The Ocracoke-Swan Quarter and Ocracoke-Cedar Island ferry operations have been suspended for Saturday, January 13, due to inclement weather and high winds, per an update from the North Carolina Ferry System. Ferry service for the Ocracoke-mainland routes will resume once weather conditions improve. The Hatteras-Ocracoke vehicular ferry is running for Saturday, but ocean overwash has been […]
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Starry Nights, a celebration of stargazing on one of the darkest stretches of the East Coast, is returning to Hatteras village after a four-year hiatus on Saturday, February 3, 2024. The afternoon and evening event, (which will be held at multiple spots along southern Hatteras Island), is sponsored by the Hatteras Village Civic Association and […]
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A strong cold front is expected to impact the Outer Banks from Friday evening into Saturday, bringing the potential for severe thunderstorms, marine hazards, and strong winds, per a Friday morning update from the National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City office. Conditions will begin to deteriorate on Friday evening, January 12, with severe weather possible from […]
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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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From Trista Talton at CoastalReview.org Rules the state’s lead environmental agency says are critical to its day-to-day operations drew little to no public comment during a series of hearings hosted in three coastal counties this week. Fewer than 20 people turned out for public hearings the North Carolina Division of Coastal Management held Tuesday and Wednesday […]
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Sandra Pauline Zigler, 79, of Colington Harbour, NC, passed peacefully away at her home on January 5, 2024. Sandra, better known as Sandy, was born December 15, 1944. She was the daughter of Richard and Pauline Sutton who were also Outer Banks residents. Surviving Sandy is her loving husband Marlow Zigler; brother, Rick Sutton and […]
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December 20, 1926 – January 8, 2024 KITTY HAWK — Robert Octavius Minter, Jr. of Kitty Hawk, NC passed away peacefully on January 8, 2024, at 97 years of age. Known to his family and friends as Bobby, Robert was a native of Martinsville, Virginia. He graduated early from Martinsville High School in 1943, at […]
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After months of hanging around the Outer Banks, two loggerhead sea turtles – “Behemoth” and “Miss Piggy” – are finally starting to head south for the winter, according to an online satellite tracker that has followed the turtles’ movements since their mid-2023 releases. Miss Piggy, a 209-pound loggerhead turtle, was found along the Cape Hatteras […]
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N.C. Highway 12 has reopened on northern Ocracoke Island, per a Thursday morning update from the National Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT). The roadway from the NPS Pony Pens to the Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry docks was closed on Wednesday, January 10. due to severe ocean overwash. Now that the roadway has reopened, Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry service will […]
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Virginia Faith Vloedman was born May 17, 1954, and passed away peacefully on November 5, 2023, at the age of 69. To many of her friends and family, we all called her Ginny. Ginny was a devoted wife to Gary Michael Vloedman, having been together for over 45 years. Ginny was a wonderful mother to […]
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