After a long weekend of showers and thunderstorms that brought approximately 5 inches of rain to Hatteras Island from Thursday through Monday, Dare County Mosquito Control is actively working to get a rising mosquito population under control. Dare County Mosquito Control helps Dare County residents and visitors by suppressing mosquito populations and thereby eliminating potential […] Local News | Full Article
2019 marks the 15th anniversary of the first Day at the Docks celebration in Hatteras village, and although the final details are still fluid, the September event promises to be as engaging as ever, with a number of return activities and attractions already on the schedule. Initially launched as a one-day event in 2004, Day […] Island Features | Full Article
This summer, coastal newspapers all around the country boasted headlines of record-breaking sea turtle nests along their local beaches. These headlines were especially prevalent in communities along the shorelines of North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida, which includes are our own home turf of the Outer Banks. As of the first week of August, […] Editor’s Blog | Full Article
2020 is already shaping up to be a steamy year, thanks to 12 brave volunteers of the Chicamacomico Banks Fire & Rescue team who are showing off the goods in an upcoming calendar that will be available for sale in the near future. The brand new fundraising project, which was orchestrated by lifelong volunteer and […] Island Features | Full Article
On Monday morning, August 5, the tip of Cape Point opened to both ORVs and pedestrians due to diminishing shorebird nesting activity in the area, per the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. “[NPS] staff went out this morning and reported seeing no unfledged chicks, so they went ahead and removed the protection buffer, and are in […] Seashore News | Full Article
Beach-goers in Buxton were likely surprised to notice the return of several large vessels just offshore, roughly a year and a half after the completion of the Buxton Beach Nourishment project in February of 2018. The revived offshore activity is due to the return of the project’s contractor Weeks Marine, which is in the area […] Local News | Full Article
On Thursday, July 25, members of the U.S. Coast Guard Station Hatteras Inlet welcomed a small team of potential new recruits when the children of Kyle’s Munchkin Academy in Buxton paid a visit to the Hatteras station. This is the second year in the row that children from the local daycare center were able to […] Island Features | Full Article
Earlier in July, representatives from the National Weather Service (NWS) and Dare County came together to host a Hurricane Community Forum in Buxton. The goal of the event was to share essential information with island residents who are regularly impacted by coastal storms, and while the presenters were preaching to the choir when it came […] Editor’s Blog | Full Article
After numerous obstacles and setbacks, the pieces are coming together for the emergency ferry channel between Rodanthe and Stumpy Point to be dredged during the first part of August. The ferry channel provides emergency transportation in the event of N.C. Highway 12 road closures north of Rodanthe, and is a lifeline for island residents in […] Local News | Full Article
Per a recent letter that was mailed to Hatteras village residents by the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), the bridge on N.C. Highway 12 over Slash Creek is scheduled to be replaced during a roughly year-long project. Though the letter mailed to residents listed a potential September 2020 starting date, NCDOT officials confirmed that […] Local News | Full Article
