1947, she was the youngest daughter of the late Lonnie Roscoe Meek Sr. and Mary Martha (Stull) Meek. She grew up in Tuscarawas County, Ohio and attended Gerber Beauty School […]
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A look at winter fishing on Hatteras Island Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! I’m looking at my little artificial “Charlie Brown” Christmas tree, and wondering why I haven’t taken the ornaments off and put it away yet. I guess maybe because, until today, it hasn’t even felt like winter! Our warm, soggy summer and […]
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The new PORT Health Services on Hatteras Island is scheduled to open on Wednesday, January 16, roughly a year after the concept of an island-based mental health services center was first proposed. The new center, which is housed within the former Medical Center building in Hatteras village, will initially offer individual therapy, group therapy, psychiatric […]
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The North Carolina Beach Buggy Association made a number of donations to local Outer Banks charity organizations at the end of 2018, just in time for the holidays. The wave of donations included a $500 donation to Surfing for Autism, a $750 donation to Room in the Inn, and a $750 donation to the Beach […]
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Happy New Year! I hope that everyone had a great Christmas holiday and Santa brought some warm winter clothes – or maybe a new pair of binoculars! Here in North Carolina, far from the North Pole, we live at just the right latitude to enjoy a great host of wintering birds, including waterfowl, water-birds, raptors […]
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NOAA released the 11th Fisheries Economics of the United States report which provides the most up-to-date economic statistics on commercial and recreational fisheries as well as seafood-related businesses for each coastal state and the nation. “In 2016, commercial and recreational saltwater fishing in the United States generated more than $212 billion in sales and contributed […]
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