By IRENE NOLAN The National Weather Service in Newport/Morehead City this afternoon upgraded its wind and coastal flood watches to warnings that are in effect from Sunday morning into Monday. In the afternoon’s update, Richard Bandy, meteorologist in charge, said the nasty weather will be caused by a “strong coastal low that will be intensifying […]
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Hatteras islanders packed the gymnasium at the Fessenden Center in Buxton on a particularly rainy, nasty, and foggy Thursday night to tell the tell County Board of Commissioners what is on their minds. The official count is that 250 islanders attended, along with 30 or so county employees and department heads. Six commissioners attended. […]
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By IRENE NOLAN The National Weather Service in Newport/Morehead City is advising Outer Banks residents to batten down the hatches on Sunday and Sunday night as yet another coastal storm forms off the Southeast U.S., rapidly deepens and strengthens, and moves quickly off to the northeast. On the southern Outer Banks, we can expect high […]
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By IRENE NOLAN Transportation issues topped the agenda at the Dare County Board of Commissioners meeting on Monday, Feb. 1. Among the long list of items on the agenda were updates on the Bonner Bridge replacement and other bridges on northern Hatteras Island, dredging in Hatteras Inlet, and ferry tolling. Jerry Jennings, North Carolina Department […]
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The members of the Dare County Board of Commissioners are coming to Hatteras Island next week on Thursday, Feb. 4. They are coming to hear from their constituents at a town hall meeting at 6:30 p.m. at the Fessenden Center. And all of us who live on Hatteras — or live elsewhere but own property […]
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Friends of Hatteras Island waterman Rich Baran have planned to gather for a celebration of his life on Saturday, Jan. 30, from 5 until 7 p.m. at the Hatteras Village Civic Center. Everyone is invited and asked to bring a potluck dish to share and whatever they want to drink. Baran, 47, of Frisco, went […]
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Friends of missing Hatteras Island waterman Rich Baran were out in force in their boats again today searching for a trace of the 47-year-old Frisco man who disappeared while on a hunting trip by himself Saturday afternoon in the Hatteras Inlet area. Rom Whitaker, captain of the charter boat Release and a friend of Baran’s, […]
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The U.S. Coast Guard suspended it search this afternoon for a missing Frisco hunter, but local watermen were still searching in and around Hatteras Inlet. “We’re still hoping to find something,” said Hatteras charter boat captain, Rom Whitaker, who was out searching this morning with is two sons, Rom Jr. and Cameron. All three of them […]
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This morning, the U.S. Coast Guard, the Hatteras Island Rescue Squad, and many islanders in their skiffs were out in the Pamlico Sound searching for Richard Baran, 47, of Frisco who went missing on a hunting trip by himself yesterday. Coast Guard Sector North Carolina watchstanders received a report Saturday at 11 p.m. from a […]
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I woke up early in the morning, well before daylight, earlier this week during Hatteras Island’s Arctic outbreak. I know our friends up north aren’t impressed, but it did get down to 25 degrees one night and barely got above freezing the next day. Actually, it’s been cold all week until today when it’s warmed […]
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