Forecasters at the National Weather Service in Newport, N.C., are delivering a Valentine’s week forecast that isn’t very sweet or poetic or any of the other things we think of around this holiday. Mother Nature promises to serve up high winds, heavy surf, a chance for coastal flooding, and some rain tomorrow into Wednesday, followed […]
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This is the story of another national seashore — Point Reyes north of San Francisco — because what has happened there is something that we need to be aware of as we work with the National Park Service to implement new legislation passed by Congress in December. The new legislation would make some changes to […]
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The coastal storm that brought high winds to the Outer Banks and coastal waters yesterday has sent the Diamond Shoals buoy adrift. According to the National Weather Service in Newport, N.C., the buoy was cut loose from its moorings on Thursday, Feb. 5, and is still adrift in the Gulf Stream currents. At 3 p.m. […]
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The National Park Service today released some details on how Cape Hatteras National Seashore officials plan to address legislation passed by Congress in December that makes some changes in the seashore’s Off-Road Management Plan. The Cape Hatteras legislation, passed as part of the National Defense Authorization Bill, instructs the Secretary of Interior to review and […]
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GeeGee Rosell, owner of Buxton Village Books, was the guest on the on the Radio Hatteras interview show, “To the Point,” on Sunday, Feb. 1. “To the Point,” which is hosted by Island Free Press editor Irene Nolan, airs on the island’s community radio station, FM 101.5 and FM 99.9, at 5 p.m. on the […]
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The U.S. Coast Guard made international news this weekend with the Friday rescue of five people from a disabled sailboat about 220 miles off Hatteras. One of those rescued has been reported by national and international media as prominent millionaire Brian Cohen, an original investor in Pinterest. Some of the other four rescued were said […]
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Cape Hatteras National Seashore and Dare County officials hosted a public meeting Wednesday in Buxton to talk about the environmental document that must be prepared before the Park Service can consider giving the county a special use permit to pump sand on badly eroding beaches to protect Highway 12 on the village’s north end. The […]
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Folks have been watching the new Republican-controlled Dare County Board of Commissioners since the members were sworn in Dec. 1 to see what changes there might be after the power shift — the first one in several decades. And some observers find one of the board’s first high-profile actions a curious one for the newly […]
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An area of low pressure along the central Gulf Coast today will move rapidly northeast and strengthen as it moves through North Carolina’s coastal plain late tonight into early tomorrow morning. A warm front will lift north over the area tonight, with a cold front pushing through on Saturday. The low will bring with it […]
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Dave Hallac, the new superintendent of the National Park Service’s Outer Banks Group, which includes the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, was the guest on the on the Radio Hatteras interview show, “To the Point,” on Sunday, Jan. 18. “To the Point,” which is hosted by Island Free Press editor Irene Nolan, airs on the island’s […]
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