Due to popular demand, the N.C. Department of Transportation’s Ocracoke Express passenger ferry will continue running on Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays through September. The service was previously slated to end for the season on Labor Day. From Sept. 5-28, the Ocracoke Express will continue to operate its current schedule from Tuesday through Thursday, which are […]
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August 2, 2023 Financial Credit Card Fraud. 700 block of 64 264 Hwy, Roanoke Island. Unauthorized charges on victim’s bank account. August 6, 2023 Breaking and Entering Motor Vehicle. 39000 block of Wahoo Circle, Avon. Dispute over a vehicle blocking a driveway. No charges filed. August 20, 2023 Obtaining Property by False Pretenses. 100 block […]
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The Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) temporarily closed a stretch of beach between the Buxton Beach Access and the area of the Buxton jetties on Friday afternoon, September 1, after post-storm assessments were conducted following Tropical Storm Idalia. Seashore staff implemented the closure after substantial post-storm beach erosion was observed, and reports of a strong […]
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Despite lingering impacts from Tropical Storm Idalia, the Ocracoke Health Center will host their second Seafood Festival Benefit on Saturday, September 2, with live music, a silent and live auction, and plenty of local seafood. This will be the Ocracoke Health Center’s first Seafood Festival since Hurricane Dorian in 2019, and the event takes place […]
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The Coast Guard received a report of a missing person Thursday after police located his vehicle at a boat ramp in Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina. Scott Johnson, a 47-year-old male, and his dog, Baxter, are missing. Dare County Dispatch contacted Coast Guard watchstanders to report that Johnson was last seen by a neighbor […]
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The Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry, Ocracoke-Cedar Island ferry, and Ocracoke-Swan Quarter ferry resumed regular operations on Friday morning, September 1, per an update from the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division. (The Ocracoke Express passenger ferry operations remain suspended.) Ferry service was suspended starting on Wednesday due to high winds and hazardous weather conditions stemming from Tropical Storm Idalia. […]
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High surf and dangerous rip currents will linger through the weekend after Tropical Storm Idalia impacted the Outer Banks on Thursday, bringing heavy rains, wind, and minor to moderate coastal flooding. N.C. Highway 12 is open throughout Hatteras Island, however there are still reports of some standing water, per a 7:00 a.m. Friday update from […]
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Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site, and Wright Brothers National Memorial plan to reopen all facilities, except for Cape Point and Ocracoke campgrounds, at normal times on Friday, Sept. 1. While conditions associated with Tropical Storm Idalia are improving, standing water and sand on many roads continue to be a hazard for […]
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Earlier this summer, the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries announced the 2023 recreational flounder season in accordance with Amendment 3 of the North Carolina Flounder Fishery Management Plan. The 2023 recreational flounder season for Coastal and Joint Fishing Waters will open at 12:01 a.m. on Friday, Sept. 15, 2023, and will remain open until 11:59 […]
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State recreational water quality officials are advising the public to avoid swimming in North Carolina coastal waters from Wright Memorial Bridge in Kitty Hawk south to the South Carolina State Line affected by Tropical Storm Idalia. Heavy winds and rain have negatively impacted coastal waters. Waters affected by stormwater runoff can contain elevated levels of […]
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