There is a theft ring here on Hatteras and Ocracoke islands. It’s made up of locals and tourists alike. They are stealing a precious part of life here. They are stealing the night. They are stealing the night from stargazers and lovers, from porch-sitters and beachgoers, from young and old. They are stealing the night […]
Editor’s Blog | Full Article
A long period of sometimes gusty northeast wind and high waves pounding the beach have made off-road vehicle travel to Cape Point challenging and treacherous. National Park Service law enforcement rangers did close the area briefly over the weekend to assess the situation and then re-opened it and stayed nearby for a time to warn […]
Seashore News | Full Article
A second round of torrential rain in five days has Hatteras and Ocracoke islands under water — up to a foot or more in places on roadways, prompting the National Weather Service to issue a flood watch for the area until 8 p.m. this evening. The heaviest rainfall was overnight and into this morning when […]
Local News | Full Article
Allen Burrus, vice-chairman of the Dare County Board of Commissioners and Hatteras Island representative on the board, was the guest Sunday, Sept.21, on the new Radio Hatteras interview show, “To the Point.” The show, hosted by Island Free Press Editor, Irene Nolan, will air on the island’s community radio station, FM 101.5 and FM 99.9, […]
Local News | Full Article
UPDATE: More heavy rain and gusty winds forecast for midweek By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN Even as the big “puddles” — if you want to call them that — continue to cover the roads and challenge drivers, the National Weather Service is forecasting a good possibility of more heavy rain and […]
Local News | Full Article
Hatteras Island’s watermen are known for their hardiness and their perseverance. They go to sea to catch fish in all kinds of weather — hot or cold, windy or calm, rain or shine. And so it seemed rather appropriate that this year, after several years of fair weather, the planners of Day at the Docks, […]
Local News | Full Article
A low pressure system that formed off the southeast coast late on Friday sent extremely heavy rainfall onto Hatteras Island, especially the southern part of the island, on Saturday, Sept. 20, as it headed northeast. According to the National Weather Service office in Newport, N.C., unofficial totals by trained observers for the 24 hours ending […]
Local News | Full Article
Dare County officials have been working for much of this year to get Waterfall Park, Hatteras Island’s biggest eyesore, cleaned up, but it still looks just about exactly as it has since Hurricane Irene three years ago. You can see the sorry state of the former water-themed amusement park in a slide show that appeared […]
Editor’s Blog | Full Article
Motorists on Pea Island this afternoon were reporting ocean overwash on the south end of the temporary bridge at Pea Island Inlet, and the National Weather Service at Newport says overwash will be possible at high tides on Thursday and Friday also. The Weather Service says that tides have been running about a foot above […]
Local News | Full Article
Click To Download Presentation A new concept being considered by the North Carolina Department of Transportation would include a 7-mile bridge into the Pamlico Sound that would run from just north of Pea Island Inlet –at the dike at the southern pond on the refuge — down to northern Rodanthe. DOT announced yesterday that it […]
Local News | Full Article
