The Southern Flounder Fishery Management Plan Advisory Committee will meet at 6 p.m. March 6 at the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Washington regional office, 943 Washington Square Mall, Washington. The committee is assisting the Division of Marine Fisheries with development of Amendment 2 to the Southern Flounder Fishery Management Plan, which could result in [...] Fishing |  Full Article

The Hatteras Island Community Emergency Response Team (CERT) be offering the CERT basic training class for anyone in the community who may be interested in attending. The training is designed to cover the following: • Disaster Preparedness • Fire Safety • Disaster Medical-Triage and Treating Life Threatening Injuries • Team Organization • Disaster Psychology • [...] Community News |  Full Article

KILL DEVIL HILLS -- It is with great sadness and a heavy heart that we announce the passing of Colette Dubresson, 82, of Colington, on Friday, February 15, 2019, merely 3 days after the loss of her husband, Claude Dubresson. She was surrounded by love in her beautiful home, for which she was eternally grateful, at all times. Her friends were part of her family.

Hatteras Island is home to some of the darkest skies in not only the state, but the country as well. From our unique vantage point, glimpses of remarkable constellations such as Orion’s belt, Taurus the Bull, and even the Pleiades can be seen on a clear night. Indeed, with the right tools, folks on Hatteras [...] Hatteras Features |  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

Capt. Richard Etheridge, a slave who was raised on Roanoke Island and taught to read and write, was the nation’s first African-American keeper of a United States Life-Saving Service Station. The Pea Island Life-Saving Station, of which Etheridge was appointed as keeper in 1880, also made history as the only station with an all-black crew [...] Hatteras Features |  Full Article

Though the Bonner Bridge replacement is slated to open to vehicular traffic within a matter of days, a formal “grand opening” and official ribbon cutting ceremony is set for April 2, with Governor Roy Cooper among the expected guests. NCDOT Public Relations Officer Tim Haas told the Island Free Press late last week that the [...] Local News |  Full Article

The summit will focus on the next steps to making North Carolina the Napa Valley of oysters. The ongoing quest to make North Carolina the world’s Napa Valley of oysters will be on full display in March. Oyster growers, fishermen, government officials, lawmakers, academics and conservation interests will gather to learn more about and even [...] Fishing |  Full Article

The annual St. Baldrick’s Day head-shaving event is returning to Turner’s High Moon Bar in Avon for the second year in the row, and there’s still time for potential shavees to sign up and raise funds for childhood cancer research grants – just by going bald. The March event, which is affectionately referred to by [...] Local News |  Full Article

The students pictured accepting some of the supplies are “The Young Leaders Group” at the school and this very special group of students is supervised by Ms. Kris Caroppoli. Every year the Methodist Women at Fair Haven UMC work with the Cape Hatteras Elementary School(and the CH Secondary School) to supply needed materials that the [...] Community News |  Full Article

  By Rita Thiel Ocracoke’s Bread of Life food pantry has expanded and will officially open at 3 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 24, at the Assembly of God Church on Lighthouse Road. A prayer and dedication will kick off the celebration of this free-standing building next to the church, followed by a ribbon-cutting by Pastor Ivey [...] Local News |  Full Article

  by Dee Langston A 38-foot juvenile humpback whale washed up on the beach near Oregon Inlet Tuesday morning. The male humpback was spotted floating off Jennette’s Pier on Monday, and again north of Nags Head later in the day. “On Tuesday morning it had landed north of Oregon Inlet, where it is now,” said [...] Local News |  Full Article