Frisco Native American Museum & Natural History Center reopens to full-time (6 days a week, Tuesday through Sunday from 10:30 to 5) on April 12, 2022. We’ve had a busy and exciting winter! The Outer Banks Stamp Club has created an amazing exhibit for the museum. The exhibit highlights Native Americans on stamps! Members of […]
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A public comment period on an environmental assessment (EA) for the future rehabilitation and restoration of the Ocracoke Light Station ends on Wednesday, April 13. Two lightly-attended meetings were held in Ocracoke village on March 28 about the upcoming project, which seeks to repair and possibly raise historic buildings that are located at the Light […]
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Seasonal off-road vehicle (ORV) routes in front of Hatteras Island villages and the Ocracoke Campground become pedestrian-only starting this Friday, April 15. These routes, which run parallel to the towns of Hatteras, Frisco, Avon, and the Tri-villages, open to ORVs annually in the winter months when the visitor population is low, and close from April […]
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Meet the Outer Banks SPCA pet of the week, Sweetie, courtesy of their latest video produced by Dare County’s CURRENT TV. For more information on Sweetie, and the many other Outer Banks pets currently up for adoption, visit the Outer Banks SPCA website at https://www.obxspca.org/, or their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/obxspca/
BUXTON – Ginger Rines Knight of Buxton, NC passed away in her home surrounded by family on Tuesday March 29, 2022. A devoted mother, Nana and friend who will be missed by so many. Ginger had a brave soul and a strength admired by all; she was truly one of a kind. Originally from Brooklyn Park, Maryland. […]
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Photos by Don Bowers The first-ever Run the Rodanthe Bridge 5-mile and 5K race, which took place at the new Jug Handle Bridge on Saturday, April 9, drew a large crowd of runners, spectators, and volunteers who flocked to the event for the opportunity to be among the first to visit the new structure. The […]
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On Tuesday, April 5th, Margaret ‘Rita’ Doerr, daughter of Frances Elizabeth Keogh and Joseph John Keogh, and beloved resident of Avon, NC passed peacefully into her next life. She is survived by her sister Ann Johnston of Tallaght Ireland, her husband Ben, her daughter Tammy, her sons John, and Brad, her grandchildren Brooke, Nicole, Dakota, […]
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It’s almost as good as finding pirate treasure when one finds a whole scotch bonnet on the beach. And Tammy Zetka was the queen of shells recently when she found the new state record for a scotch bonnet on Portsmouth Island during the N.C. Shell Club’s spring meeting. This was the first time since 2019 […]
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Researchers at Colorado State University (CSU) anticipate that the 2022 Atlantic basin hurricane season will have above-average activity. Sea surface temperatures averaged across the eastern and central tropical Atlantic are currently near average, while Caribbean and subtropical Atlantic sea surface temperatures are warmer than normal. Researchers anticipate an above-average probability for major hurricanes making landfall […]
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More departures scheduled, but critical shoaling concerns limit ferry size; longer wait times possible. The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry route will be switching to its full Spring schedule tomorrow. The change means that the number of scheduled runs will increase from 18 to 26 daily departures from each side. The schedule will be […]
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