The North Carolina Department of Transportation today clarified a provision in the state’s final proposed budget that applies to repairing and replacing coastal highways and bridges. The provision allows the governor to issue an executive order to waive requirements for state permits for the repair, protection, safety, or replacement of certain roads and bridges that […]
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Bertha forecast to pass well offshore of Outer Banks
Tropical Storm Bertha became the second named system of the 2014 Atlantic Hurricane Season this morning. The storm is expected to pass well offshore of the Outer Banks sometime late Tuesday or early Wednesday. Meanwhile, a stalled frontal boundary and abundant tropical moisture from the Atlantic Ocean are bringing heavy rains to the Outer Banks. […]
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Budget proposal includes provision that could speed up bridge replacement
The North Carolina General Assembly’s final proposed budget, which was made public last night, includes a provision that would allow the governor to bypass some state environmental laws and potentially speed up the replacement of the aging Herbert C. Bonner Bridge over Oregon Inlet. The provision, which all but names the bridge, is worded like […]
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Cape Point probably won’t reopen to ORVs until late August
The best new thing on Hatteras Island
I’ve stumbled across what I think is the best new thing on Hatteras Island this year. Maybe you have already seen it. It’s in Waves. Alongside the multi-use pathway that was completed last year in the villages of Rodanthe, Waves, Salvo, and Avon, there’s a little wooden house with an A-frame roof standing at about […]
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Pea Island Refuge is a hub of Highway 12 activity this summer By IRENE NOLAN
Pea Island Refuge is a hub of Highway 12 activity this summer By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN By IRENE NOLAN Summer has always been an extremely active time for Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge. Nesting shorebirds scrape their shallow nests in the sand. Sea turtles lumber ashore at night and dig nesting holes. Literally […]
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Not much good news is coming our way from Raleigh
Since Republicans took total control of North Carolina in 2012, not much of the news coming our way from Raleigh has been good news. The memories of those powerless days when Democrats controlled all in Raleigh have not been forgotten — especially the memory of a powerful politician from Dare County, Marc Basnight. Basnight, the […]
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UPDATE: Nourishment project getsunderway as beachgoers watch
Visitors on the beach in northern Rodanthe — even those who are used to seeing vehicles on the sand — were probably startled to see this vehicle working in the surf on Monday, July 14. No need to worry. It was just another CRAB on the beach. The big contraption, sitting on three tall legs, […]
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Resources update: Tern chicks and one oystercatcher chick keep Point closed
Though piping plover breeding activity is apparently over for the season, Cape Point will remain closed for now by an active least tern colony with chicks and one unfledged American oystercatcher chick, according to Cape Hatteras National Seashore officials. The area can open as soon as the oystercatcher fledges and park biologists determine that all […]
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Evacuation and re-entry woes
In the 23 years that I’ve been reporting news on Hatteras Island, there has never been a hurricane evacuation or re-entry that was not controversial. And Hurricane Arthur was not the exception. The storm that became Arthur started as a low pressure area off the Florida coast the week before it made landfall south of […]
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