A Coastal Flood Advisory and High Surf Advisory have been issued for the Outer Banks area until 9 p.m. on Wednesday, September 27, per an update from the National Weather Service. Large breaking waves of 5 to 8 feet are expected in the surf zone, and up to 1 to 2 feet of inundation above […]
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The deadline to voice concerns and express opposition to Draft Amendment 15 to NOAA Fisheries’ “2006 Consolidated Highly Migratory Species Fishery Management Plan: Spatial Fisheries Management and Electronic Monitoring Cost Allocation”—a proposed federal fisheries amendment that could adversely affect the commercial fishing industry Dare County—has been extended to Monday, October 2, 2023. Understanding Draft Amendment […]
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The National Park Service recently awarded two contracts for work in Cape Hatteras National Seashore’s Hatteras Island District in Buxton, North Carolina. Construction activities along Lighthouse Road and at the Cape Hatteras Light Station are expected to begin in the coming months. Cape Hatteras Lighthouse A $19.2 million contract was awarded to Stone & Lime Historic […]
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December 29, 1944 – September 24, 2023 Margaret Karen Tiller Landreth (Peg) passed peacefully from complications of Alzheimer’s on Sunday, September 24, 2023. Born in Gallion, Ohio on December 29, 1944, to the late Jim and Mable Tiller, Peg was the fourth of five children. She was a graduate of Gallion High School, then proceeded […]
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Robert W. Nappi, age 55, died peacefully on Friday, September 22, 2023 at home surrounded by family and friends following a courageous battle with pancreatic cancer. Bob was born on April 4, 1968 in Schenectady, NY to Diane and the late Carl Nappi. Bob was a 1986 graduate of Niskayuna High School, in Schenectady, NY. […]
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by Trista Talton and Jennifer Allen Assembly approved a long-awaited state budget that includes provisions that strip counties and municipalities of certain governing powers. The Republican-controlled legislature last Friday passed a $30 billion budget, one that boosts Medicaid, bans local governments from regulating the use of plastics, grants millions in funding for living shorelines projects, and […]
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A Coastal Flood Advisory has been issued for the Outer Banks area from 5 a.m. until 9 p.m. on Wednesday, September 27, per an update from the National Weather Service. The Coastal Flood Advisory is for all Dare County beaches from Duck to Hatteras Village. Up to 1 to 2 feet of inundation above ground […]
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The Dare County Department of Health & Human Services in conjunction with the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Public Health, Cape Hatteras National Seashore, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers are issuing a precautionary advisory due to impacts from petroleum contaminated soils likely exposed by recent beach erosion near […]
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“Dialogue With A Director“ is the title of an upcoming community education series to be hosted monthly at the Baum Center in Kill Devil Hills. The regularly scheduled sessions (starting in October) at the Baum Center will feature guest speaker and funeral director, Courtney N. Gallop of Gallop Funeral Services, Inc. Courtney N. Gallop is […]
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Registration is currently open for the 14th annual North Carolina Beach Buggy Association (NCBBA) Red Drum Tournament, which is scheduled for Wednesday, October 25, to Saturday, October 28. The tournament offers miles of naturally isolated fishing grounds along the Cape Hatteras Seashore with anglers enjoying the exceptional fall fishing opportunities on the Outer Banks. Anglers […]
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