There’s been so much news on Hatteras and Ocracoke in the past weeks that it’s been hard to keep up with the news from elsewhere. Television, these days, is about nothing but the 2016 Presidential election, so I took some time this week to look around on other news sites. And I found some curious […]
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Arrest made in case of dead feral cats in Avon
A suspect has been indicted by the Dare County Grand Jury and arrested by deputies from the Dare County Sheriff’s office in the case of cats that were found dead last December in a dumpster in Avon. Jordan Wallace Boykin, 26, of Sailfish Drive in Manteo was indicted by the Grand Jury on animal cruelty […]
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Too much sand here, not enough sand there: Part II
Last week, in Part I of this blog, I introduced the topic of too much sand in our inlets and too little sand on our beaches with a quote from Hatteras charter boat captain Rom Whitaker. He was speaking to the Dare Board of Commissioners at the town hall meeting in Buxton on Feb. 4, […]
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Coastal storm forecast to bring rainy, windy weather on Friday
A low pressure area is expected to move to just off the southeast coast later today and then strengthen as it moves northeast along the North Carolina coast tonight, deepening overnight and Friday morning before it moves rapidly away from the area by late Friday. The storm is forecast to bring heavy rain and east […]
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Commissioners set public hearing on Buxton tax district for April 4
The Dare County Board of Commissioners has prepared a report, published a map, and set a public hearing on establishing a county service district in north Buxton to help pay for the planned beach nourishment project to protect Highway 12. The hearing will be at 10 a.m. on Monday, April 4, in the Commissioners’ Meeting […]
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Primary Election 2016: Information for voting on March 15
Most, but not all, of the primary will happen on March 15. The primary elections for U.S. House of Representatives are expected to be on Tuesday, June 7, because of an ongoing federal court case. The North Carolina General Assembly decided several years ago that it wanted to move up the Presidential primary because in […]
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Too much sand here, not enough sand there: Part I
Rom Whitaker, captain of the Release, who has been running his charter boat out of Hatteras Inlet for several decades, had some words for the Dare County Board of Commissioners when they came to Hatteras for a town hall meeting on Feb. 4. Much of the meeting had focused on Dare County’s plan to nourish […]
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Severe weather likely this afternoon and evening
A strong cold front approaching warm and unstable air in eastern North Carolina is forecast to bring an outbreak of severe thunderstorms this afternoon and evening with the potential of wind gusts in excess of 70 mph and isolated strong tornadoes. NOAA’s Storm Prediction Center says the area, which includes all of the Outer Banks, […]
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UPDATE: Emergency ramp at Frisco Pier open to ORVs
Because of persistent and deep standing water at Ramp 49 in Frisco, the National Park Service this morning opened the emergency ramp at the Frisco Pier parking lot to off-road vehicles. According to Hatteras Island District Ranger Joe Darling, Ramp 49 has 8 to 12 inches of standing water from recent rains, which will only […]
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Friends of Felines of Cape Hatteras Island is topic of radio show …WITH AUDIO
Friends of Felines of Cape Hatteras Island, a non-profit group whose mission is to improve the lives of the feral and stray cats by providing a low-cost spay/neuter program to humanely control the island’s population, was the topic of the Radio Hatteras Interview show, “To the Point,” on Sunday, Feb. 21. The show is hosted […]
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