Shooting The Breeze

Earlier in July, representatives from the National Weather Service (NWS) and Dare County came together to host a Hurricane Community Forum in Buxton. The goal of the event was to share essential information with island residents who are regularly impacted by coastal storms, and while the presenters were preaching to the choir when it came [...] Editor's Blog |  Full Article

It was the end of 1998, and Hatteras Islanders were dispirited at the prospect of moving the historic Cape Hatteras Lighthouse one half-mile from its eroding seaside perch. Congress had provided $9.8 million for the project earlier that year, and Buffalo, NY contractor International Chimney had already started preparations for the move. That’s about the [...] Editor's Blog |  Full Article

In the summer of 1999, our Editor and Island Free Press Co-Founder Irene Nolan was a busy woman. 1999 was the year of languishing Hurricane Dennis, (the storm that just lazily hung around like a bad houseguest), the devastating Hurricane Floyd, and – of course – the move of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. At the [...] Editor's Blog |  Full Article

Controversy exploded on social media this week regarding the proposed construction of a new hotel in Hatteras village. Technically, the issue stemmed from the growing awareness of an upcoming Dare County Planning Board meeting, where the board will consider a text amendment to the C2-H General Commercial Zoning District in Hatteras village. But it grew [...] Editor's Blog |  Full Article

Memorial Day Weekend is just around the corner, and while the unofficial start of the summer season tends to feature stop-and-go traffic on N.C. Highway 12, dizzyingly crowded stores, and back-ups at the island’s ORV ramps, there’s also another annual Memorial Day tradition that’s far more appealing. 2019 marks the eighth year for the annual [...] Editor's Blog |  Full Article

Back in 2016, when the National Park Service was celebrating its 100-year anniversary, our own local Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) was orchestrating several initiatives to mark the Centennial Celebration, which included taking the initial steps to designate CHNS as an official “International Dark Sky Park,” or IDSP. This designation is made by the International [...] Editor's Blog |  Full Article

The North Carolina General Assembly began their 2019 long session on January 9, and over the course of a month, the 170 members of the two chambers have already considered hundreds of bills. From a bill that would allow teachers to carry firearms and serve as resource officers, to a bill that would designate ice [...] Editor's Blog |  Full Article

There has always been a public fascination with the bridge that spans Oregon Inlet. Hundreds of stories have been written about the new bridge’s construction since the project broke ground on March 8, 2016, and when the county and state celebrated the imminent completion of the replacement bridge via a February “Community Day,” an estimated [...] Editor's Blog |  Full Article

It all started with a brief conversation at the tail end of a recent Dare County Board of Commissioners (BOC) meeting. At the January 7 meeting, commissioner and former Kitty Hawk councilman Ervin Bateman floated the idea of renaming the new Bonner Bridge structure after another prominent county citizen, Marc Basnight. “The name Marc Basnight [...] Editor's Blog |  Full Article