Political newcomer Mike Burrus of Wanchese is challenging incumbent Ervin Bateman of Kitty Hawk for the Dare County Board of Commissioners at-large seat in the upcoming May 17 Republican primary election. Democratic candidate Heather Euler of Buxton will face the winner of that primary in November. Burrus, 38 and a native of Wanchese, works as […]
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The public is invited to help Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) staff clean up some of the collapsed house debris at drop-in volunteer events from 9:30-11:30 a.m. and 2-4 p.m. on Thursday, May 12 and Friday, May 13. All four volunteer events are scheduled to begin at the Outer Banks KOA Resort, 25099 N.C. Highway […]
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State recreational water quality officials advised the public on Wednesday, May 11, to be aware of potential pollution from possible septic system failures in ocean swimming waters along parts of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. The Outer Banks of North Carolina is experiencing extreme high tides caused by a low pressure system that may have […]
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N.C Highway 12 will remain closed from Oregon Inlet to the village of Rodanthe for the rest of the day Wednesday due to safety concerns surrounding the severity of the next two high tide cycles. A stationary low pressure system has brought strong winds and large waves to the Outer Banks for the last four […]
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Volunteers are currently being recruited for an upcoming beach clean-up in Rodanthe and northern Hatteras Island, per a recent announcement from the non-profit organization Outer Banks Forever “As you may have seen in the news, two unoccupied houses collapsed into the ocean in Rodanthe yesterday, creating a large debris field along Cape Hatteras National Seashore,” […]
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It’s sea turtle nesting season and Outer Banks Forever is offering a way to protect these critters through its annual Adopt a Sea Turtle Nest program at Cape Hatteras National Seashore. A tax-deductible donation of $100 or more will allow the donor to symbolically adopt an active sea turtle nest at the seashore during nesting season May through […]
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As a storm-crazed ocean churned furiously around its spindly pilings, a weather-beaten house collapsed Tuesday afternoon into the surf on this Hatteras Island beach. It was the second house that day to fall into the raging sea. The first one fell early in the morning. A number of people at the beach captured the moment […]
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N.C. Highway 12 remains closed between Oregon Inlet and Rodanthe on Wednesday morning, per an 8:00 a.m. update from the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT). “The overnight high tide was not kind to our efforts to reopen the road, as more overwash and sand covers the road at the Pea Island Visitor Center and […]
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Due to the continuing adverse weather conditions, road closures and flooding, Dare County Public Works will not conduct commercial or residential trash collection on Hatteras Island on Wednesday, May 11, 2022. Weather permitting, commercial and residential trash collection will be completed on Thursday, May 12, 2022. NOTE: If any additional schedule changes are necessary, updates […]
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Another round of ocean overwash was reported with Tuesday afternoon’s 3:30 p.m. high tide on multiple stretches of N.C. Highway 12, including northern Buxton, in Avon near Ocean View Drive, in the S-Curves/Mirlo Beach area of northern Rodanthe, and on Pea Island. The public is advised to avoid driving through these areas, as standing water and […]
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