At exactly 8:46 yesterday morning, 30 firefighters and several other first responders started their second annual Memorial Stair Climb of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in Buxton. The start time, of course, was the hour on Sept. 11, 2001, that American Airlines Flight 11 plowed into the North Tower of the World Trade Center in New […]
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There’s not been another word from the North Carolina Department of Transportation about the reason for abruptly stopping construction at the Pea Island bridge Wednesday morning. We promised our readers more information when we posted a cryptic, three-paragraph media release from DOT Wednesday. However, there’s been nary a whisper from anyone. Usually, a reporter can […]
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During the course of the last year, the North Carolina Department of Transportation has performed mobile scans every three months on the deck of the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge over the Oregon Inlet on N.C. 12. The final scan in this series is scheduled for 9 a.m. on Monday, Sept. 15, weather permitting. At 9 […]
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Kym Hall, acting superintendent of the National Park Service’s Outer Banks Group, was the guest Sunday, Sept. 7, 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, at 5 p.m. on […]
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One morning in late July 2007, I was sitting on my back porch with dog, my coffee and my morning newspaper when the telephone rang. It was an advertising manager in The Virginian-Pilot’s office in Norfolk calling basically to tell me I was fired from my job of 16 years as editor of The Island […]
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The annual Day at the Docks, a celebration of Hatteras Island watermen, will start with a roundtable discussion on Thursday evening, Sept. 18, and conclude with events from early morning into the evening on Saturday, Sept. 20, in Hatteras village. Day at the Docks was started to celebrate the “Spirit of Hatteras” when the village recovered […]
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Property owners in north Buxton have been very vocal since Hurricane Irene two years ago about the desperate need for beach nourishment in the area. You could hear the pain and frustration in their voices as they asked questions at a public meeting last week to discuss the beach restoration project that is about to […]
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The U.S. Coast Guard hosted a “symbolic” ribbon-cutting yesterday afternoon to establish Barney Slough as the permanent alternate channel to carry ferries and other boat traffic between Hatteras and Ocracoke. The event at the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum was billed as a “media availability,” and about six reporters attended, along with a large contingent […]
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Beachgoers on all of the Outer Banks this week are being warned to expect rough breaking waves and rip currents as Tropical Storm Cristobal passes well offshore Tuesday night into Wednesday. The rip current risk is high on Hatteras and Ocracoke beaches today, and that is expected to continue into mid-week, said Laura Patano, forecaster […]
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Representatives of the U.S. Coast Guard, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, and the North Carolina Department of Transportation will announce Monday that the “alternate” route has become the “official” route for the Hatteras-Ocracoke Ferry. The Coast Guard made the announcement this morning in a release to the media that billed the event as a “media […]
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