From SamWalkerOBXNews.com While occupancy and meals collections were lower than the last several years in Dare County to start 2024, a look at the number of visitors at key attractions seems to contradict a predicted slowdown in tourism on the Outer Banks. According to statistics reported by the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau for January through March 2024, […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com Travel+Leisure magazine has released its international list of the “15 Best Places to Travel in July,” and includes the Outer Banks among some very elite company. Using their own research and experience, along with suggestions from local experts, they rounded up the best places to travel this July in the United States and […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season begins in less than two months, and already a pair of preseason predictions are calling for it to be a busy one. On the heels of researchers at Colorado State University making their highest-ever early call for the number of hurricanes, a team at N.C. State University is […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com A federal grant aimed at improving transportation resiliency will pay for a study of options for the future of N.C. 12 between Oregon Inlet and Rodanthe. The U.S. Department of Transportation recently announced as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that $1.8 million has been earmarked for the study of the 11-mile section […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com North Carolina’s first Wawa opens May 16 in Kill Devil Hills The long-awaited arrival of Wawa convenience stores to North Carolina will happen next month in Kill Devil Hills. The Pennsylvania-based chain has announced the doors will open at 1900 North Croatan Highway on Thursday, May 16, at 8 a.m., with a ribbon […]
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The Richmond-area processing facility that now handles all mail to-and-from northeastern North Carolina and the Outer Banks has been plagued by multiple problems according to a U.S. Postal Service audit. According to Axios Richmond, the 35-page report found chronic understaffing, misplaced letters and packages, and a poorly executed transition of the facility in Sandston, Virginia […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com The first preseason forecast for the 2024 hurricane season is out, and if it holds true this will be another busy one in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. And they also predict the Outer Banks is more likely than not to see at least one named tropical cyclone move through this […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com Get ready to pay more for your driver’s license and license plates starting later this summer. As directed by state law, the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles is required to adjust fees and rates every four years, based on the percentage change in the annual Consumer Price Index during the past […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com While water temperatures are still too chilly for most people, the National Weather Service is resuming its seasonal rip current and beach conditions forecast this month for part of the Outer Banks. Rip currents are channeled currents of water flowing away from shore, and typically extend from near the shoreline, through the surf […]
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From SamalkerOBXNews.com Five online conferences will be held between April and October to provide vital information regarding the need for flood insurance in North Carolina. The 2024 conferences will be similar to the ones offered in 2022 through WebEx, and will be free of charge to the public, insurance agents, adjusters, real estate agents, engineers, […]
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