Mid-July marks the halfway point of the sea turtle nesting season on the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS), and with 206 nests recorded so far, 2023 is on track to be another highly active year for visiting sea turtles on Hatteras, Ocracoke, and Bodie Islands. “We just past the halfway point of our sea turtle […]
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On the Outer Banks, it’s rare for a landscape-altering project to gain unlimited support from the community, visitors, and any affiliated organizations, but that was the case with the installation of the new weather tower/flagpole at the U.S. Weather Bureau Station in Hatteras village. Installed in late June and celebrated at a community ceremony on […]
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One of the most iconic and dangerous sailboat races in the world will once again head towards Hatteras Island in 2024, with organizers recently announcing the official schedule and 13 checkpoints that will be dotted along the East Coast once the race begins. Celebrating its 50th anniversary in 2024, the Worrell 1000 challenges sailors to […]
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Ocracoke Island earned a spot on a recent round-up of the best shelling beaches in the United States by digital travel magazine, Trips to Discover. The magazine, which has a monthly readership of more than 1.6 million people, specifically listed the northern end of Ocracoke as one of the country’s best shelling destinations, and Ocracoke […]
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In the early morning hours of July 9, a nesting loggerhead sea turtle was struck by a vehicle in the northern Outer Banks area of Carova, which is a 4WD-accessible beach just north of Corolla. The turtle was transported to receive medical care, but the injuries were so severe that she was humanely euthanized. Responding […]
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Thanks to a recent grant from the Outer Banks Community Foundation, the Hatteras Island Community Emergency Response Team (HI CERT) is launching a new initiative to keep Hatteras Island connected to the rest of the world when a communications outage occurs. With the $26,900 grant, HI CERT is taking the first steps to purchase trailers, […]
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Ocracoke Island’s annual Sandcastle Contest was held on Tuesday morning, July 4, and the popular event on Ocracoke’s Lifeguarded Beach attracted 32 individual and group entries, per an overview of the festivities from the Ocracoke Observer. A panel of judges chose the best sculpture in four categories: Individual 12 & under, Group 12 & under, […]
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UPDATE: Due to a Severe Thunderstorm Warning in the Hatteras area, the Hatteras Village Golf Cart Parade and Village Cookout have been postponed to Wednesday, July 5. All times will remain the same: the parade will begin at 6:00 p.m., and the Cookout will begin at 5:30 p.m. Celebrating its 10th year in 2023, the […]
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Monday, July 3, is expected to be the hottest day of the year so far, per an update from the National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City office. Temperatures well into the 80s combined with a very humid air mass will produce widespread heat indices above 100 degrees on Monday afternoon. The intense heat and humidity will […]
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Ocracoke was the brightest spot to be on the Outer Banks on Sunday night, as the island kicked off its 4th of July holiday with a fireworks display over Silver Lake Harbor, launched from the National Park Service parking area at the southern end of the island. Hundreds of residents and visitors caught the show […]
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