One of the most anticipated weekends of the summer is just around the corner for music fans on Ocracoke Island, as the Ocrafolk Music and Storytelling Festival kicks off on Friday, June 3, with three days of music, storytelling, and arts to discover. The annual festival, which is celebrating its 19th year in 2018, is […]
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The skies on Hatteras Island became a little darker over Memorial Day weekend, as the light within the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse stopped working. Reports started to trickle in on Sunday that the familiar and rotating beacon was missing, and efforts are underway to assess the problem. Though the lighthouse itself is managed by the National […]
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By CATHERINE KOZAK It?s an annual ritual that most of us who live on the Outer Banks don?t pay much mind to: The start of hurricane season is June 1. Everyone is razor-focused on getting ready for the first big holiday weekend and the launch of the tourism season. We all know the gig, and […]
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Islanders who were up before the dawn caught an incredible show in the night sky, courtesy of a rocket launch that occurred on Monday morning off of Wallops Island, Virginia. Orbital ATK’s Cygnus cargo spacecraft lifted off aboard the company’s Antares rocket at 4:44:06 a.m. from Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport at NASA’s Wallops Flight […]
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The Dare County Planning Department is in the early stages of a massive project that takes a couple of years to complete, and which requires the public?s input to proceed. The project in question is the Land Use Plan for Unincorporated Dare County, (which includes Hatteras Island), and it?s a project that has technically been […]
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The Village Market Red & White of Hatteras officially opened to the public with new owners on Friday, May 18, after a long winter and spring of remodeling and preparations. Just hours after opening its doors, the market was already crowded with locals and visitors who were eager to see the “new” old market, which […]
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By JOY CRIST Per a recent announcement from the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, beginning early Saturday morning, May 19, a temporary wildlife protection area will be installed near the tip of Cape Point to protect nesting shorebirds. When the protection area is installed, Off Road Vehicles (ORV) and pedestrians will be able to travel approximately […]
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The new PORT Health office, which will occupy a section of the former Hatteras Medical Center, is getting closer to an anticipated summer opening, thanks to the approval of a three-year lease by the Dare County Board of Commissioners at their May 7 meeting. Per Michelle Hawbaker of PORT Health Services, the county will orchestrate […]
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The U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of North Carolina overseeing the class action filed against PCL granted preliminary approval on May 2 to a $10.35 million settlement to compensate businesses, vacationers, and residents of the Ocracoke and Hatteras Islands. From there, the settlement boils down into three distinct classes: At the Tuesday meeting, […]
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4,134 residents – or 14% – of Dare County voters turned out for the May 8 primaries, and there were some expected results as well as some surprises by the end of Tuesday night. The Hatteras Village Pathway Referendum, which will allow existing tax funds to be used for the upcoming pathways project, passed by […]
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