As winter turns to spring in Eastern North Carolina, three popular ferry routes will soon be adding departures to their daily schedules. On March 7, the Hatteras-Ocracoke vehicle ferry will be increasing its daily schedule from 28 to 36 departures. The schedule, effective Tuesday, will be as follows: Hatteras to Ocracoke:5 a.m., 6 a.m., […]
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March 23, 1969 – February 24, 2023 KILL DEVIL HILLS — Gary Allen Conner, 53, of Kill Devil Hills, NC, formerly of Lynchburg, VA, died suddenly in his home in NC on Friday February 24, 2023 He was the husband of Savanna Inge Conner, formerly of Lynchburg, VA, his loving wife of over five years. […]
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The Marine Fisheries Commission Coastal Recreational Fishing License Advisory Committee will meet on March 10 at 1 p.m. by web conference. The meeting will be live-streamed on YouTube. A meeting agenda and a YouTube link can be found here. A listening station will be established at the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries Headquarters Office at 3441 Arendell […]
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From OuterBanksVoice.com Ellie Hedgepeth, a nine-old-year Frisco resident who is a third grader at Cape Hatteras Elementary School, has been selected as a youth ambassador to head to Washington and Capitol Hill starting March 6 to advocate on behalf of the Tourette Association of America. Here is additional information from the Association. The Tourette Association […]
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An Interesting Pair These are M81 (on the right) and M82. If they look close together, that’s because they are! Currently, the centers of the galaxies are about 150,000 light years apart. A couple of hundred million years ago, they were even closer together. Both galaxies were discovered by Johann Bode in 1774. Charles Messier […]
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Members and guests of the LWV of Dare County sat spellbound for nearly two hours on February 24th at COA as two local retired foreign service career professionals recounted their married life as U.S. Ambassadors over three decades, covering the administrations from President Carter to President Obama. The speakers were Marcie Ries, Ambassador (Ret.) and […]
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Video by Rory Kelleher The Hatteras Village Waterfowl Festival returned to the island on Feb 24-25, and despite a two-year hiatus due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the third edition of this popular annual event was bigger and better than ever, per organizers and attendees. Friday night’s Fin, Feather, and Bourbon event attracted an estimated […]
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Starting on Monday, Feb. 27, travelers along N.C. Highway 12 may spot a small team of runners making their way to or from the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. The 15-20 runners are participants of the annual Swammie Shuffle 200, which is a grueling race from Sandbridge, Virginia, to the Buxton landmark and back. The event, which […]
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The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Coastal Management and the Cape Hatteras National Seashore will host an interagency work group meeting on Feb. 27 via web conference to discuss the topic “Property Acquisition and Financial Assistance.” The public may listen to the 1:00 p.m. meeting by computer or phone. Log-in details are […]
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The Hatteras Island Rescue Squad (HIRS) will be offering a public CPR class on Thursday, March 9, at 6:00 p.m. at its station in Buxton. The one-night, three-hour class will cover adult, child, and infant CPR and the use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED), and the class is part of a long-term effort to […]
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