Passenger ferries look to be in Ocracoke’s near future, now that the governor has signed the state budget with $3.65 million included to build new fast ferries and the infrastructure needed to operate them between Hatteras and Ocracoke islands. But many questions remain in the community about whether the service, which would charge $15 round-trip […]
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Furious Hatteras Island watermen lashed out at the state Ferry Division on Monday, July 11, at the Dare County Oregon Inlet and Waterways Commission meeting in Manteo, despite that there were not enough members to actually hold an official meeting. Only three of the eight commission members were in attendance: Ernie Foster, Steve “Creature” Coulter, […]
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By CATHERINE KOZAK Persistent stormwater drainage issues in Cape Hatteras National Seashore between Cape Point and Frisco will be addressed in a cooperative arrangement with federal and state agencies to determine how to effectively manage the hydrology in the wetlands around the popular beach area. “We’re going to invite every state and federal partner and […]
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By CATHERINE KOZAK By CATHERINE KOZAK The proposed bridge project in Rodanthe is a good example of the difficulty that government has trying to make everyone happy. Holding signs and chanting “Save our Sounds,” a small group of northern Rodanthe property owners gathered in front of the Rodanthe-Waves-Salvo Community Building on Tuesday evening to protest […]
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With its temporary sandbag rules tossed aside over a technicality, the state Coastal Resources Commission this month set its sights on drafting the permanent rules it needed to do anyway. The CRC has limited wiggle room within the legislative mandate passed last summer regulating the erosion control structures, but it will be able to roll […]
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By CATHERINE KOZAK Coastal Review Online Though drilling for oil or natural gas off the East Coast is currently off the table, the federal government is still evaluating permits from several companies to use sonic air guns to survey the Atlantic seabed for oil and gas deposits. The National Marine Fisheries Service, known as NOAA […]
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By CATHERINE KOZAK By CATHERINE KOZAK Spring and summer fishing tournaments have only increased frustration for charter boat captains still struggling to get in and out of sand-clogged Hatteras Inlet. And little comfort was offered at the most recent meeting of the Dare County Oregon Inlet and Waterways Commission, which has been unable to nail […]
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After concluding his most recent dig on Hatteras Island in March, English archaeologist Mark Horton has declared that the Roanoke colonists did not disappear after 1587 — all 100 or so of them went to the chiefdom of Croatoan to live with the friendly Croatan Indians at what is today Buxton. In claiming to have […]
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Stormwater at Cape Point has finally dried up, but so has the hope that the state will approve a National Park Service proposal to counter further flooding at the campground and ORV access ramps. Officials with the state Department of Environmental Quality and the Division of Coastal Management told NPS Outer Banks Group Superintendent Dave […]
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Epic rainfall since September has left the area around Cape Point, one of the most beautiful fishing and camping spots in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, inundated with water and inaccessible to all but determined pedestrians. “It’s totally unacceptable that a national campground has sat under water for six months,” said Bob Eakes, owner of […]
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