These are the dolphin days – the steamy summery and early fall months when this tropical delicacy is pretty easily found hiding and feeding beneath the Sargassum beds in the Gulf Stream.  That is, if you can find the beds. Dolphin now appears regularly on local dining tables, restaurant menus, and in seafood markets. Many […]

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NCDOT update for Sept. 16 NCDOT update for Sept. 13 WITH SLIDE SHOW Good Weather is forecast for Highway 12 repair efforts (Sept. 10) WITH SLIDE SHOW High seas from Katia suspend road work Thursday night (Sept. 9) WITH SLIDE SHOW Pieces of temporary bridge arriving daily (Sept. 9) WITH VIDEO Progress on Highway 12 […]

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Those left homeless on Hatteras are living a nomadic lifestyle By ANNE C. BOWERS By ANNE C. BOWERS By ANNE C. BOWERS It was the day before the evacuation for Hurricane Irene was ordered, and Marilyn Midgett got the carpets cleaned in her Rodanthe home.  One week later, her carpets were stripped out of her […]

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County updates re-entry information for Rodanthe, Waves, and Salvo visitors Dare County Emergency Management today advised visitors with upcoming travel plans to the Hatteras Island villages of Rodanthe, Waves and Salvo that visitor re-entry will not begin until a future date, sometime after Thursday, Oct. 6.  That announcement pushed the possible reopening of the tri-villages […]

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BRIDGING THE GAPS: Mother Nature is not cooperating with repair efforts on Highway 12 Strong northeast winds over the weekend created powerful ocean swells that pelted the Outer Banks coastline for the last four days.  For the workers who are putting in long hours to restore road access to Hatteras Island, this is yet another […]

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Emergency medical team helped islanders for six days By ANNE C. BOWERS By ANNE C. BOWERS By ANNE C. BOWERS While Hurricane Irene was still terrorizing the entire northeast coastline, a temporary medical team arrived by helicopters on Hatteras to provide around the clock health care at the HealthEast Family Care clinic in Avon. The […]

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National Park Service continues to open seashore facilities and access National Park Service facilities continue to reopen at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, after Hurricane Irene shut the seashore down before its Aug. 27 arrival. NPS facilities that reopen on Hatteras Island on Thursday, September 15, 2011: National Park Service facilities continue to reopen at Cape […]

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BRIDGING THE GAPS:  Latest Highway 12 recovery update While Highway 12 south of the Bonner Bridge remains closed because of damage caused by Hurricane Irene on Aug. 27, the North Carolina Department of Transportation continues to make progress fixing the breaches and areas of overwash in order to improve and reopen the highway. One large […]

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UPDATE: Emergency Stumpy Point-Rodanthe ferry resumes operations The N.C. Department of Transportation Ferry Division’s emergency route at Stumpy Point that was temporarily suspended today because of low tide resumed operations with a 5 p.m. departure from Stumpy Point and a 6 p.m. departure from Rodanthe.   The Ferry Division has been monitoring water levels all […]

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National Park Service continues to open seashore facilities and access National Park Service facilities continue to reopen at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, after Hurricane Irene shut the seashore down before its Aug. 27 arrival. NPS facilities that reopen on Hatteras Island on Thursday, September 15, 2011: National Park Service facilities continue to reopen at Cape […]

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