Become a Cast Member of the 2020 Season of The Lost Colony The Roanoke Island Historical Association (RIHA) has announced the dates for the local Outer Banks auditions for the 2020 season of The Lost Colony. Associate Producer for The Lost Colony, Lance Culpepper, has organized the auditions and will be joined by Ira David […]
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The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is seeking input from the public, agency constituents, and stakeholders to help identify issues and options related to Sunday hunting on game lands. The survey, which should take no more than 15 minutes to complete, will be available through Feb. 2 and is intended to help the agency better understand how […]
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Monday, January 20, was by far the coldest day of the New Year with temperatures hovering in the mid-30s, and as a result, islanders were treated to a brief but very rare event for the southern Outer Banks – an intermittent scattering of snow flurries. Snow was reported in the northern Outer Banks communities of […]
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A day after a story published about the overflowing trash bins at the Ocracoke Convenience Site, David’s Trash, with whom Hyde County has the trash hauling contract, arrived and switched out five bins. Dave Johnson, head site attendant, made the announcement Wednesday night at the Ocracoke Civic & Business Association civic affairs meeting in the Community Center. […]
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“Good morning Dare County,” declared Dare County Board of Commissioners Chair Bob Woodard as he opened his State of the County 2020 presentation before a jam-packed breakfast-time crowd at Captain George’s Restaurant on Jan. 15. “Dare County, one hundred-fifty years old.” Woodard continued before turning his attention to the audience and quipping: “You don’t look […]
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MANTEO — James “Jim” William Hollenbach, 53, peacefully passed away January 18, 2020 surrounded by loving family in his home in Manteo, NC. Jim was born June 11, 1966 in Shenandoah, PA. Jim is preceded in death by his parents William and Charlotte (Hiney) Hollenbach; two brothers Kenneth Hollenbach and William Hollenbach Jr; and paternal […]
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Many visitors to the island are curious to know what life on Hatteras Island is like during the winter season. Residents know how erratic the weather can be and how desolate the beaches and roads are. Despite this, many business choose to stay open to serve locals and visitors alike.
It takes about a half-hour by boat from Ocracoke’s Silver Lake harbor to the loading dock at Portsmouth village. A group of birders took the ride in the early morning of the last day of 2019 to participate in that island’s annual Christmas Bird Count. This census started in 1988 and attracts between 15 to […]
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After a long warm spell that included three consecutive days of record-breaking high temperatures, it’s finally starting to feel like January on the Outer Banks, with below-average temperatures forecasted through midweek, per a recent update from the National Weather Service Newport / Morehead City office. Monday began on Hatteras and Ocracoke islands with temperatures in the […]
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Video by Scott Caldwell The new submarine cable which will create a more reliable connection to power for Ocracoke Island has arrived on Hatteras Island, and work to install the cable will begin in earnest in the weeks to come along Pole Road at the end of Hatteras village. The project, which is orchestrated by […]
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