Strong westerly winds with gusts of 35-45 mph will develop late Sunday and last into Monday afternoon which will cause minor to moderate water level rises across the Outer Banks, per an update from the National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City office. A Coastal Flood Warning has been issued for Dare County from 4 p.m. on Sunday […]
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A frontal system impacting the Outer Banks this weekend is capable of bringing strong to severe thunderstorms, heavy rains, strong wind gusts, and sound-side coastal flooding, per an update from the National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City office. Strong westerly winds with gusts of 30-40 mph will result in elevated water levels for sound-side Outer Banks […]
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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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On the heels of an urgent and emotional resolution passed by the Dare County Board of Commissioners (BOC) and a rising swell of public concern, more than a dozen local, state, and federal officials came together on Wednesday, March 6, to determine the best ways to warn the public about the ongoing safety hazards at Buxton […]
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KITTY HAWK — Arnold Livingston Head of Kitty Hawk, NC passed away on March 5, 2024, at the age of 81. A longtime resident of Kitty Hawk and Nags Head, he was born on May 19, 1942, in Asheville NC. He was the son of the late Arnold Clifton and Annie Laurie Leeson Head of […]
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A frontal system impacting the Outer Banks this weekend is capable of bringing strong to marginally severe thunderstorms, heavy rains, strong wind gusts, and sound-side coastal flooding, per a Friday morning update from the National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City office. Strong westerly winds with gusts of 30-40 mph will result in elevated water levels for […]
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Dennis A. Doyle, 78, passed in his sleep on March 6, 2024 at his home in Kill Devil Hills after a long fight with cancer. He is survived by his wife of nearly 54 years, Margaret; his daughters, Courtney and Shannon (Alan); his grandchildren, Sean and Cailyn, and many nieces and nephews. Denny was born […]
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November 16, 2004 – March 2, 2024 SOUTHERN SHORES — Gwendalyn Elise Botson, 19, of Southern Shores, North Carolina, passed away at Children’s Hospital of the King’s Daughters in Virginia on Saturday, March 2, 2024, after demonstrating tremendous courage, tenacity, and grace throughout the past two years. Gwendalyn, or Gwen as she was known to […]
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A new 16-car parking area has opened along the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) just north of Buxton, and close to a stretch of oceanside shoreline that is popular with surfers and beachgoers. The clay and shell-based parking area, (which is adjacent to soundside ORV Ramp #60), was constructed by DOT Construction, Inc., which tackled […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com At a meeting of a N.C. General Assembly commission in Manteo on Wednesday, members of the Outer Banks’ fishing and marine industries and other local officials called on lawmakers to stop regulatory measures that have hampered dredging of local waterways. A handful of members of the legislature’s Environmental Review Commission spent the day […]
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