From SamWalkerOBXNews.com Following a meeting Wednesday between Dare County leaders and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to discuss repeated violations of federal permits, the Miss Katie dredge will soon be allowed to resume its work in Oregon and Hatteras inlets and other waterways. “We are committed to ensuring that our contractor’s dredging efforts are […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com The Outer Banks and eastern North Carolina will likely avoid significant impacts from Helene, which became a tropical storm on Tuesday, and is forecast to intensify into a major hurricane before making landfall along the Florida Panhandle on Thursday. But the eastern N.C. region could still see some rain which may cause flooding […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com The expected post-pandemic reset in the Outer Banks tourism industry continued to show in the key hospitality statistics for the busiest month of the year, but this July was still the third-highest month of all time of gross occupancy collections by Dare County. There was also a new monthly record set for prepared […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com Coast Guard crews assisted a sportfishing boat with navigating Oregon Inlet after they lost an engine while trying to transit the ocean bar. According to a post on the Oregon Inlet Station’s Facebook page, the 60-foot On Time from Morehead City requested assistance due to having only one functioning engine. With a 4-to-6 foot […]
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From SamalkerOBXNews.com The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wilmington District has suspended Dare County’s permits for dredging in Oregon and Hatteras inlets and nearby channels for what the military said is repeated violations by the dredge operated as a public-private partnership. According to a press release, the Corps has stopped all work conducted by EJE […]
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From SamalkerOBXNews.com The Dare County Board of Education on Monday announced initial steps to give all students in all schools breakfast and lunch at no cost for the remainder of the school year. The decision comes in the wake of community outcry over students at middle and high schools being refused service, or even having […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com .C. Department of Transportation crews will be briefly closing a section of N.C. Highway 12 in Rodanthe early Wednesday morning to remove an unused overhead sign structure. The sign, at the intersection of N.C. 12 and Trade Winds Drive, will be removed on Sept. 18 beginning at 5:30 a.m., weather permitting. While the work is […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com An area of disturbed weather off the southeast United States is expected to bring a variety of impacts to the Outer Banks and northeastern North Carolina over the next several days, and could become the eighth tropical cyclone of 2024. “Keep an eye on this still developing storm but those in vulnerable areas please […]
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From SamalkerOBXNews.com A low pressure system is expected to develop off the southeast U.S. coast this weekend, and could bring an extended period of rain to eastern North Carolina next week. The area off the South Carolina and Georgia coasts is being monitored by the National Hurricane Center for possible development over the next seven […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com The operator of a personal watercraft that suffered an engine failure Monday evening in the Pamlico Sound was safely returned to shore after a multi-agency rescue effort. According to a social media update from Chicamacomico Banks Fire and Rescue, crews were dispatched at 7:50 p.m. on the report of a PWC operator that […]
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