New online system launched for N.C. fishing licenses, hunting licenses, and vessel registrations

On July 1, 2023, the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission launched a new, custom licensing system and mobile app, Go Outdoors North Carolina, developed in partnership with Brandt, a Florida-based company that provides paperless web and mobile solutions. Through Go Outdoors North Carolina, residents, and non-residents can purchase licenses, register vessels, apply for permits, and shop for […]

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Zola F. Steger

March 27, 1931 – July 15, 2023 FRISCO — Zola F. Steger (92) of Frisco, NC, passed peacefully on July 15, 2023. She was born in Dallas Center, Iowa in 1931 to the late Orval and Fay Jenkins. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Earl Steger. Zola loved raising her four children […]

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Wine Tasting and Keeper James Book Signing event at Lee Robinson General Store on Wednesday

The event will be on Wednesday, July 19 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. The iconic Lee Robinson General Store in Hatteras Village is sponsoring a combination wine-tasting with a book signing event by U.S. Life-Saving Service reenactor, author and Hatteras Island resident James D. “Keeper James” Charlet. His book, Shipwrecks of the Outer Banks: Dramatic […]

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How the coastal warning signal tower returned to the U.S. Weather Bureau Station in Hatteras Village

By Rachael Graf, Community Engagement Coordinator at Outer Banks Forever On Tuesday, June 20, the Cape Hatteras National Seashore completed the exterior renovations of the historic U.S. Weather Bureau Station in Hatteras Village with the installation of a new coastal warning signal tower. Originally constructed in 1901, the U.S. Weather Bureau Station in Hatteras Village […]

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NOAA launches new hurricane forecast model

NOAA’s National Hurricane Center — a division of the National Weather Service — has a new model to help produce hurricane forecasts this season. The Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System (HAFS) was put into operations on June 27 and will run alongside existing models for the 2023 season before replacing them as NOAA’s premier hurricane forecasting model. “The quick deployment of […]

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