With 412,239 visitors recorded in August, the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) is on track to have another banner year for visitation in 2022. Per statistics from the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau, CHNS recorded a total of 2,043,904 visitors for the first eight months of the year, or from January 1 through August 31, 2022. […]
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Hatteras Island Meals’ annual raffle is in full swing, and 2022 is already proving to be a banner year for the event, with a total of seven prize packages worth more than $1,000 each. “Last year, we had 30 businesses donate [to the raffle] and had six packages,” said VP for Hatteras Island Meals […]
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Slideshow Photos by Don Bowers After a four-year hiatus, the annual Day at the Docks festival made a triumphant return to Hatteras village, attracting a big crowd that was lured in by the event’s many activities, programs, and competitions that were stationed along the waterfront. Initially launched as a one-day event in 2004, Day at […]
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The annual Day at the Docks (DATD) festival is returning to Hatteras village after a lengthy hiatus, with a wide array of both familiar and brand-new events on the two-day schedule. This is the first time that DATD has been held since 2017, as the event was canceled in 2018 and 2019 due to hurricanes, […]
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Ferry sightings near Hatteras and Ocracoke Inlets are not at all unusual, but a distinctive orange ferry that was spotted miles off the Outer Banks’ shoreline on Wednesday grabbed the attention of many beachgoers. The distant orange ferry in question was actually the brand new Staten Island ferry that was en route to its new […]
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Video of the S-Curves in northern Rodanthe over the weekend by Altitude 12. A high risk of rip currents continues on Monday throughout the Outer Banks, due to the effects of the remnants of Hurricane Earl, per an update from the National Weather Service. An elevated threat of rip currents will likely remain for the […]
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While a high risk of rip currents and large surf continues on Saturday due to distant Hurricane Earl, N.C. Highway 12 has not been impacted by ocean overwash, per an update from the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT). N.C. Highway 12 is clear and open for all traffic as of Saturday morning at 9:30 […]
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A Coastal Flood Advisory remains in effect for the Outer Banks, with minor ocean overwash reported in northern Rodanthe on Friday morning, as Hurricane Earl continues its offshore trek up the East Coast. Coastal flooding will be possible for low-lying areas through the weekend, mainly during times of high tide, with inundation of 1-2 feet […]
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A multi-use pathway for Buxton and Frisco took a step closer to being built at the Dare County Board of Commissioners (BOC) meeting on September 6, as the BOC unanimously agreed to request an extra $200,00 for the project from the Dare County Tourism Board, as part of a larger initiative to secure grants to […]
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Hurricane Earl is expected to produce strong swells and an extended period of dangerous rip currents through the weekend, along with the possibility of minor oceanside flooding along the Outer Banks, per a Wednesday evening update from the National Weather Service (NWS) Newport/Morehead City Office. “As a result of Hurricane Earl, we are becoming increasingly […]
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