The North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division will run an amended schedule at its Cedar Island-Ocracoke, Swan Quarter-Ocracoke, Cherry Branch-Minnesott Beach, Southport-Fort Fisher and Currituck-Knotts Island routes Dec. 24-26 as a costs savings measure. The Bayview-Aurora route will not run an amended route, because of the need to provide service for workers at the […]
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The Southern Environmental Law Center and Defenders of Wildlife today issued a news release again attacking the North Carolina Department of Transportation for its current plan to replace the Bonner Bridge and address Highway 12 “hotspots” in a phased approach. Defenders of Wildlife and the National Parks Conservation Association, represented by SELC, have already sued […]
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The damage inflicted by Hurricane Sandy and back-to-back northeasters has closed down Highway 12 to all but four-wheel-drive vehicles in a stretch at the S-curves in northern Rodanthe. The only other access to Hatteras Island is by emergency ferry which takes more than two hours each way. This has caused a world of trouble for […]
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Over the weekend, North Carolina Department of Transportation crews continued working on the temporary solution to reconnect all traffic on Hatteras Island to points north of Mirlo Beach in Rodanthe. Between Friday, Dec. 7, and Sunday, Dec. 9, crews filled and placed approximately 160 sandbags along a 0.4-mile section of Highway 12 at the […]
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Sometime around 2 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 8, the participants in this year’s annual Hatteras Village Christmas Parade donned their gay apparel and began their roughly one-mile tour of the village, spreading candy and Christmas cheer to the hundreds of islanders and visitors who came out to see the show. It’s one of the most […]
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Museum opens its doors for annual Holiday Open House …WITH SLIDE SHOW Museum opens its doors for annual Holiday Open House …WITH SLIDE SHOW The Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum in Hatteras village opened its doors to residents and visitors for its second annual Holiday Open House on Saturday afternoon, Dec. 8. It was a […]
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The North Carolina Department of Transportation posted some questions and answers today on its website and Facebook page about Highway 12 repairs. “We’ve gotten a variety of questions about our recovery plans along N.C. 12 in Dare County,” DOT said. “We want to answer those questions, so you can better understand why we’re doing what […]
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Today Congressman Walter B. Jones, R-N.C., urged President Barack Obama not to forget the damage to North Carolina’s coastal inlets caused by Hurricane Sandy. Many, if not most of the inlets, suffered serious shoaling during the hurricane and the northeasters that followed it. The Obama administration is putting together a funding request to address damage […]
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For visitors, this tacks on three or four hours—sometimes many more—to an already time-consuming trip, and for residents, it made off-island travel for doctor appointments, work, school, or other errands extremely difficult. But on Nov. 10, two-wheel drivers caught a break. Jarvis Williams, who owns Cape Point Exxon in Buxton and who was contracted by […]
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As the Outer Banks Community Foundation (OBCF) celebrates its 30th anniversary during the month of November, the organization announces a change in leadership. Founded in 1982 by David Stick, Andy Griffith, Ray White, Edward Green, George Crocker, Martin Kellogg and Jack Adams, OBCF has awarded more than $4.5 million in grants and scholarships to organizations […]
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