The U.S. Coast Guard is asking all boaters to stay out of the area around the remains of the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge in Oregon Inlet while it is being dismantled. “Vessels have been seen entering the deconstruction zone where piles are sitting just under the waterline,” said BMCM Mark DiLenge, Officer in Charge of […]
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Remember that freighter traveling from Norfolk to Charleston that lost 76 containers off the Outer Banks in a 2018 nor’easter, including several carrying sulfuric acid? Turns out some of those lost containers had items possibly destined for local stores and a nearby indoor waterpark. And they’ve been washing up on the other side of the […]
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Now that demolition of the Bonner Bridge over Oregon Inlet has begun, mariners need to be aware of changes to navigation under the old bridge and the new Basnight Bridge. To avoid the continued shoaling by Bodie Island spit at the old bridge’s navigation span, a new area has been marked and lighted to the […]
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The Outcasters, an all-women’s team from Nags Head, won the 61st Cape Hatteras Anglers Club Surf Invitational Fishing Tournament. Stephanie Bayne, Audrey Whitlock, Sharon Newbold, Ginger Knight, Angie Gaskins and Jean Flannigan caught 47 fish for a total of 218 points to finish atop the 120-team tournament that’s the largest in the world.
By SAM WALKER THE OUTER BANKS VOICE For the second time in a year, a piece of debris from a rocket launch on the Florida coast has washed up along the Outer Banks. On Sunday, Angie and Chris Langdon first alerted us to the debris near Ramp 67 on Ocracoke Island. Janille Turner of Ocracoke […]
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By SAM WALKER THE OUTER BANKS VOICE By SAM WALKER THE OUTER BANKS VOICE A vacationing New Jersey state trooper is being hailed for rescuing a woman who got caught in a rip current off Hatteras Island over the weekend. New Jersey State Police announced in a Facebook post Trooper Craig Kempinski was alerted by […]
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AT&T Wireless Service was restored for Outer Banks and eastern North Carolina customers after a nearly day-long outage that was due to a damaged cable. Service was restored a little before 12 a.m. on Friday. AT&T Wireless Service was restored for Outer Banks and eastern North Carolina customers after a nearly day-long outage that was […]
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The stormy weather over the Outer Banks this weekend spun up a waterspout around midday Sunday off Ocracoke Inlet. Amanda Swan of Gordonsville, Va. was on the beach near South Point on Ocracoke Island when she captured pictures and video of the waterspout that appeared several miles to the south towards Portsmouth Island and then […]
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By SAM WALKER THE OUTER BANKS VOICE THE OUTER BANKS VOICE North Carolina Emergency Management is partnering with the U.S. Department of Energy and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory to evaluate possible alternative power sources for three key infrastructure sites in Dare, Currituck and Hyde counties. Experts from the labratory’s Solar Technical Assistance Team are […]
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This year’s legislative short session is expected to be about as short as it can get, and passing an adjusted state budget is going to be even shorter in what’s being called an unprecedented move. The biggest local provision authorizes $15 million from the shallow draft inlet dredging fund to create a partnership between the […]
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