Heat pumps have been pumping non-stop on Hatteras and Ocracoke for the past few days as record-setting frigid air has poured into the southern U.S. According to the weather forecasters, this is not just your normal Arctic cold — it’s cold all the way from Siberia. Temperatures started dropping on Hatteras and Ocracoke Wednesday night […]
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Almost all of us who have vacationed in coastal North Carolina — or other places on the East Coast, for that matter — have fond memories of the old, wooden fishing piers. They are wonderful places, especially for families. For a reasonable fee, a family can spend a day fishing during the annual beach vacation. […]
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Although the National Weather Service has issued a winter weather advisory for the area, it appears that the Outer Banks, especially Hatteras and Ocracoke, will escape the brunt of the wintry precipitation. A low pressure area will approach the region from the southwest late today and cross the area tonight, then move quickly northeast on […]
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Bryan Perry, owner of Frisco Shopping Center and Frisco Rod & Gun, where he sells, among other things, gasoline, was the guest on this week’s edition of “To the Point” on Radio Hatteras. “To the Point,” which is hosted by Island Free Press editor Irene Nolan, airs on the island’s community radio station, FM 101.5 […]
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The National Weather Service says we can expect another round of high winds and coastal flooding tonight and tomorrow as another Arctic cold front passes through the area, ushering in more frigid temperatures. Forecasters at the Weather Service office in Newport, N.C., have issued a high wind warning and a coastal flood advisory for the […]
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I was hoping this week to shed more light on the request that the parties to the ongoing legal battle over replacing the Bonner Bridge made to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Monday. After five months of trying to negotiate a settlement that would end a lawsuit by environmental advocacy […]
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The U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit today granted a request by all of the parties involved in the legal wrangling over replacing the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge for the assistance of a mediator in their effort to negotiate a settlement in the case. A joint motion by the parties asking for referral […]
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High winds and heavy seas from a coastal storm pounded the Outer Banks for 24 hours — from Tuesday morning until early this morning — but little damage and little or no ocean overwash or soundside flooding was reported. The National Weather Service’s official automated observation site on Hatteras at Billy Mitchell Airport measured a […]
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The National Weather Service has upgraded the advisories it issued yesterday afternoon for a coastal storm that is winding up this afternoon off the southeast coast of North Carolina. A strong cold front passed through the Outer Banks early this morning, and a low pressure area formed off the coast along the front. It is […]
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The parties involved in the long legal battle over the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s plan to replace the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge have asked the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit for the assistance of a mediator in their effort to negotiate a settlement in the case. In a joint motion filed […]
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