Hundreds of residents and visitors were in line at 1:00 p.m. on Saturday, April 9, to be among the first folks to take in the views from the Jug Handle Bridge, which is expected to open to vehicular traffic in mid-April. Following the morning’s inaugural Run the Rodanthe Race, which attracted roughly 600 participants, the […]
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Two events will take place on the Jug Handle Bridge on Saturday, April 9, before it opens to vehicles, and traffic may be impacted in the surrounding Rodanthe area throughout the day. The first-ever Run the Rodanthe Bridge 5-mile and 5K race will be held from 8:00 a.m. until noon, before a 1:00 p.m. Community […]
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The spacious room underneath Frisco’s Red Drum Pottery has been through a number of transformations over the past few years. After owners Wes Lassiter and Rhonda Bates purchased the property in 2014 and renovated the ground-level garage, it became a theater and stage where folks could pop in and listen to exceptional music, courtesy of […]
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On Saturday, April 9, the North Carolina Beach Buggy Association (NCBBA) will once again launch its Operation Beach Respect program, where NCBBA members are stationed at every beach access ramp from Bodie Island to Ocracoke to hand out information packets and trash bags to beachgoers. “This year, we intend to include Ramp 70 on Ocracoke […]
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The Rodanthe Pier reopened to the public for the 2022 season on Saturday, April 2, after conducting a series of storm-related repairs over the winter months. The pier sustained significant damage from a November 2021 storm which brought ocean overwash to the Outer Banks, and closed N.C. Highway 12 from Rodanthe to Oregon Inlet for three […]
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The Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum unveiled a new photography exhibit for April, which stems from a recent social media contest. The “Facebook Followers Photography Exhibit” showcases more than 100 photographs that were submitted by the museum’s Facebook fans in 2021. The photographs include visitors’ favorite Outer Banks images and scenes, such as landscapes and […]
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The US Army Corps of Engineers’ sidecaster dredge, the Merritt, will arrive in Hatteras on Saturday, April 2, and is expected to conduct up to 21 days of dredging in the troublesome Connecting Channel, (or South Ferry Channel), per multiple reports. “According to plans, we should have [the dredge] here for about three weeks, depending […]
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The first-ever Run the Rodanthe Bridge 5-mile and 5K race, which takes place at the new Jug Handle Bridge, will be held on the morning of April 9, hours before a Community Day event where the public can walk or ride a bike on the new structure. The race, which benefits the Rodanthe-Waves-Salvo (RWS) Civic […]
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Kathy Rawls, the Director of the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries (NCDMF), paid a visit to Cape Point in Buxton on Wednesday afternoon, as part of a multi-pronged mission to reach out to the local community, answer questions and collect feedback, and provide educational information on both the NCDMF and the seasonal star of the […]
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Securing safe navigation in the channels of Hatteras Inlet is not a new issue. Ever since a series of storms in the early 2010s reconfigured the channels in the inlet, (including 2011’s Hurricane Irene and 2012’s Hurricane Sandy), the need for timely and effective dredging to keep the channels open has been constant and crucial. […]
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