An August 17 “End of Summer Party” and benefit concert at the Koru Beach Klub in Avon raised more than $10,000 for the non-profit Hatteras Island Rescue Squad, in an effort to help the organization purchase a new rescue ski. The Hatteras Island Rescue Squad (HIRS) is a familiar presence on the beaches of southern […]
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From Wobx.com While the leisure and hospitality industry across the country continues to struggle to fill available jobs, especially in rural counties, the number of people the industry employs in North Carolina has topped pre-pandemic levels. According to the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics, there were 553,000 workers in the state’s leisure and hospitality field […]
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The trial of John “Jay” Tolson, the Hatteras Island man accused of murdering 38-year-old Amanda LeeAnn Fletcher Hartleben of Kitty Hawk in July 2020, is scheduled to begin in Dare County Superior Court on Monday, August 28. Tolson was indicted by a Dare County Grand Jury for second-degree murder on October 26, 2020, and the […]
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The Division of Marine Fisheries is developing Amendment 5 to the N.C. Eastern Oyster Fishery Management Plan (FMP) and Amendment 3 to the N.C. Hard Clam FMP. The division will hold a public scoping period Sept. 11-22 to solicit input on potential management strategies for the upcoming amendments and discuss stakeholder priorities. Scoping is the best opportunity […]
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August has been a bit back and forth for us with weather and fishing so far, but anglers are still getting out as much as possible and bringing in the fish! Beach, sound, and nearshore catches have included some nice slot-size red drum, the occasional cobia, and quite a few speckled and grey trout. For […]
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The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Hatteras-Ocracoke vehicle ferry route is expanding its summer departure schedule to meet demand on peak midweek days through Sept. 21. From Tuesday through Thursday, the number of scheduled departures will increase from 36 to 52. Between Aug. 22 and Sept. 21, the Tuesday-Wednesday-Thursday schedule will be: From Hatteras: 5 a.m., 6 […]
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From Wobx.com The peak period of hurricane season activity has arrived in full force, with the formation of four tropical storms between the tropical Atlantic and the Gulf of Mexico since Sunday. None of the current activity is forecast to threaten eastern North Carolina, although there could be some increased long-period swells early next week […]
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On Saturday morning, August 19, U.S. Coast Guard Sector North Carolina received a call via VHF-FM radio channel 16 that the 43-foot sport fisher Bazinga ran aground near Roanoke Sound Channel Light 10, and was taking on water with nine people aboard. A commercial towing vessel arrived on scene to assist the vessel and was […]
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Meet the Outer Banks SPCA pet of the week, courtesy of their latest video produced by Dare County’s CURRENT TV. For more information on this pet, 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/
A new National Park Service (NPS) report shows that 20,084,660 visitors to national parks in North Carolina spent $2.48 billion in the state in 2022. That spending resulted in 37,485 jobs and had a cumulative benefit to the state economy of $3.96 billion. “Since 1916, the National Park Service has been entrusted with the care […]
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