The roughly week-long period of rough surf from Hurricane Irma has brought more than just great waves to the popular Shelly Island sandbar – it’s also brought some dramatic changes to the long formation off of Cape Point. Most noticeably, it appears that the sandbar is finally connecting to the rest of Cape Point at […]
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The Salvo Day Use Cemetery received a much-needed boost over the weekend thanks to a new barrier of sandbags to protect the fragile gravesites. The cemetery, which is located on National Park Service land within the popular Salvo Day Use Area just south of the tri-villages, has been battered by storms and erosion, and has […]
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A number of imminent and proposed dredging projects were tackled at the Dare County Waterways Commission meeting, which was held at the Fessenden Center in Buxton on Monday, September 11. An archaeological survey that would allow the Corps of Engineer to dredge the southern channel in Hatteras Inlet has been completed by Dare County. As […]
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Despite high winds that gusted to roughly 20 mph, dozens of local and visiting firefighters braved the annual trek to the top of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse to honor the first responders of 9/11. The climb, which is now in its fifth year, is a tribute to the 2997 people who died that day in […]
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The NHC forecast track for Irma, (which has been trending further west), currently brings minimal impacts for Eastern NC, per the Friday evening update from the National Weather Service Forecast Office in Newport/Morehead City. Visitors and residents are urged to continue to remain vigilant, however, and to monitor future forecast track changes should they occur. […]
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Longtime visitors to Hatteras village may notice a local landmark missing on their next trip to the southern end of the island – namely, the former Channel Bass restaurant. Originally opened in the late 1950s, the Channel Bass was one of the first restaurants in Hatteras village, and was established even before the Bonner Bridge […]
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Though it is still too early to determine what, if any, direct impacts the North Carolina coast could see from Irma, Hatteras and Ocracoke Islanders are urged to make their preparations now, and watch for potentially dangerous surf and rip current conditions. Long period swells from Irma are expected to lead to hazardous surf and […]
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Construction is steadily moving along on two of the three new bridges for Hatteras Island, and plans are in the works to have the new temporary bridge at the Pea Island Inlet completed by mid-October. “The contractor [for the temporary inlet bridge] made some remarkable progress since this past winter, and we are hoping to […]
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On Tuesday, September 5, the Island Free Press officially marked its 10-year anniversary as the “up to date and down to earth” news source for Hatteras and Ocracoke islands. Started by founders Irene Nolan and Donna Barnett in 2007, the online paper originated as an effort to post essential news stories as soon as they […]
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Hurricane Irma has been making national headlines as it continues its slow track westward towards the Caribbean islands and Puerto Rico. Upgraded to a Category 5 storm on Tuesday morning, Irma appeared on track to connect with Florida at some point in the next five days. While it is far too early to determine what […]
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