A pair of green sea turtles that have been undergoing treatment at the North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island will be headed back into the ocean on Wednesday morning. The endangered reptiles have been cleared by the veterinary team at the aquarium’s Sea Turtle Assistance and Rehabilitation Center for release. Wednesday’s release is scheduled for […]
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The N.C. Ferry Division announced Tuesday it will not be operating the Currituck-Knotts Island route through Friday, which has left some residents of Knotts Island fuming. The crews that operate the M/V Gov. James B. Hunt, Jr., are being called to Hatteras Inlet to cover operations on the state’s busiest ferry route ahead of the […]
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The new moon will sweep in front of the sun to create this year’s first solar eclipse on Thursday morning, and it will be partially visible to early risers along the Outer Banks if the weather cooperates. According to EarthSky.org, the moon in its elliptical orbit around Earth will lie too far from us to […]
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Fuel inventories are getting back closer to normal following the wave of panic buying last week spurred by the cyberattack on the Colonial Pipeline. But stations throughout North Carolina were still having trouble keeping up with demand, with GasBuddy.com’s availability tracker reporting 42 percent of the stations statewide had fuel available as of Sunday evening. Gas outages […]
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A federal investigation is underway of the incident that killed a worker Wednesday evening during the final stages of demolition of the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge over Oregon Inlet. Since it happened over a navigable waterway, the U.S. Department of Labor’s Occupational Safety and Health Administration has taken charge of the probe which could take […]
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One of the last remaining sections of the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge over Oregon Inlet collapsed on Wednesday. Emergency responders were called to Oregon Inlet just before 5 p.m. One of the two remaining sections of the navigation span in the middle of the inlet appeared to have collapsed. At least one person has been […]
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The latest data from the state shows Dare County has fully vaccinated the highest percentage of its residents against COVID-19 of any county in North Carolina. Dare was at 25.5 percent of its population age 18 and older that has received all the necessary shots as of Monday’s report from the N.C. Department of Health and […]
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Early risers Sunday morning (thanks in part to the time change) had a wild sight overhead along the Outer Banks and even as far inland as the Triad But what some of you saw has an easy explanation. SpaceX launched another batch of 60 Starlink satellites on the Starlink v.0 L21 mission from historic Launch […]
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A group of anglers from the Williamsburg-area had a big catch on a little boat last week. Josiah Vanfleet of Toano, Virginia, his son Ezekiel, and a few friends, were 45 miles off the Outer Banks aboard their 22-foot Grady-White outboard when they hooked up with a giant bluefin tuna. After battling the fish, and […]
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From our friends at OBX Today The National Hurricane Center informed its partners and the media on Tuesday that starting May 15, they will begin issuing twice-daily regular tropical weather forecasts for the Atlantic Ocean, Gulf of Mexico, Caribbean Sea and adjacent waters. Previously, the Tropical Weather Outlook for the Atlantic basin would be produced […]
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