The Coast Guard suspended its search on Monday for a 38-year-old Kristopher Mueller of Avon who went missing on Saturday near Bonner Bridge in Oregon Inlet. However, Mueller’s wife and friends weren’t giving up. Mueller was last known to be spearfishing in the vicinity of the bridge. Sector North Carolina watchstanders were notified at 5:30 p.m. […]
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The National Weather Service in Newport, N.C., today issued a high surf advisory for the Outer Banks from Cape Hatteras north. Forecasters at the NWS say that a high pressure to the north of the Outer Banks and an area of low pressure southeast of Cape Hatteras will combine to cause gusty northeast winds and […]
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Cape Hatteras National Seashore Superintendent David Hallac was the guest on Sunday, Sept. 20, on the Radio Hatteras interview show, “To the Point.” In the interview, Hallac talks about a wide array of seashore news and issues — from newly modified wildlife buffers to a record turtle nesting season and from new ramps and roads […]
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After last year’s day-long deluge, the organizers of the Day at the Docks on the waterfront in Hatteras village welcomed a warm and breezy late summer day with only occasional clouds interrupting the sunshine. A crowd estimated at between 1,500 and 2,000 people enjoyed the day, which is a celebration of Hatteras Island watermen and […]
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Law enforcement officials from the Cape Hatteras National Seashore and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration were still following up today on the bizarre case of a man who shot a sea turtle with a spear-gun on Wednesday. Hatteras Island District Ranger Joe Darling said the incident happened about mid-afternoon in the ocean at the […]
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I am squeezing three topics into this week’s blog. Two have been on my mind for a couple of weeks and are updates — on the Little Free Library and on The Island Free Press website. The third is an update on turtle nesting and buffer changes that deserve a few more words. LITTLE FREE […]
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The Cape Hatteras National Seashore’s annual announcement that ORV routes are now open at night on beaches without turtle nests has raised more than the usual number of questions from beach drivers. The Park Service modified its wildlife protection buffers earlier this summer, and, as a result, driving is now allowed during the day in […]
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The North Carolina Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services’ Plant Industry Division has scheduled a public meeting for Tuesday, Sept. 22, at 7 p.m. in the Fessenden Center on Highway 12 in Buxton. At the meeting, division officials will present a plan to eradicate a severe, isolated infestation of the invasive gypsy moth in the […]
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The dog that is thought to have bitten a 2-year-old boy on the beach in Waves last Thursday has been located, and the animal’s owner has been charged with three federal violations by the National Park Service. According to law enforcement ranger Chris Hey, the dog’s owner was located in the tri-villages on Saturday evening […]
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At 8:59 a.m. on Friday morning, Sept. 11, 40 Outer Banks firefighters began climbing the 257 stairs to the balcony of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse to remember their brethren and others who died in the terrorist attacks of 14 years ago. It was a mostly cloudy morning, but it was warm and muggy as they […]
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