The Hatteras Island Rescue Squad announced that seasonal beach patrols in Avon, Buxton, Frisco and Hatteras villages would begin on Monday, May 27. In addition, the organization will also host their first Rip Currents and Beach Hazards education event of the 2019 season on Memorial Day Monday at 9:30 a.m. The Rip Currents and Beach […]
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Cape Hatteras Secondary School Principal, Beth Rooks has been named the 2019-20 Principal of the Year for Dare County Schools. Rooks is entering her eleventh year in Dare County Schools. She earned her Bachelors Degree in Elementary Education from Meredith College. After teaching fourth and fifth grade in Suffolk County Public Schools, she earned a […]
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The new Hatteras / Ocracoke passenger ferry, the Ocracoke Express, made its debut on Monday, May 20, after years of planning and anticipation. Serving as a new means of vehicle-free transportation between the two islands, this new service has garnered plenty of questions from would-be passengers, due to its distinctive route and nature. Here are […]
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Photos by Don Bowers The Worrell 1000 Reunion Race enjoyed a brief but exciting stop on Hatteras Island on May 16-17 as part of the second-to-last leg of their journey up the Eastern Seaboard. The event is a legendary and challenging 1,000-mile trek that extends from Florida to Virginia Beach, and which includes 11 […]
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A Coast Guard aircrew rescued three people from a sinking vessel off the North Carolina coast early Friday morning. Watchstanders with Coast Guard Sector North Carolina in Wilmington received a distress call around 12 a.m. via VHF-FM channel 16 from someone aboard a 41-foot sailboat that was taking on water 19 miles southeast of Hatteras […]
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Starting Monday, people traveling between Hatteras and Ocracoke Village will have a new travel option. In addition to the car ferries that already serve the popular route, visitors will have the Ocracoke Express passenger-only ferry as an option. “We are thrilled to be able to provide this service between Hatteras and Ocracoke villages,” said the […]
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At 9:55 a.m. on Friday morning, a crowd of onlookers watched as the three teams competing in the Worrell 1000 Reunion Race successfully navigated the small waves that bordered ORV Ramp 49 in Frisco, and started the day’s trek towards Kill Devil Hills. Competitors and race organizers both said that Cape Point was the primary […]
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Memorial Day Weekend is just around the corner, and while the unofficial start of the summer season tends to feature stop-and-go traffic on N.C. Highway 12, dizzyingly crowded stores, and back-ups at the island’s ORV ramps, there’s also another annual Memorial Day tradition that’s far more appealing. 2019 marks the eighth year for the annual […]
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The three teams competing in the famed Worrell 1000 catamaran sailboat race successfully landed in Frisco on Thursday afternoon, arriving at ORV Ramp 49 after a roughly 75-mile trek that began Thursday morning in Atlantic Beach, N.C. The race will heat up again on Friday morning, and the public is welcome to head to the […]
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Dare County Public Works is hosting a Household Hazardous Waste Collection Day for Dare County residents. A collection will be held in Buxton on Friday, May 24 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. at the Buxton Transfer Station located at 47015 Buxton Back Road and on Saturday, May 25 from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. […]
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