During the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s closure of Highway 12 for a weekend in Frisco, Dare County Emergency Management has arranged for shuttle service from the north and south sides of the construction site. The highway will close at milepost 65 in Frisco at 7 p.m. on Friday, Feb. 28, for a necessary culvert […]
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Insurance Department orders hearing on homeowners’ rate hike request
Insurance Department orders hearing on homeowners’ rate hike request Insurance Commissioner Wayne Goodwin has ordered that a hearing be held in the matter of the insurance companies’ request to raise homeowners’ insurance rates, stating that the proposed rates appear to the Department of Insurance to be excessive and unfairly discriminatory. The insurance companies, represented by […]
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Park offers temporary route for weekend closure of Highway 12 in Frisco
The Cape Hatteras National Seashore will offer a temporary route for off-road vehicles on the weekend of Feb. 28, as a detour to a North Carolina Dept. of Transportation culvert replacement project and temporary closure Highway 12 in the village of Frisco. Beginning Friday, Feb. 28, at 7 p.m. through Monday, March 3, at 6 […]
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Park Service campgrounds will begin opening on April 18
The National Park Service campgrounds at Oregon Inlet, Frisco, and Ocracoke will open to the public on Friday, April 18. Oregon Inlet and Frisco campgrounds will close at noon on Oct. 13. Ocracoke Island Campground, on a reservation system, will close at noon on Oct. 27. Cape Point Campground in Buxton, on Hatteras Island, will […]
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NCDOT reschedules ferry toll hearings again, including one on Ocracoke
The North Carolina Department of Transportation has rescheduled two of its public hearings on ferry tolls because of winter weather forecast to hit the state this week. The Morehead City hearing, originally scheduled for Feb. 11, will instead be held Feb. 17 at the Crystal Coast Civic Center. The Ocracoke hearing, originally scheduled for Feb. […]
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Hatteras native turns her childhood memories into a series of books for young and old
More than 65 years ago, before Highway 12 stretched between the seven villages and Bonner Bridge spanned Oregon Inlet, small, resilient communities thrived on Hatteras Island. Lacking a reliable road, direct access to the mainland, and many of the modern conveniences, life on the island was challenging, yet idyllic in its simplicity. The children, especially, […]
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Waters close to commercial and recreational spotted seatrout harvest
North Carolina will close all coastal and inland waters to commercial and recreational spotted seatrout harvest at noon Wednesday and they will remain closed until June 15. N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries Director Louis Daniel issued a proclamation today closing all coastal waters after cold-stun events were confirmed on Friday and Saturday in several coastal […]
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NCDOT revises ferry toll hearing schedule
The North Carolina Department of Transportation is adding three additional locations to the schedule of public meetings about proposed toll changes on its ferry routes. The additional hearings will be held in Washington, Hatteras, and Morehead City. Also the date for the Ocracoke meeting has been changed to Wednesday, Feb. 12. The new schedule of […]
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Commercial fishing license fees to go up; for-hire, ocean pier license structures to change
The prices of most commercial licenses will go up March 1. The fees will go up by 25 percent, including the fees for Standard Commercial Fishing Licenses and Commercial Shellfish Licenses. The fee increases were approved by the N.C. General Assembly in this year’s state budget to help support the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries’ […]
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Outer Banks Angling: It’s about to get Wicked
A couple of months ago, rumors that the popular National Geographic (Nat Geo) reality show, “Wicked Tuna,” was coming to the Outer Banks to film began to swirl. Even in this small community, confirming this rumor was a difficult task. There was a Craigslist posting in late November asking for area boat captains and crews […]
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