The North Carolina Department of Transportation will hold a series of public meetings in March to discuss the long-term solution for the section of Highway 12 on Pea Island breached by Hurricane Irene in 2011. NCDOT has recently released a document called an Environmental Assessment, which identifies the preferred alternative as the permanent bridge […]
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This past Monday, Feb. 18, Hatteras Island Meals, Inc. hosted the first of a series of public meetings aimed at reorganizing and rebuilding the financially strapped organization. Hatteras Island Meals is a local, volunteer-based, nonprofit organization that delivers hot meals, free of charge, to community members who need them. Last month, the organization—which has had […]
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The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division will resume operations of its Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry route the morning of Friday, Feb. 22. It will be using a temporary alternate route that will operate until the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers completes the channel dredging to re-open the primary route. The new route surveyed by the Corps […]
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The Coast Guard launched a search today for a man who reportedly fell overboard from a merchant vessel approximately 50 miles east of Cape Hatteras. The master of the 478-foot merchant vessel Ice River contacted Coast Guard watchstander’s via satellite phone at approximately 10:30 a.m. stating that a 33-year old male crewmember was missing from the ship. Coast Guard watchstanders at Sector North Carolina diverted […]
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The North Carolina Department of Transportation will hold two public meetings about proposed toll changes on its ferry routes. These changes include rate increases on the Southport/Fort Fisher, Swan Quarter/Ocracoke and Cedar Island/Ocracoke routes and the addition of tolls on the Bayview/Aurora and Cherry Branch/Minnesott Beach routes, by July 1 of this year. The […]
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Based on several years of scientific assessment and public involvement, NOAA this week released the final management plan and environmental assessment for the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary. The plan outlines how the sanctuary will operate over the next five to 10 years. Specifically, it provides a framework for the sanctuary to refine its education and […]
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Howling winds, cold rain, and a chance of snow did not dampen the spirits of the many firemen of Buxton who were celebrating 50 years of service during their annual meeting on Saturday night, Feb. 16. President Scott Busbey opened the meeting with the introductions of the active firemen and the passing out of roses […]
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A survey conducted this past weekend by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers identified an alternate channel at Hatteras Inlet that could temporarily be used to provide ferry service. The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division has formally asked the U.S. Coast Guard to mark it with navigational aids to resume ferry service sometime next […]
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The Cape Hatteras National Seashore’s campgrounds at Oregon Inlet, Frisco, and Ocracoke will open to the public on Friday, April 5. Oregon Inlet and Frisco Campgrounds will close at noon on Oct. 14. Ocracoke Island Campground, on a reservation system, will close at noon on Oct. 28. Cape Point Campground in Buxton, on Hatteras Island, […]
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The National Park Service is accepting public comment for 30 days on the proposed fee for guided tour climbs of the Bodie Island Lighthouse and for the proposed fee increase for the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in Cape Hatteras National Seashore. The proposed fee schedules differ for the two lighthouses and the National Park Service is […]
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