Reposted from OBX Today Outer Banks photographer Wesley Snyder spends a lot of time alone on area beaches capturing images of shipwrecks, sunrises, sunsets, the Milky Way and anything else you might find in the sand and waves. Early Thursday morning as he set out to take some sunrise shots of the grounded trawler Ocean Pursuit near […]
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UPDATED: No investigation after Outer Banks shipwreck-turned-local-attraction defaced
If you’ve never made it out to the wreck of the sailboat “Belle” at Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge, there’s less to see now. Outer Banks photographer Wesley Snyder, a frequent visitor to the remains of the 30-foot sailboat on the beach between Oregon Inlet and Rodanthe, arrived Tuesday morning to find the familiar “Belle” […]
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Dare Board of Education calls special meeting to discuss reopening schools
The Dare County Board of Education will meet in special session on Thursday, Oct. 1, to discuss the reopening of schools. The meeting will be held at First Flight High School and will begin at 5 p.m. The meeting will be held virtually for the general public due to COVID-19 restrictions on mass gatherings. Live […]
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Dare County schools will continue feeding all children at no cost
The U.S. Department of Agriculture has extended the waiver granted to North Carolina Public Schools to allow school systems to continue participating in the summer nutrition program through Dec. 31. This means every child 18 years or younger that lives in Dare County will be eligible to receive a meal at no cost from any […]
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Worker fatally injured at ‘Jug Handle Bridge’ project on Hatteras Island
A worker on the ‘Jug Handle Bridge’ project in Rodanthe was fatally injured Monday morning. Work at the project on Hatteras Island has been stopped while an investigation is underway, said Michael Swenson, spokesman for Flatiron Corp., the main contractor on the project. The worker killed was a Flatiron employee, Swenson said. No details have […]
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Ocracoke mourns Thurston the cat, ‘keeper of the light’
Thurston the cat, keeper of the Ocracoke Lighthouse, passed away this week after an illness. The gray and white lighthouse greeter was close to 20 years old. “It is with great sadness that we said goodbye to our dear lighthouse kitty, Thurston, last evening,” Ocracats, a group dedicated to the care of the island’s feral […]
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Perseid meteor shower peaks overnight
The Perseid meteor shower is expected to peak overnight tonight, with shooting stars and fireballs visible through the early morning hours, weather permitting. NASA predicts rates of 50 to 100 shooting stars per hour — but the bright moon, which rises around midnight will likely reduce visible meteors to 15 to 20 per hour. According […]
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District Attorney: Prosecutors awaiting autopsy results in death of Kitty Hawk woman
Dare County District Attorney Andrew Womble issued a statement Monday regarding the death of 38-year-old Kitty Hawk resident Amanda LeeAnn Fletcher Hartleben, who died last month after being last seen with her boyfriend. “In light of the recent public scrutiny surrounding the death … I have decided to release a statement regarding the continued investigation […]
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CSU predicts five major hurricanes, ‘extremely active’ remainder to season
Colorado State University Tropical and Climate Research has issued a mid-season update on Atlantic basin tropical weather this year, and the news isn’t good. The university now estimates 2020 will have an additional 10 hurricanes, 15 named storms and five major (Category 3-4-5) hurricanes. The Atlantic has already had nine named storms and two hurricanes through Aug. […]
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Group of teens, young adults break into Cape Lookout Lighthouse
The National Park Service has issued citations and fines again five teens and young adults from Carteret County who broke into the Cape Lookout Lighthouse on Sunday night. Rangers chased away the group on their first attempt to break in to the beacon around 10 p.m. that night. But eight to 10 people returned after […]
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