The Hatteras Island Rescue Squad (HIRS) was dispatched to locate a missing windsurfer in the Pamlico Sound on Monday evening, November 26, near the Haulover / Canadian Hole area in between Avon and Buxton. The call from a concerned family member came in at 4:30 p.m., and National Park Service Law Enforcement Rangers also responded […]
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Islanders travelling along N.C. Highway 12 on Pea Island have likely noticed a lot more white – and a lot more noise – in the past several weeks. This increase in activity is due to the mass return of the tundra swans, which are part-time residents of coastal North Carolina when the temperatures start to […]
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Community members of Hatteras village gathered on a stormy Saturday afternoon to celebrate the upcoming opening of the new PORT Health Services site, which will provide substance abuse and mental health services on Hatteras Island. Despite being relocated at the last minute to the Hatteras Village Community Center due to the rough weather, the celebration […]
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On Tuesday, November 13, a group of community and government representatives drove through several feet of recently dumped rainwater to meet in Hatteras village and discuss, appropriately enough, how to keep N.C. Highway 12 open for the long haul. It’s no secret that N.C. Highway 12 has a number of “hot spots,” or sections of […]
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As various construction operations come to a close, and unneeded equipment is demobilized from the Bonner Bridge replacement project, crews are still hard at work on the final touches that will make the bridge safe for travel and ready for its opening to traffic in early 2019. With its final deck board and the two […]
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Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and ‘tis the season to run around like mad on Wednesday and Thursday to pick up the countless items that you somehow forgot for the big turkey dinner. But if you’re sticking close to home on Thanksgiving, then you’re in luck! There are a number of Hatteras and […]
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Thanksgiving is just around the corner, and ‘tis the season to run around like mad on Wednesday and Thursday to pick up the countless items that you somehow forgot for the big turkey dinner. But if you’re sticking close to home on Thanksgiving, then you’re in luck! There are a number of Hatteras and […]
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The new Ocracoke Express passenger ferry is coming together, and is expected to be complete by the end of the year, per a recent announcement from the North Carolina Ferry System. Stakeholders for the new Hatteras / Ocracoke passenger ferry headed to Swansboro, N.C. on Friday to check out the progress of the vessel itself, […]
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The PBR Classic Fishing Tournament was held at the Avon Fishing Pier over Veterans Day Weekend, and the event, which raises funds for The Sons of the American Legion’s Operation Comfort Warriors, made a big impression in more ways than one. The November tournament targets two types of popular fall fish – bluefish and red […]
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The Dare County Board of Commissioners (BOC) approved the proposed framework of the recently revived Commission for Working Watermen at their November 5 meeting, paving the way for commission member appointments to be made. The Dare County Commission for Working Watermen originally formed in 2008, but quietly ceased meeting in December of 2012 without formally […]
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