The US housing market has been on a sustained streak of rising prices, shrinking inventory, and increased demand since the spring of 2020. Hatteras Island actually lagged behind other areas “up the beach” in price increases for most of 2020, but quickly caught up in 2021. Now that we’ve had a good run, as they […]
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I’d like to introduce myself to the fine readers of the Island Free Press. My name is Stephen Smith, and I lived (and worked) in Avon for several years before eventually migrating “up the beach” to Nags Head. I was the IT Director for Hatteras Realty, and worked for the late Stewart Couch for most […]
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Shirley Mamie Kreider Parker, age 89, of Wilmington, NC died peacefully at her daughter’s Kill Devil Hills home on Saturday, March 19, 2022. Shirley was born November 19, 1932, in New Castle, Delaware, daughter of Bertha Mae Faux Kreider and Miles Martin Kreider. In addition to her parents, Shirley was preceded in death by her […]
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This is the second in a special reporting series on federal infrastructure spending and North Carolina’s navigation needs. Lacking high-volume marine traffic or large ports, North Carolina’s northeast coast typically qualifies for far less federal funding to help maintain navigational channels and inlets than do the state’s southern coastal communities. But mariners in Dare and […]
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On March 19, 2022, at approximately 6:05 p.m., Deputies working the C-District stopped a vehicle on Tern Street in Avon, NC, for traffic violations. When the Deputy approached the vehicle, it pulled away and failed to yield for blue lights and siren. The vehicle headed south on N.C. Highway 12 at a high rate of […]
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Heavy rain is likely Wednesday night and Thursday, with up to 1.5-2” inches of rain forecasted for Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands, per a Wednesday morning update from the National Weather Service (NWS) Newport/Morehead City office. A few strong to severe storms capable of producing damaging winds, isolated tornados, and small hail are also possible starting […]
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The U.S. Coast Guard Station Hatteras Inlet announced on Tuesday that the configuration and maintenance of aids to navigation in the South Ferry Channel in Hatteras Inlet will be temporarily discontinued. Per the March 22 bulletin, significant shoaling exists between South Ferry Channel Buoy 4SF and South Ferry Channel Buoy 9SF, reducing channel depths to […]
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With crews currently working on the final touches of the bridge surface, the Jug Handle Bridge will likely open to traffic in the first half of April, per an update from N.C. Department of Transportation (NCDOT) Communications Officer Tim Hass. “Basically, what’s left to do is grinding, which is finding bumps and dips on the […]
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The “Miss Katie” shallow-draft hopper dredge recently received its final coat of exterior paint, marking a major milestone in the construction process that is currently underway in Louisiana and scheduled to be completed this spring. Approved in 2019, funding for the project came from a public-private partnership with the state of North Carolina, in which […]
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Meet the Outer Banks SPCA pet of the week, Franklin, courtesy of their latest video produced by Dare County’s CURRENT TV. For more information on Franklin, 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/
