From OuterBanksVoice.com In an emotionally charged meeting, a small gathering of Avon residents met at the Avon Fire station on the evening of Friday, Sept. 8 hoping to stop any potential sale of the Heritage Church of Avon. The church, located on Harbor Road in Avon, is owned by Bryan Gray Ministries according to Dare […]
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Researcher and island resident Kate Sutherland’s work studying the chemical isotopes of the feathers from black-capped petrels may lead to better understanding of the foraging habits — if not the varied physical appearance — of this difficult-to-study, endangered Gulf Stream bird species. Sutherland is set to present her findings in October at a joint Waterbird […]
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From OuterBanksVoice.com In an emotional day celebrating the reopening of the Ocracoke School four years after Hurricane Dorian, speakers, sometimes through tears, recalled the spirit of resilience and love of community that defined how residents worked with teachers and students to get to this day. On Sept. 6, 2019, Hurricane Dorian pushed a seven-foot storm […]
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‘I think that suggests we’re normalizing,’ says OBVB’s Nettles The numbers tell the story. The double-digit growth in visitation and revenue that Dare County saw in 2020 and 2021 has come to a halt. In fact, in 2022, there was a slight but measurable decrease in visitation, according to reporting by the Outer Banks Visitors […]
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At the Feb. 6 county commissioners’ meeting, by a vote of 5-1, Dare County became the first county in the state to adopt a resolution formally asking the North Carolina General Assembly to raise the age of tobacco sales to 21. Entitled a “Resolution Requesting North Carolina General Assembly to Pass Legislation to Protect Our […]
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With its newly released report, the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) has dramatically increased the potential for wind energy from Delaware to Cape Hatteras. The six new areas to be considered are included in a Nov. 14 draft report titled Development of the Central Atlantic Wind Energy Areas. The draft concludes that in those areas, […]
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The three lighthouses north of Ocracoke on the Outer Banks, Cape Hatteras, Bodie Island and Currituck Beach, built between 1869 and 1875, have withstood hurricanes, nor’easters and the harsh coastal environment, although the Hatteras light was moved landward in 1999 to spare it from the encroaching Atlantic. The trio all share design features that were […]
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About 100 people or so gathered around Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) Resource officers Ash Keiper-Kintz and Mike Puckett as they carefully reached down into the loggerhead turtle nest and brought eggs to the surface. The focus of their attention was the Aug. 26 sea turtle next excavation at Cape Hatteras Lighthouse beach. Physically, the […]
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Commissioners restore $400K in cuts, another $75K may be sought On July 28, after a month-long dispute over school funding, the Hyde County Board of Commissioners voted 3-2 to raise the county’s share of the schools’ annual budget to the $1.712 million figure the schools had requested. That was up from the $1.3 million the […]
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Museum also announces $4.2M in funds for expansion The cutaway model of German U-Boat 522 was the centerpiece of the expanded WWII exhibit at the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum that was unveiled on the evening of Wednesday, June 29. But the most noteworthy development may have been the announcement by Director for the North […]
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