Despite a big team effort, the Cape Hatteras Lady Canes varsity basketball team lost Tuesday’s home playoff game against Riverside of Williamston, N.C., by a score of 54-37. The February 23 game was the first round of the 2021 Women’s Basketball Championships – 1A tournament, and Riverside will go on to play first-round victor East […]
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Photos by Don Bowers The Cape Hatteras Lady Canes varsity basketball team won Friday’s non-conference game against Manteo by a score of 42-40, while the Cape Hatteras boys varsity basketball team beat Bear Grass 49-48, on two Senior Night games that were held on Friday, February 12. Freshman Kylie Phillips led the team in scoring […]
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Professional beachcomber and columnist, Kristin Hissong, was heading back to her car after a long patrol on one of her favorite Hatteras Island beaches for shelling. It was a cold and windy day, and she was already a little irked by the big 7:00 a.m. crowd that had also flocked to the same beach in […]
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Thursday Morning Update: The search resumed this morning at daybreak for the missing swimmer in the Pamlico Sound. As of 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, the search is still ongoing. A search is underway for a missing swimmer in the Pamlico Sound in between Avon and Buxton as of 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 10. The […]
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Winter is in full swing on the Outer Banks, (or at least it was as of last week when temperatures finally dropped below 60 degrees), and this traditionally signifies a sleepy stage of the Hatteras Island calendar year. The wintertime is when a trip to the grocery store becomes a social outing, when you can […]
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While the annual Memorial Day Benefit BBQ for the Cape Hatteras Wounded Warrior Vacation Program will not occur this year due to scheduling and food contribution hindrances, donations are still welcome and needed for this homegrown project that does a world of good on a personal scale. The organization’s founders Kevin McCabe and John McGee, […]
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The planned multi-use pathway for Hatteras Village is on the verge of taking a big step forward as three survey teams will start to plot out the route beginning in early May. “It’s a big, big step, and will be the first phase of the project,” said Chairperson for the Hatteras Village Community Center District, […]
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Work on the Jug Handle Bridge is steadily progressing while finishing touches on the new Oregon Inlet Bridge will likely require daytime road closures through June 15, per the projects’ resident engineer, Pablo Hernandez. At the new Oregon Inlet Bridge, crews are working on a “punch list” of finishing touches, such as cleaning excess concrete […]
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A new exhibit featuring Outer Banks photographer Daniel Pullen has recently launched at the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum, and the series of photographs provide an insider’s look at life on our local waters that visitors rarely get to see. The exhibit, entitled “Endangered Community: The Independent Waterman Project,” stems from an ongoing and years-long […]
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Back in 2016, when the National Park Service was celebrating its 100-year anniversary, our own local Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) was orchestrating several initiatives to mark the Centennial Celebration, which included taking the initial steps to designate CHNS as an official “International Dark Sky Park,” or IDSP. This designation is made by the International […]
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