For decades, the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge served as a transportation lifeline for people headed to the Outer Banks until it was dismantled a few years ago to make way for a new bridge. Now, pieces from the Bonner Bridge are serving another purpose – to help engineers build better bridges in the future. Girders […]
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August 30, 1948 – September 4, 2021 WANCHESE — James “Jim” Bruce Oesting, 73, of Wanchese, NC died Saturday, September 4, 2021, at The Outer Banks Hospital. Born in Mequon, WI on August 30, 1948, he was the son of the late Rachel Kelsey Oesting and Ralph Beck Oesting. Jim was very active, working with […]
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June 18, 1984 – September 7, 2021 Amelia Lauren Frey, who had a smile that lit up any room, left this world too soon on September 7, 2021, at the age of 37. Born on June 18, 1984, in Elizabeth City, NC, Amelia was the daughter of William (Ted) and Karen Frey, and sister to […]
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A low pressure system slowly developing off the coast will bring a high threat of rip currents to area beaches on Thursday from Oregon Inlet to Cape Lookout, with a moderate risk at all other beaches, per a recent update from the National Weather Service. Further development of this system in the next several days […]
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Chronic shoaling in Hatteras Inlet’s South Ferry Channel persists despite numerous dredging projects over the last five years, but now the Dare County Waterways Commission is facing a tough decision on how to proceed in the face of stubbornly intractable issues. Before the dredge Merritt’s scheduled return on Oct. 1, the panel has to decide […]
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Speed limits are being increased on N.C. Highway 12 throughout Hatteras Island today, September 15, which includes a seasonal increase from 35 mph to 45 mph within the villages of Rodanthe, Waves, Salvo, Avon and Frisco, and an increase from 45 mph to 55 mph in between the villages of Avon and Buxton, and in between Frisco […]
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The Manteo Rotary Club will hold the 24th annual INSHORE SLAM fishing tournament on Saturday, October 2 with in-person registration from 4 pm to 7:30 pm on October 1. Tournament headquarters will be in the open-air pavilion at the OBX Marina in Wanchese. Discount registrations for both adult and youth are available at rockfishrodeo.org until […]
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The 2.4 mile-long Jug Handle Bridge is 88% complete as of September 2, with a projected opening date of early 2022, per an early September update from the North Carolina Department of Transportation. The southern end of bridge operations have stopped as of August 14, and the two work trestles met as of August 31, […]
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Passenger ferry service between Hatteras and Ocracoke was popular in its third season More than 16,500 people got out of their cars and onto the Ocracoke Express passenger ferry this summer, and surveys revealed that the third season of passenger ferry service was a popular one. The season, which began June 21 and ended on […]
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The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission is looking for commercial and recreational fishermen, scientists, and other interested parties to sit on various fisheries advisory committees. Two regional advisory committees – Northern and Southern – and three standing advisory committees – Finfish, Habitat and Water Quality, and Shellfish/Crustacean – review matters referred to them by the commission, […]
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