Roughly 30 Hatteras Islanders attended a Tuesday meeting hosted by the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau (OBVB) that aimed to gather feedback and insight for an upcoming Long-Range Tourism Management Plan. The plan, (which is in the stakeholder engagement phase), will help guide future tourism-related growth and development in Dare County for years to come. The […]
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Volunteers are taking steps to repair the fence that borders the Salvo Community Cemetery after high winds from a recent winter storm dislodged the fencing along the Pamlico Sound, causing it to lean. “I think it was the most recent wind events we had after Christmas [that caused the damage],” said Robin Daniels Holt, Hatteras […]
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More than 100 in-person and 160 virtual attendees were present at a public meeting on Wednesday evening, January 18, that outlined the process and challenges of conducting a beach nourishment project in Rodanthe. After a brief introduction by Dare County Board of Commissioners (BOC) Chairman Bob Woodard, County Manager Bobby Outten presented an overview of […]
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37 new cold-stunned sea turtles have been found and transported to the Sea Turtle Assistance and Rehabilitation (STAR) Center over the past several days, per a Tuesday update from the North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island. 31 green, 5 Kemp’s ridley, and 1 loggerhead sea turtle were found by N.E.S.T. (Network for Endangered Sea Turtles) […]
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The Hatteras Island Rescue Squad (HIRS) will be offering a public CPR class on Tuesday, January 24, at 6:00 p.m. at its station in Buxton. The one-night, three-hour class will cover adult, child, and infant CPR and the use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED), and the class is part of a long-term effort to […]
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On Sunday, January 15, at 5:56 p.m., the SpaceX Falcon Heavy launched its USSF-67 mission to a geosynchronous Earth orbit from Launch Complex 39A at the Kennedy Space Center in Florida, and the Sunday evening display was visible throughout the Outer Banks. The USSF-67 mission was the first national security mission of 2023 and marked […]
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The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) recently completed the pavement removal of a former section of N.C. Highway 12 north of Rodanthe, known as the S-Curves. The roughly two-mile stretch of former roadway is now bypassed by the Jug Handle Bridge, and removing the old section of the highway was the final step in […]
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Video by Mike Hysong A critically endangered juvenile North Atlantic right whale was spotted off the Avon Pier on Sunday, January 8, and the rare encounter was captured on video by beachgoer Mike Hysong. The sighting caught the attention of Marina Doshkov, Database Technician and Marine Mammal Stranding Coordinator with the North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke […]
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The Dare County Board of Commissioners (BOC) unanimously approved taking steps toward a new Feasibility Study to determine the precise costs of performing a beach nourishment project in Rodanthe at their January 3 meeting in Manteo. “We have a Feasibility Study from 2013, and obviously, the beach looks a little different since then,” said Barton Grover, […]
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Rodanthe will once again be the home base for a local tradition that’s older than the village itself with the upcoming celebration of Old Christmas on Saturday, January 7. Held at the Rodanthe-Waves-Salvo Community Building, this full-day affair is a celebration of the island’s deep holiday roots with plenty of fun and entertainment to go […]
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