Election results came in late Tuesday night for North Carolina, and Republicans won big across the board on both county and state levels. Republicans Bob Steinburg and Bobby Hanig beat Democrat candidates D. Cole Phelps and Tess Judge for seats on the North Carolina General Assembly, while incumbent Dare County Board of Commissioner Jim Tobin […]
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Over the summer, onlookers may have noticed the towering cameras and packed parking lots outside of the REAL Watersports complex in Waves. The action was due to the filming of a new movie, which is featuring a host of film and television stars, and which is set to be released to the masses sometime in […]
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On the afternoon of October 31, unsuspecting bystanders were surprised to see a line of miniature pirates, superheroes, princesses and monsters slowly strolling down N.C. Highway 12. The procession was part of Hatteras Community Preschool’s annual Halloween Parade, which is a tradition that has been going strong since the school first opened its doors in […]
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Despite a coastal storm that breezed through the Outer Banks on Friday, the annual Blackbeard’s Pirate Jamboree was a well-attended success, with hundreds of buccaneers invading the streets of Ocracoke Island. The multiple-day festival and pirate invasion kicked off on Thursday, October 25, and continued through Sunday, with live music, historical talks, cannon firings, reenactments, […]
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On a stormy Friday morning, several dozen U.S. Coast Guard personnel from the Outer Banks area and miles beyond met in Rodanthe to tackle maintenance projects at two historic cemetery sites that are located just off the beaten path. The initiative was part of an ongoing community service project where Coast Guard members volunteer their […]
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In this follow-up to our Election Preview, let?s take a closer look at the Dare County Board of Commissioners races, as well as one of the more controversial aspects of the ballot for 2018, the six proposed amendments to the North Carolina constitution. There are two contested elections for the seven-member Board of Commissioners (BOC) […]
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The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) will suspend their repair work on the northern section of N.C. Highway 12 on Ocracoke Island this weekend in order to accommodate traffic and visitors attending the annual Blackbeard’s Pirate Jamboree Festival. Crews are currently tackling the oceanfront dune line, which washed away in some sections of a […]
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As work on the Jug Handle Bridge in northern Rodanthe continues to heat up, the new Bonner Bridge is inching closer to a late 2018 completion and opening date. “They are still evaluating if there will be any schedule changes due to the recent storms,” said Tim Haas, NCDOT Public Relations Officer. “[But] we are […]
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By the time October rolls around on the islands, the summertime crowds have certainly thinned, but there’s always a steady wave of “new” visitors that hit the beaches in full force – the fishermen. Anglers and hunters have the honored distinction of being the islands’ first visitors, as it was the exceptional fishing and hunting […]
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On a sunny Friday afternoon, REAL Watersports Co-Founder Trip Forman presented the Hatteras Island Youth Education Fund (HIYEF) Board of Directors with a check for the money raised during the Wind Voyager Triple-S Invitational in 2018. It’s a ceremony that has become somewhat routine over the past three years, however, 2018 was especially notable for […]
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