A new 16-car parking area has opened along the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) just north of Buxton, and close to a stretch of oceanside shoreline that is popular with surfers and beachgoers. The clay and shell-based parking area, (which is adjacent to soundside ORV Ramp #60), was constructed by DOT Construction, Inc., which tackled […]
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Due to increased rainfall estimates for later today and the possibility of coastal flooding forecasted for our area, all Dare County Schools will be implementing an early dismissal schedule today, March 6. Cape Hatteras Elementary School will be dismissed at 11:30 a.m. while Cape Hatteras Secondary School will be dismissed at noon. All after-school activities and after-school […]
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A Flood Watch remains in effect until 10 p.m. on Wednesday as a low pressure system moves through the coastal North Carolina area, bringing 4-6 inches of rainfall to the Outer Banks, per an update from the National Weather Service (NWS) Newport/Morehead City office. “Flash Flooding will be a concern with substantial rainfall amounts on already […]
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At the March 4 meeting of the Dare County Board of Commissioners (BOC), Hatteras Island Commissioner Danny Couch presented a resolution for the seven-member BOC to create a united and vocal front for the remediation efforts required to fix the environmental issues at Buxton Beach. Couch’s resolution was presented during the BOC’s individual commissioner’s business […]
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A project has begun to replace sandbags along N.C. Highway 12 on northern Ocracoke Island after a series of winter storms caused routine ocean overwash during the month of February, resulting in sporadic road closures. The project will replace approximately 800 sandbags that were recently damaged or displaced in order to restore the protective barrier […]
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Dare and Hyde County voters will be heading to their local polling stations on Tuesday, March 5, to decide party nominees for federal, state, and county offices. Per SamWalkerOBXNews.com, early voting concluded on Saturday, March 3, with just over 9 percent of voters casting a ballot during the two-week period, and around 15,000 fewer ballots […]
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Selected demolition has begun at the Ocracoke Light Station’s Double Keeper’s Quarter as a preliminary step in eventually raising the building to protect it from future soundside flooding. “Stoops to porches and other entrances have started to be removed,” stated the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) in a recent update. “Interesting finds during the removal […]
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A prescribed burn is planned for Friday, March 1, at the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, per a recent update from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) in North Carolina. “The goals of the burn are to improve wildlife habitat by promoting new marsh growth and to reduce fuel loading to protect infrastructure,” stated […]
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Scaffolding has started to be added around the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in preparation for the extensive interior and exterior restoration work to come. In the next several months, the full tower of scaffolding will be constructed, (similar to the scaffolding built during the Bodie Island Lighthouse Project in the early 2010s), which will be visible […]
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This is the second in a series of articles about the accelerating issue of fuel smells and exposed infrastructure at Buxton Beach. To read the first article, which covers the background of the issue, click here. It has been more than two weeks since a visible fuel slick was reported by local surfers at Old […]
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