The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is urging all unvaccinated North Carolinians to get a COVID-19 vaccine as cases, hospitalizations and deaths have been inching up across the state. North Carolina’s early warning systems are showing more people going to the emergency department with COVID-like illness and elevated viral levels in wastewater in certain regions of […]
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While “shark attack” is an often-used term, it’s not really accurate because sharks don’t seek out humans to “attack,” they’re just doing what comes naturally in the wild. Sharks are opportunistic feeders and occasionally bite a surfer or swimmer if they venture into murky waters and splash a lot at the surface. This splashing action […]
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By Shauneen Miranda Just as the lack of affordable workforce housing in Dare County has become perhaps the county’s thorniest issue, a solid majority of North Carolinians agree that “the lack of affordable housing is a major problem” in their communities. By a narrower margin, they also say state leaders should intervene to help alleviate […]
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Hatteras Island residents are invited to an upcoming community meeting on Wednesday, July 14, to learn more about a statewide project that seeks to collect data to help communities prepare for, (and recover from), future storms. The meeting, which will be held at 6:30 p.m. at the Hatteras Community Building, will feature representatives from DEEPP, […]
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After a weekend of an elevated threat of rip currents, a high risk of rip currents continues on Monday, July 12, for southern Hatteras Island and Ocracoke Island, per a recent update from the National Weather Service. A high risk of rip currents is in effect for all Outer Banks beaches south of Cape Point […]
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Though impacts from Elsa were minimal on Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands, a high risk of rip currents is in effect for Friday, July 9, for a large portion of the Outer Banks, per a recent update from the National Weather Service. A high risk of rip currents is in effect for all Outer Banks beaches […]
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New residents on Hatteras Island often wonder how they can get involved in the local community. Luckily, the Outer Banks is home to a number of non-profit organizations, which both foster new and stronger relationships with neighbors, and also work to benefit the island in innumerable ways. From the local volunteer fire departments, to beloved […]
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On the morning of Sunday, July 4, Ocracoke Island held its annual Sand Sculpture Contest, which has been a local Independence Day tradition for roughly 43 years. The Island Free Press’s Rory Kelleher was at the heart of the action, capturing the numerous participants as their creations came to fruition, as well as the eventual […]
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The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division has canceled several trips scheduled for the Pamlico Sound routes between Cedar Island, Swan Quarter, and Ocracoke on Thursday, July 8, in anticipation of strong winds from Tropical Storm Elsa. The following trips are canceled for Thursday on the Ocracoke-to-mainland ferry routes: 12:45 p.m. Ocracoke to Swan Quarter […]
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Three advisory committees to the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission will meet by web conference later this month to discuss possible future small mesh gill net management measures. The Southern, Northern, and Finfish advisory committees will meet separately to review the Small Mesh Gill Net Rules Modification Information Paper. The paper contains an overview of the small […]
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