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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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There are a number of routine questions that arise with every weather event where high winds and coastal flooding are an imminent concern – “Do I need to move my car? What about my lawnmower? Do I need to take all my outside stuff indoors?” Simply put, with every coastal storm, residents want to know […]
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Representatives from the National Weather Service (NWS) and Dare County came together on Tuesday evening to discuss hurricane preparation steps and online forecasting tools at a Hurricane Community Forum held in Buxton. The community forum, which attracted a solid crowd of roughly 40 attendees, was an opportunity for NWS to share hurricane information, as well […]
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Speed limit will increase from 45 to 55 mph once all work at Basnight Bridge is complete Final touches on the new bridge across Oregon Inlet will restart in September, while the Jug Handle Bridge is steadily progressing at both ends of the project towards its late 2020 / early 2021 completion date. Remaining construction […]
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Hatteras village was brimming with patriotism on the 4th of July, thanks to the 7th annual Golf Cart Parade which cruised along N.C. Highway 12 in a blaze of red, white, and blue. The parade, which began in 2013 as a fundraiser for the Hatteras Island Cancer Foundation, has grown over the years, and has […]
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