Residents and visitors alike took a break from their day to step outside and look up at the sky for Monday’s solar eclipse. Though Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands were outside of the “path of totality” – a 70 mile wide path that extended from Oregon to Charleston, SC – the southern Outer Banks nevertheless experienced […]
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We’re just a few days away from the August 21 solar eclipse, and the islands – as well as the rest of the country – seem to have Eclipse Fever. Local stores and national chairs report being sold out of the eclipse viewing glasses, “solar eclipse” is now one of the top searches in Google, […]
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A modest crowd of roughly 40 locals and business owners attended an informal meeting hosted by Dare County to address compensation options after the power outage. The week-long power outage, which led to an evacuation of visitors, caused financial hardship for many local business owners and workers who rely on the summertime income. “I went […]
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On Tuesday and Wednesday, surfers flocked to the beaches to take advantage of the unusually big waves, summertime water temps, and the crystal blue waters. The beach just north of the Cape Hatteras Motel in Buxton was an especially popular spot, with many folks testing their luck in the much larger-than-normal surf. “Everyone was out […]
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By CATHERINE KOZAK Even as people are still taking stock of losses related to the recent power outage on Hatteras and Ocracoke islands, at least six class-action lawsuits have been filed to collect damages for those who decide to join. In addition, a patchwork of travel insurance and rental companies? deposit reimbursement policies may or […]
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Many Outer Banks locals have hobbies that take full advantage of the islands’ inherently wild nature. But few locals spend their free time just a shell’s throw away from mating water moccasins, protective black bear mommas, or an assortment of other scaly or furry critters that would cause anyone to abandon their pursuits, and head […]
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By JOY CRIST ?If you want to make God laugh, tell him about your plans? ? Woody Allen So a little more than a week ago, I was working on a blog entry about erosion. Then I went to bed on Wednesday night, July 26, and woke up the next morning – along with everyone […]
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Hatteras and Ocracoke islands have had a starring role in nightly newscasts as the power outage inches closer to the one-week mark, but the islands themselves have been eerily quiet as the outage lingers on. “This is the warmest February that I can remember,” joked Capt. Ernie Foster at the Avon Fishing Pier, where he […]
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North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper took a trip to Hatteras Island on Monday, stopping at the Bonner Bridge excavation site of the severed cable before talking to a packed pier house at the Avon Pier. Word spread quickly about the visit, and roughly 160 residents from Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands came to the pier to […]
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Hatteras Island wasn’t quite a ghost town on Saturday afternoon after a 6:00 a.m. evacuation of visitors, but it certainly didn’t seem like a typical July atmosphere either. Heavy showers throughout the day and cooler temps, as well as light traffic all along N.C. Highway 12, led many residents to remark that it felt more […]
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