Britta Muiznieks, wildlife biologist and research coordinator for the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, was the guest on Sunday, March 15, on the Radio Hatteras Interview show, “To the Point.” Muiznieks is a native of southern California who received a bachelor’s degree in wildlife biology from the University of California – Davis and a master’s in […]
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When Republicans took control of the Dare County Board of Commissioners in last November’s election, they promised change. After they were sworn in on Dec. 1, the new chairman, Bob Woodard, talked more about the changes he hoped to see. Along the way, Woodard has made repeated references to getting much of the work of […]
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After having survived an unusually harsh winter of snow, ice, high winds, and stretches of below-freezing temperatures with barely a flicker, Hatteras and Ocracoke’s power system finally met its match last Friday night, March 6. After another day of temperatures hovering right at the freezing mark and icy drizzle falling all afternoon and into the […]
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Even as an occasional daffodil adds color to a dreary brown landscape battered by the endless winter, we are reminded that it’s not over yet. About noon, in what we hope is winter’s last gasp, temperatures dropped 10 degrees in 10 minutes and about 20 degrees in an hour, leaving islanders marveling at car windows […]
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Banks was a founding member of the Cancer Foundation who was president for most of the time she was with the group. She retired from the board in 2012. Slaughter joined the board in 2007 and has been president since 2012. The Hatteras Island Cancer Foundation was started by Laney Howell, who moved to Hatteras […]
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In a conference call with reporters this week, Cape Hatteras National Seashore Superintendent Dave Hallac shared more details on how exactly the National Park Service intends to comply with legislation passed by Congress in December that would make some modifications in the seashore’s Off-Road Vehicle Plan. The conference call was the first media roundtable meeting […]
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A March 5 workshop in Rodanthe is the first step in the process of use-specific zoning for the villages of Rodanthe, Waves, and Salvo. The Dare County Planning Board and the staff of the Planning Department will host the workshop from 6 to 8 p.m. at the Rodanthe-Waves-Salvo Community Building. “The workshop will be in […]
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The National Weather Service has backed off its wintry forecast for the southern Outer Banks, including Hatteras and Ocracoke, tonight and tomorrow as the third coastal storm in a week sweeps past the area, bringing mostly liquid precipitation. The winter storm watch issued yesterday afternoon was cancelled earlier today and replaced with a winter storm […]
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The second coastal storm of the week left 2 inches of snow on Hatteras and Ocracoke before it turned to freezing rain late this afternoon and began washing away the white stuff. Just as forecast, snow began falling about mid-morning on the islands. From then until mid-afternoon, big, fat snowflakes were falling, swirling around enough […]
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The National Weather Service in Newport, N.C., has issued a winter weather advisory for portions of eastern North Carolina, including Hatteras and Ocracoke, for Tuesday, Feb. 24., from 7 a.m. until 7 p.m. Forecasters are expecting about an inch of snow on the Outer Banks with this system, but say that some locations on the […]
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