UPDATE: The health and well-being of our community is extremely important to us with the Hatteras Island Cancer Foundation. As you are aware, everybody has been closely monitoring the Coronavirus (COVID-19) health issue for the past several weeks. This week, the Center for Disease Control labeled the COVID-19 virus a pandemic. In addition, North Carolina […]
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Collaborative efforts have begun to remove a fishing vessel that was grounded off of Oregon Inlet on the night of February 29. The crew of the 72-foot scallop boat were safely removed by an air crew from U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City the following morning, and until the vessel is towed away, it […]
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If it feels like the construction of new bridges along Hatteras Island have been in the headlines for years, it’s because they have been. March 8 marked the four-year anniversary of the new Bonner Bridge groundbreaking, and years later, work continues on finalizing little “punch list” items on the now-completed structure. Meanwhile, the Jug Handle […]
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North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) representatives announced that the Jug Handle Bridge was roughly 28% complete as of early March, and that the targeted date of completion had been pushed back to the fall of 2021, at a Thursday evening informational meeting in Rodanthe. NCDOT’s resident engineer for the project, Pablo Hernandez, stated that […]
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A potential beach nourishment project for Avon took another step forward at the Feb. 18 Dare County Board of Commissioners (BOC) meeting, as the commissioners unanimously approved a motion to allow County Manager, Bobby Outten, to execute a final agreement with contractor Coastal Science and Engineering (CSE) for an upcoming feasibility study. “At the last […]
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Though many area residents took advantage of early voting at the Fessenden Center in Buxton, March 3 officially marked Primary Day in Dare and Hyde Counties. Election results came in late Tuesday night for North Carolina, and there were few surprises and a number of incumbent wins for both parties on a county and statewide […]
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Over the next four weeks, weather permitting, the National Park Service (NPS) and Cape Lookout Mobile Sportsfishermen (CLMS) fishing club will conduct a joint project to restore and expand the bathhouse, rebuild the RV dump station, and work on the back road of Portsmouth Island in the Long Point Cabin area, per a recent update […]
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The Island Free Press was honored to win 16 North Carolina Press Association (NCPA) Awards at the NCPA’s annual convention and awards banquet in Raleigh on Thursday, February 27. The IFP took home 13 editorial awards and three advertising awards, which included first-place wins for photography, feature writing, e-mail newsletter, use of social media, and […]
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The Lifeline Outreach OBX Center in Salvo has grown by leaps and bounds since it first began in a storage closet at the Lifeboat Community Church in 2006. Now housed within its own building, complete with a thrift store, separate food pantry, and even a personal greeter in the form of Charlie the cat, organizer […]
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The North Carolina Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) will hold their first quarterly meeting of 2020 on February 19-21 at the New Bern Riverfront Convention Center, and there are several big amendments on the agenda that are slated to be voted on and addressed. On Thursday, February 20, the meeting agenda calls for a vote on […]
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