December 23, 1931 – October 21, 2022 SOUTHERN SHORES — Jim Heinrich of Southern Shores, NC died on October 21, 2022 at 90 years of age. Jim was the son of Kenneth C. Heinrich and Ada L. Cook Heinrich of Brockport, NY, on December 23, 1931. Jim grew up on Park Ave. and at Onteo […]
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COLINGTON — Ryan A. Bowles, 63, stepped into eternity in Colington, NC October 19, 2022. He was predeceased by his father, Russell Bowles several years ago. Ryan was born and raised in Richmond Virginia. He had an idyllic childhood playing sports and developing into a great athlete. Favoring baseball, Ryan became a great pitcher while […]
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With 358,962 visitors recorded in September, the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) is on track to have another banner year for visitation in 2022. Per statistics from the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau, CHNS recorded a total of 2,402,866 visitors for the first nine months of the year, or from January 1 through September 30, 2022. […]
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On Saturday, October 22, the public is invited to head to the grounds of the Frisco Woods Campground for a grand Fall Festival, which will feature games, food trucks, a pumpkin patch, a dunk tank, trick or treating, a silent auction, and many more activities for attendees of all ages. And while fall-style fun will […]
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The Ocracoke-Swan Quarter and Ocracoke-Cedar Island ferries announced several cancellations to their regular fall schedule for Friday, October 21, due to shoaling. The cancellations are as follows: 10:00 a.m. Ocracoke to Swan Quarter 1:30 p.m. Swan Quarter to Ocracoke 4:30 p.m. Ocracoke to Cedar Island In addition, the Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry is also running on an […]
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From Outer Banks Forever Did you know that biological science technicians at Cape Hatteras National Seashore carefully track, learn from and protect hundreds of sea turtle nests each summer? While human visitors flocked to the Seashore this summer, more than 370 sea turtles also made their way here to nest. Outer Banks Forever is excited to announce that more than 28,000 sea […]
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A fire destroyed the Frisco Futuro House (Or “Frisco UFO”) on Wednesday night, October 19. The fire was reported to the Frisco Volunteer Fire Department (VFD) at 10:06 p.m. and was extinguished by the Frisco and Buxton VFDs within several hours. The Frisco UFO was one of the island’s most famous roadside attractions, and was […]
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The Bonner Bridge Pier and its access road will temporarily close during a North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) project to pave the parking lot used to access the pier and beach at the south end of Oregon Inlet. The closure is currently scheduled to start at 6 p.m. Monday, Oct. 24 and last until […]
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North Carolina’s in-person early voting period for the 2022 General Election begins on Thursday, October 20, and ends at 3 p.m. on Saturday, November 5. Early voting, (also known as One-Stop Absentee Voting), allows any registered voter to cast an absentee ballot in person on select days prior to Election Day. Unlike Election Day on November […]
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The 2022 sea turtle nesting season is winding down, but with 378 turtle nests recorded along the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) as of mid-October, 2022 boasts the second-highest number of nests reported since data collection began. Sea turtle nests laid by loggerheads, green turtles, and leatherbacks have been monitored at CHNS since the 1970s. […]
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