The North Carolina Beach Buggy (NCBBA) recently made a $1,000 donation to support the Cape Hatteras Secondary School (CHSS) Middle School Student Incentive Program. The CHSS Middle School student incentive program was started to help increase student engagement and enhance academic performance for all students. By providing students with positive reinforcement with Student Incentive Trips, Student […]
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More than 100 cold-stunned sea turtles were rescued from Bodie Island to Ocracoke during a recent cold spell that lingered from January 18 through January 22, per an update from the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. Most of the turtles were collected and transported to the Sea Turtle Assistance and Rehabilitation (STAR) Center at the North Carolina […]
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The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries is looking for commercial and recreational fishermen, scientists and other interested parties to sit on the Spotted Seatrout Fishery Management Plan Advisory Committee. The committee will assist the division in developing Amendment 1 to the N.C. Spotted Seatrout Fishery Management Plan. The Division will hold an in-person, workshop-style meeting that […]
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January 11, 1970 – January 19, 2024 KITTY HAWK — Eric Dreelin, 54, of Kitty Hawk, NC, passed away at his home on January 19, 2024. He was born in Richmond, VA. Eric put family and friends first. One could always count on Eric to come through for them. He loved his wife and children […]
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Cornelius Francis “Neal” Griffin died peacefully at home in the Outer Banks of NC, surrounded by his loving family while they were live streaming Mass, on Thursday, January 18th, 2024. Neal was born in Tenafly, NJ in March of 1939. He was the oldest of three children born to Cornelius and Annie “Nancy” Griffin. Neal […]
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Eloise Stowe Glonek, 82, passed away on Tuesday, January 16, 2024. A memorial service will be held on Saturday, January 20, 2024, at 4 PM in the Wilkerson Funeral Chapel. The family will receive friends for one hour prior to the service. Mrs. Glonek was born on November 4, 1941, in Wilmington, Delaware to the […]
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The first phase of the $19.2 million project to restore and rehabilitate the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse will begin later this month. Once the project begins, varying closures of the grounds surrounding the lighthouse are anticipated. The park store and restrooms are expected to remain open during the project. The project, a collaboration between the National […]
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The Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station (CLSS) is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year, as one of the seven original Life-Saving Stations to be built in North Carolina in 1874. As such, the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station and Historic Site in Rodanthe will be sharing stories about the seven 1874 Outer Banks stations in the months ahead, leading […]
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Cape Hatteras Electric Cooperative’s (CHEC’s) contractor, New River Electrical, will conduct a routine inspection of the conduit and electric cables attached to the Basnight Bridge over Oregon Inlet, as well as the Rodanthe Bridge, from January 22 to January 25, 2024. The bridges will remain open to traffic during the inspections, however, motorists should expect […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com It was like a revolving door on Friday at the N.C. Aquarium on Roanoke Island’s Sea Turtle Assistance and Rescue Center. After discharging 18 rehabilitated sea turtles to be released into the 72 degree-plus ocean waters well offshore, another 21 were brought into the STAR Center as a result of being cold stunned […]
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