Operations for the Ocracoke Express passenger ferry have resumed service starting Wednesday, July 19, per an update from the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s (NCDOT) Ferry Division. The Ocracoke Express passenger ferry departs from the Hatteras ferry terminal at 9:30 a.m., 1 p.m., and 4:30 p.m. The ferry departs from Ocracoke Silver Lake Terminal at […]
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The St. John United Methodist Church (UMC) in Avon is hosting an all-day community bazaar on Thursday, July 20, starting at 8:00 a.m., and continuing until 7:00 p.m. The full-day event features kids’ activities, live music, three homemade meals offered throughout the day, and much more. The United Methodist Women will be selling homemade biscuits […]
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North Carolinians sensitive to air pollution should exercise caution this week as a plume of smoke from wildfires in Canada enters the state. The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality (DAQ) issued Code Orange Air Quality Action Day alerts for much of central and western North Carolina for Tuesday, July 18. Code […]
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The Dare County Board of Commissioners (BOC) took an initial step toward seeking federal funding for a beach nourishment project in Rodanthe at their monthly meeting on Monday evening, July 17. Per communications with Congressman Greg Murphy, who represents North Carolina’s 3rd congressional district in the U.S. House of Representatives, a feasibility study by the […]
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The event will be on Wednesday, July 19 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. The iconic Lee Robinson General Store in Hatteras Village is sponsoring a combination wine-tasting with a book signing event by U.S. Life-Saving Service reenactor, author and Hatteras Island resident James D. “Keeper James” Charlet. His book, Shipwrecks of the Outer Banks: Dramatic […]
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Dare County has released a new video that highlights the Special Medical Needs Registry, which is a list of individuals throughout the county who require assistance with medical care and/or personal care during an evacuation for a hurricane or while sheltering during a storm due to any physical and/or mental impairments those individuals may have. […]
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A recent increase in nesting Least Terns on Ocracoke’s South Point prompted National Park Service staff to close that section of the beach from near to the entrance at Ramp 72 to the end of the island. The closure, in effect July 3, begins just .11 miles south of the ramp entrance, said Meaghan Johnson, […]
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JULY 19 UPDATE: A man who fled the scene of a two-car traffic accident in Frisco on July 15 which resulted in multiple injuries was arrested on Monday evening, July 18, per the North Carolina State Highway Patrol. David Godinez of Cary, NC, has been charged with multiple offenses, including three counts of (F) Serious Injury […]
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It’s hot outside, and after the first half of 2023 saw the housing market cool off a bit, it’s heating up again. There are only 74 residential properties for sale on all of Hatteras Island right now, as homeowners wrap up the summer rental season and start considering whether to list their houses for sale […]
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By Rachael Graf, Community Engagement Coordinator at Outer Banks Forever On Tuesday, June 20, the Cape Hatteras National Seashore completed the exterior renovations of the historic U.S. Weather Bureau Station in Hatteras Village with the installation of a new coastal warning signal tower. Originally constructed in 1901, the U.S. Weather Bureau Station in Hatteras Village […]
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