If you are going to be on Hatteras Island next weekend and don’t already have plans, I strongly suggest that there is a really cool and fun event that you might want to attend on Saturday morning at 9 a.m. The event is the dedication of the new Keepers of the Light Amphitheater on the […]
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The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ Plant Industry Division has scheduled a second public meeting for Thursday, Nov. 5, at 7 p.m. in the Fessenden Center on Highway 12 in Buxton. At the meeting, division officials will update their plan to eradicate a severe, isolated infestation of the invasive gypsy moth in […]
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The National Weather Service in Morehead City, N.C., has extended its coastal flood advisory for areas from Cape Lookout north, including Hatteras and Ocracoke islands, from 5 a.m. until 10 a.m. on Wednesday morning. The Weather Service said in a statement that an east swell combined with gusty northeast winds and a very high astronomical […]
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Captain Rom Whitaker of Hatteras village is the winner for the charter boat captain’s category in the 2015 Governor’s Cup Billfish Conservation Series. Whitaker, whose charter boat Release placed ninth overall in the competition, was awarded his trophy at a recent ceremony at the Governor’s Mansion in Raleigh. Whitaker won the Dale Ward Trophy is […]
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The National Weather Service in Morehead City, N.C., has issued a coastal flood advisory for areas from Cape Lookout north, including Hatteras and Ocracoke islands, from 5 a.m. until 10 a.m. Tuesday morning. The Weather Service said in a statement that an east swell combined with gusty northeast winds and a very high astronomical tide […]
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The seventh annual North Carolina Beach Buggy Association Red Drum Tournament drew 292 anglers from across the country who caught 38 red drum, including 23 citations, six yearlings and nine puppy drum — all released alive. The winning red drum was caught by Jamie Fajardo of Fuquay Varina, N.C., who reeled in a 49.5-inch fish. […]
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Ocracokers and Hyde County officials have been fighting to keep the Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry free for several years now as the Republican-controlled General Assembly has mounted one effort after another to place a toll on the route and local legislators and other friendly lawmakers have tried to beat back the attacks. Now, it would seem, the […]
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Cape Hatteras National Seashore officials today reopened Ramp 43 in Buxton to give drivers off-road vehicle access to Cape Point, but the area is still flooded and the Park Service urges drivers to use caution. With today’s opening, only three other ramps in the seashore remain closed because flooding from rain and ocean overwash earlier […]
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The annual Cape Hatteras Anglers Club Invitational Surf Fishing Tournament, the largest and one of the oldest on the East Coast, was the topic of the Radio Hatteras Interview Show, “To the Point,” on Sunday, Oct. 18. The guests for the interview were Larry Hardham, long-time president of the Anglers Club, and Pat Weston, the […]
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There’s a new attraction on the beach these days a half-mile south of Ramp 55 in Hatteras village — well, a sort of new attraction. A very large piece of a shipwreck, which is periodically uncovered by shifting sands, is visible again after two weeks of stormy weather at the end of September and earlier […]
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