From SamWalkerOBXNews.com Work will begin Friday to place massive sandbags alongside N.C. 12 at the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center, which the North Carolina Department of Transportation says is a temporary solution to protect the highway from ocean overwash caused by extreme tides and storms. The project is meant to mitigate the type […]
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From SamWalkerOBX.com Yes, it’s winter and it gets cold along the Outer Banks and in northeastern North Carolina around this time of year. With the recent spate of frigid actual temperatures and what’s commonly referred to as “wind chill,” including over the next few days, that has led to the issuance of advisories using new […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com Jan. 14 Update: No one was injured following a house fire on the Dare County mainland that shut down traffic along U.S. 64 between Manns Harbor and the Alligator River early Monday. The fire involving a single-story home near Pump Road in East Lake started sometime before 5:30 a.m. A lone occupant escaped […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com Three artificial reefs located off the Outer Banks are scheduled to receive new materials in a plan announced Wednesday by state officials. The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Marine Fisheries’ Artificial Reef Program has finalized its five-year timeline for ocean reef enhancements funded by Coastal Recreational Fishing License revenues. An […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com A massive winter storm moving across the country Friday and Saturday is expected to bring most of northeastern North Carolina a blast of wintry precipitation. But as is typical with coastal lows such as this one, the region is going to be sharply divided between areas that see mostly snow, a mixed of […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com After flirting with wintry precipitation the last two storms, it looks like the third time’s the charm for much of northeastern North Carolina late Friday night and into Saturday. The National Weather Service has issued a Winter Storm Watch for all of the region except the Dare beaches and Ocracoke, as a low […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com The North Carolina Department of Transportation has announced construction of a new bridge over the Alligator River between Dare and Tyrrell counties will begin in the next few weeks. A $450 million contract was awarded Wednesday to Skanska USA to replace the 65-year-old swing-span Lindsay C. Warren Bridge with a modern, two-lane fixed-span bridge […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com Members of the Dare County Board of Education will receive their first increase in compensation in over 25 years, after a request was approved Monday by the Board of Commissioners. The request called for regular school board members to see a pay increase from the current $4,200 to $13,000 per year, and the […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com Vacation property management rental companies Vacasa and Casago announced last week they will be merging later this year through a stock purchase that will take the new company private. And more details have surfaced about Casago’s purchase of the company that manages more than 969 properties and employs 223 people on the Outer […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com A private vessel and part of a dock were heavily damaged by fire Friday afternoon at Pirates Cove Marina. Crews from the Roanoke Island Volunteer Fire Department and Nags Head Fire Department were called around 3 p.m. to the C Dock at the marina on the Manteo Causeway. “We are incredibly fortunate that […]
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