On Friday, December 17, an official ribbon-cutting ceremony was held at the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge’s Visitor Center to celebrate a recent milestone for the popular Hatteras Island landmark – the raising of the visitor center by five feet, in an effort to protect it from future storms. Though the renovation project wrapped up […]
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Despite recent rainfall that allowed an open burning ban to be lifted, the Outer Banks and all of northeastern North Carolina remains in severe drought conditions. Thursday’s update from the N.C. Drought Monitor showed no significant changes for the northern coastal areas of the state, but the southern coast moved back into the moderate drought […]
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Norman Lee Farrow of Wilmington, NC passed away on December 6th, 2021 at the age of 71. Norman was born on January 16th, 1950 in Buxton, North Carolina. Norman is survived by his brother Everette Farrow and sister Annette Farrow. He was preceded in death by his brothers, Perley Farrow Jr. and Donnie Farrow, as […]
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Hugh Roberts Benton passed away on December 8, 2021 surrounded by people who loved him. Hugh was born in Little Washington, Rappahannock County, Virginia on October 29, 1955. He was the son of the late Edwin and Helen Benton, also of Rappahannock County, Virginia. As a child he was a resident of Ocracoke Island, North […]
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Buxton Woods is alive and well. That is one of the conclusions of a study of the state coastal reserve and dedicated nature preserve conducted by University of North Carolina Chapel Hill undergraduate students and presented Dec. 2 to the Hatteras Island community at the Fessenden Center. The students, participating in the Coastal Studies Institute’s […]
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I have been feeding corn and apples to a few deer, and enjoying their company, on an almost daily basis. There are five who are “regulars” now: a doe and her twin fawns, and two young bucks. Often the mama and twins come together, but not always, and the bucks usually come separately, often after […]
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From the Outer Banks Flotilla of the US Coast Guard Auxiliary The Outer Banks Flotilla of the US Coast Guard Auxiliary will be offering a Coast Guard-approved Boating course in February, 2022. The six-session Boating Skills and Seamanship course builds on the introductory Boat America class, providing more in-depth exposure to key topics related to safe […]
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From the Coastal Wildlife Refuge Society Operating and maintaining national wildlife refuges requires a lot of work. To accomplish the business of national wildlife refuges, local refuges rely heavily on the dedication, talent, and hard work of volunteers, both local and long-term visiting volunteers. Many volunteers have been with local refuges for years. While a […]
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Members of the Dare County Waterways Commission have reason to celebrate this holiday season, with reports from fishermen and charter boat captains that the recent dredging of the South Ferry Channel is holding up nicely. “They say the flow going east-west through there — it’s a much better flow than what we had going across […]
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The 37-foot sailing vessel Alhambra, which grounded on the beach close to the Avon Pier on Sunday, successfully launched back into the ocean on Wednesday afternoon, December 15. IFP Contributor Rory Kelleher captured the action along the Avon shoreline on Wednesday, showcasing the final moments before the Alhambra returned to the water. A small area […]
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