The National Park Service had two scoping meetings in October — one in Manteo and one in Buxton — to get feedback and ideas from the public on the issue of flooding in the Buxton and Frisco areas of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. The meetings came in the middle of a public comment period […]
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Focusing on hurricane recovery and an important election
The recovery from Hurricane Matthew is a work in progress on southern Hatteras and Ocracoke with important new information coming out every day. And, at the same time, island residents must focus on a very important election on Tuesday, Nov. 8, that includes voting for the President and Vice-President of the United States, governor of […]
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Update on debris collection and FEMA assistance By IRENE NOLAN
By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN “We’re hitting it hard today,” Edward Mann, Dare County’s director of Public Works, said in a telephone interview from Hatteras Island, where he was checking in on Hurricane Matthew debris collection. Mann said the debris collection got off to a slower start than the county would have liked because […]
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49 3/4-inch fish wins annual NCBBA Red Drum Tournament By IRENE NOLAN
The eighth annual North Carolina Beach Buggy Association Red Drum Tournament drew 279 anglers from 14 states who caught 50 red drum, including 15 citations — all released alive. The winning red drum was caught by Tom Goode of Amelia, Va., who reeled in a 49.75-inch fish. Second place went to David Griffith of Holly […]
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Weather Service issues new coastal flood advisory
Continuing high water levels in the Pamlico Sound along with a strong cold front that will cross the area late today have prompted the National Weather Service in Newport/Morehead City to issue a new coastal flood advisory for the Outer Banks. The advisory for minor coastal flooding is in effect from 7 p.m. this afternoon […]
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Musing about Matthew, Part II
Much has happened on Hatteras Island since I last wrote about Hurricane Matthew’s destructive visit to Hatteras on Oct. 9. Again, let me say, what a difference a week makes! In the past week, the piles of debris from so many homes flooded by the storm surge have piled up like tiny mountains along Highway […]
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Contractors will begin moving grounded barges today
Contractors plan to start work sometime today to move two runaway barges that broke loose from a mooring 8 miles southwest of the Bonner Bridge replacement construction site during Hurricane Matthew, traveled about 20 or so miles down the Pamlico Sound, and ended up high and dry — one in north Avon and the other […]
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75-year-old visitor is seashore’s eighth drowning death
A 75-year-old man who was visiting from out of state drowned today while he was swimming in the ocean on the north end of Buxton. The man, whose name was not released by the National Park Service, was the eighth drowning death this year in the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. Park Service chief ranger Boone […]
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Early voting begins Thursday, Oct. 20, in Dare and Hyde counties
Early voting for the Nov. 8 general election begins on Thursday, Oct. 20, in both Dare and Hyde counties and continues until Saturday, Nov. 5. On Hatteras Island, the Dare County Board of Elections has a satellite voting site at the Fessenden Center in Buxton with a voting schedule of Monday through Friday from 2 […]
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MORE ABOUT RADIO HATTERAS
Cape Hatteras National Seashore Superintendent David Hallac was the guest on the Oct. 16 edition of “To the Point,” a Radio Hatteras interview show, hosted by Irene Nolan, editor of The Island Free Press. Hallac talked about a variety of seashore issues, including Hurricane Matthew storm damage, record sea turtle nesting, the recent science workshops […]
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