On the morning that Dorian made landfall on Cape Hatteras, Pastor Tim Fitch was at his Tri-villages home when his mother, Rev. Susie Fitch-Slater of the Ocracoke Methodist Church, initiated one of the most terrifying phone calls of his life. “It was the kind of phone call that you never want to hear,” he says. […]
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The Frisco Really Free Market, which has become a central spot post-Dorian to drop off donations and pick up supplies, has revised its schedule for the next two weeks, per market organizers. The Free Market at the Frisco Fire Station will be open on Saturday, October 5, and will then shift to a three-day-per-week schedule, […]
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A high risk of rip currents continues on Friday for the Outer Banks, and especially north of Cape Hatteras, per a Friday morning update from the National Weather Service Newport / Morehead City office. Long period swells will continue to impact the Outer Banks beaches today, with surf heights of 3-5 feet. The swell energy […]
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The Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) announced several recent updates and news items related to recreational activities and seashore conditions on Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands. News items and events related to the National Seashore for the week of October 4 include the following: Seashore Updates On November 2, 2019, Cape Hatteras National Seashore, along with […]
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How much can a group of storm-weary island ladies accomplish with a good idea, a lot of elbow grease, and a goal to generate as much money as possible to help others affected by Hurricane Dorian? The answer is quite a lot… and they can do it ridiculously quickly, too. That’s exactly what happened when […]
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On Wednesday evening, the North Carolina Ferry System announced a change in schedule for routes serving Ocracoke Island during the recovery from Hurricane Dorian. This is an update to the previous announcement of ferry schedule changes and the opening of N.C. Highway 12 on Ocracoke to 4WD vehicles. Due to public concerns, state officials decided […]
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Nags Head local Connie Leech has landed an impromptu position in the weeks since Dorian made landfall – She’s an Outer Banks-wide delivery woman. Since seeing the devastation that Dorian caused to southern Hatteras Island firsthand, she has been tirelessly at work orchestrating the collection and distribution of much-needed supplies to southern Hatteras Island, […]
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The Midatlantic performs their new song, “Lonely Roads,” at the Outer Banks Disaster Relief Concert. Video by Jason Miller. Jason Andre has deep ties when it comes to Hatteras Island, and hurricanes. He was eight years old when he moved to Hatteras Island in 1988, and when Hurricane Emily hit just five years later, he remembers […]
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The Open House scheduled for Tuesday and the official start of school on Wednesday has been postponed, due to slightly elevated numbers on an air quality test at the North Carolina Center for the Advancement of Teaching (NCCAT) building, per a recent update from Hyde County Public Schools. “Well, we said that any one of […]
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On Saturday afternoon, a 75-year-old man from Downsville, New York, died in the Atlantic Ocean near the northern boundary of Hatteras Village. A companion swimmer reported that the man became unconscious while attempting to escape a rip current. The 911 call was received at 2:50 p.m. and the companion pulled him from the ocean with help […]
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