The 2.4 mile-long Jug Handle Bridge is 75% complete as of June 3, with a projected opening date of late 2021 or early 2022, per an early June update from the North Carolina Department of Transportation. The upcoming hurricane season could alter the estimated completion date, but once the bridge is officially open, work will […]
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The Ocracoke Preservation Society is raising funds for the restoration of the Island Inn Property to be used as a historic building and public use park. Amy Howard tells us more.
The Ocracoke Preservation Society Museum reopened to the public in April, 2021, after remaining closed for a 1 year and 7 months due to 2019’s Hurricane Dorian and the subsequent Coronavirus Pandemic. Take a closer look inside the museum, and discover this unique historic site in the heart of Ocracoke village.
Video by Rory Kelleher The Hatteras Weather Bureau Station was one of the first to receive the call from the sinking Titanic, but this story has a fatal and ironic twist. Keeper James Charlet tells the tale.
The 2.4 mile-long Jug Handle Bridge is 63% complete as of March 4, with a projected opening date of late 2021 or early 2022, per an update from the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s (NCDOT) resident engineer for the project, Pablo Hernandez, in early March.
Here is some information and tips regarding the many different hiking options available on Hatteras Island.
December 16th, 2020, marks the 150th anniversary of the lighting of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in Buxton. Due to Covid 19 restrictions, the National Park Service is holding virtual celebrations for the sesquicentennial.
Despite closures and restrictions implemented as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic, Cape Hatteras National Seashore has so far had a banner year in terms of visitation.
Over the next two months, Cape Hatteras National Seashore will begin several storm-recovery projects. Here are the details of those projects.
Ocracoke’s Springer’s point is expanding! In May The Coastal Land Trust announced the bargain sale donation of almost two acres of private land holdings within its Springer’s Point Preserve on Ocracoke Island. Here is a highlight video with more information.
