The following press release was issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Monday afternoon, April 29. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, will take further action on the former U.S. Navy facility at Buxton, North Carolina, under the Formerly Used Defense Sites Program, removing a pipe and sampling the surrounding soil to […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com Travel+Leisure magazine has released its international list of the “15 Best Places to Travel in July,” and includes the Outer Banks among some very elite company. Using their own research and experience, along with suggestions from local experts, they rounded up the best places to travel this July in the United States and […]
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On Sunday morning, April 28, members of the U.S. Coast Guard Station Oregon Inlet conducted a medevac of a person with a concerning head injury that was sustained while fishing approximately offshore 33 miles. After Coast Guard Cutter Bear arrived on scene to conduct first aid, the person was transferred to the station’s lifeboat where […]
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From OuterBanksVoice.com The Dare County Housing Task Force, which has significantly picked up the pace of its work, will meet for the third time in two weeks when it convenes at the Dare County Administration Building on April 30. Among the items on the agenda is an effort to set up a future meeting schedule, […]
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On April 17, 2024, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) sent letters to the U.S. Coast Guard, the Navy, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) demanding immediate action to remediate the environmental and public safety issues that have plagued a 500-yard section of Buxton Beach since September 2023. The NCDEQ is […]
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On Saturday at 8:34 p.m., SpaceX launched the Falcon 9’s European Commission’s Galileo L12 mission to medium Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and folks on Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands were able to catch the show from multiple locations. This was the 20th flight of the first stage […]
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By Mary Ellen Riddle for OuterBanksVoice.com Three Cape Hatteras Secondary School students in the DECA club were state finalists at a March competition in Greensboro, vying against more than 5,000 students. As a result, they are headed to Anaheim, California this month to compete in the DECA International Career Development Conference Competitive Events program. Emma Riggs, Ann […]
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September 17, 1939 – April 18, 2024 BUXTON — Jeanette Gray Finnegan Torok, 84, known as Jaye, died on Thursday, April 18, 2024, in her home in Buxton, N.C. A native of Buxton, she was the daughter of Jeanette (Janet) Finnegan and William Finnegan. Jaye attended East Carolina University, and upon graduating, she received a […]
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The North Carolina Coastal Federation (NCCF) recently launched a new webpage on Buxton Beach with background information, resources, and details on how the NCCF has become involved in calling for action to fix the contaminated Buxton shoreline. A three-tenths-of-a-mile section of the Buxton oceanfront has been closed since September 1, 2023, after two offshore hurricanes […]
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The Cape Point Campground in Buxton opened for the 2024 season on Saturday, April 27, per a recent announcement from the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS). The CHNS’ other seasonal campground – the Frisco Campground – opened on March 30, however, the Cape Point Campground’s opening was delayed due to excessive rainfall-related flooding in the […]
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