Ocean overwash impacting N.C. Highway 12 on northern Ocracoke Island on Thursday morning

Ocean overwash was reported on a several-mile stretch of N.C. Highway 12 on northern Ocracoke Island after Thursday morning’s high tide at approximately 6:00 a.m. Although Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry service resumed on Wednesday after the strong northerly winds subsided, the protective berm on the northern end of the island was breached, and travel is not advised […]

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N.C. Ferry System Career Fair will be held in Manteo on March 6

​​​​​​​​​The NCWorks Career Center will host a job fair for the N.C. Department of Transportation’s N.C. Ferry Division. This job fair will include a hiring team on-site for immediate interviews. Candidates are encouraged to apply online in advance​ and download and complete this career ​a​pplication​ prior to the event.​​ This job fair will be held: Wednesday, March 6, 2024 10 a.m. […]

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Commercial Fishing Resource Funding Committee members to hear presentation on Always Fresh Campaign

Members of the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission Commercial Fishing Resource Funding Committee and the Funding Committee for the N.C. Commercial Fishing Resource Fund will meet informally on Monday, Feb. 19, to receive a presentation on the Always NC Fresh Public Relations Campaign. The presentation will begin at 10 a.m. at the Division of Marine Fisheries […]

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Joseph Donald Fecak

November 20, 1944 – February 5, 2024 KILL DEVIL HILLS — Joseph Donald Fecak passed away peacefully on Monday, February 5, 2024 at his home in Kill Devil Hills, NC. He was 79 years old. Don was born in Gladewater, TX on November 20, 1944 to Joseph and Geraldine Fecak, and the family moved to […]

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Janet Tyson Sperber

BUXTON — Janet Lou Tyson Sperber, 86, of Buxton, NC, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 6, 2024. Born in Luzerne, KY on September 18, 1937, she was the only child of the late Morton Wiley Tyson and Mary Elizabeth Maddox Tyson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her son, […]

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Questions for the Candidates: Dare Commissioner District 2 – Christian Thomas Hayman, Robert L. “Bob” Woodard, Sr.

As a service to voters ahead of the 2024 party primaries in North Carolina, SamWalkerOBXNews.com has asked each of the candidates running in Dare and Currituck counties to answer a series of questions on various issues. Primary Day in North Carolina is set for Tuesday, March 5. To be as fair as possible to each […]

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Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry operations resume on Wednesday morning

12:00 P.M. UPDATE: The Ocracoke-mainland routes, (Cedar Island and Swan Quarter), have resumed normal ferry operations as of noon on Wednesday.  Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry operations have resumed for Wednesday starting with the 9:00 a.m. departure from Hatteras and the 11:00 a.m. departure from Ocracoke, per an update from the North Carolina Ferry System. Ferry service was suspended […]

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