On Monday, October 7, the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) began a roughly seven-month-long project to replace the aging Slash Creek Bridge on N.C. Highway 12 in Hatteras Village. The $4.5 million project will replace the existing 68-year-old wooden structure with a two-span cored slab bridge, and while work proceeds, a detour is in [...] Island Features |  Full Article

The Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Museum in Rodanthe will host a special commemoration on Saturday afternoon during the two-day 150th Anniversary of the U.S. Life-Saving Service celebration on October 12-13, and Rear Admiral John “Jay” Vann, Commander, Fifth Coast Guard District, will deliver the keynote address at this significant event. The U.S. Life-Saving Service played a vital [...] Island Features |  Full Article

The Cape Hatteras Electric Cooperative (CHEC) recently presented grants to two local Hatteras Island nonprofit organizations that were made possible through the CoBank Sharing Success Grant Program. CoBank is a national cooperative bank that serves rural areas. CHEC gave $2,500 to the Hatteras Island Cancer Foundation (HICF), which was met with an additional $2,500 from [...] Island Features |  Full Article

As an internationally published author of the United States Life-Saving Service on the iconic North Carolina Outer Banks, I commend the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station (LSS) and Museum for celebrating the 150th anniversary of the seven 1874 stations added to the treacherous North Carolina coast. However, the 1874 date in the history of this amazing Service [...] Island Features |  Full Article

Submitted story from the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau Along the Outer Banks, there is a building movement to reduce artificial lighting that negatively impacts wildlife and enhances environmental stewardship. The National Park Service has also retrofitted approximately 400 outdoor lights over the past several years along Cape Hatteras National Seashore to reduce light pollution and [...] Island Features |  Full Article

Registration is currently open for the 2024 Wings Over Water Wildlife Festival, which will be held from October 22-27, with a special Encore weekend on December 6-8. The main session in October will feature more than 60 birding, paddling, art, natural history, and photography programs. Visitors can register for a variety of programs held in [...] Island Features |  Full Article

The Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station (CLSS) is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year, as one of the seven original Life-Saving Stations to be built in North Carolina in 1874. As such, the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station and Historic Site in Rodanthe will be sharing stories about the seven 1874 Outer Banks stations in the weeks ahead, leading up to the official October [...] Island Features |  Full Article

The Pea Island Preservation Society, Inc., (PIPSI) is pleased to announce two October events to be held at the Pea Island Cookhouse Museum located at Collins Park, 622 Sir Walter Raleigh Street in Manteo. The museum, which has been closed for the past few months as we prepare for future improvements, will be open to [...] Island Features |  Full Article

From SamWalkerOBXNews.com The Outer Banks Bicycle and Pedestrian Safety Coalition received a grant this spring from the North Carolina Department of Transportation to provide 100 free bike helmets to children in Dare County. And a pair of free events have been scheduled for this month, one on Hatteras Island and one on the northern beaches, to [...] Island Features |  Full Article