Frustrations about Buxton Beach were evident at the September 3 monthly meeting of the Dare County Board of Commissioners (BOC) meeting, which featured an update on the Buxton Formerly Used Defense Site (FUDS) by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District Commander, Col. Ron Sturgeon. From the roughly 20 Hatteras Islanders who attended the meeting [...] Local News |  Full Article

Traffic on the U.S. 64 Washington Baum (Pirate’s Cove) Bridge between Manteo and Nags Head will be reduced to one lane in each direction beginning Sept. 15, as the second half of a $21.3 million bridge rehabilitation project proceeds. The project is improving rideability on the bridge and extending its lifespan. The bridge is scheduled [...] Local News |  Full Article

The Ocracoke-Cedar Island and Ocracoke-Swan Quarter ferry operations have been suspended for Wednesday morning, September 4, due to high winds, per an update from the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division. The Ocracoke passenger ferry service is operating as scheduled on Wednesday, and the Hatteras-Ocracoke vehicular ferry is running on a limited schedule because of workforce challenges. [...] Local News |  Full Article

From SamWalkerOBXNews.com Northerly winds behind a cold front that passed through the region on Labor Day have stirred up the surf, causing dangerous shore break and rip currents, along with the possibility of some overwash at high tide along the east-facing beaches on Hatteras Island tonight and tomorrow. A Coastal Flood Advisory has been issued [...] Local News |  Full Article

  N.C. Department of Transportation contractors will be closing Eagle Pass Road in Hatteras Village beginning Sept. 9 for drainage improvements and resurfacing. The road will be open to local traffic only during the closure. All through traffic will be diverted to N.C. 12, with barricades at both north and south intersections. The temporary closure [...] Local News |  Full Article

The Ocracoke-Cedar Island and Ocracoke-Swan Quarter ferry operations have been suspended for Tuesday afternoon, September 3, due to high winds, per an update from the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division. The Ocracoke passenger ferry service is also suspended for Tuesday, and the Hatteras-Ocracoke vehicular ferry is running on a limited schedule because of the deteriorating weather [...] Local News |  Full Article

National Voter Registration Day is Tuesday, September 17. Dare County encourages all eligible voters to ensure they are registered to vote in the upcoming General Election that will be held on Tuesday, November 5, and if you aren’t already registered, be sure to do so before the voter registration deadline, which is Friday, October 11. [...] Local News |  Full Article

A waterspout was spotted off of southern Hatteras Island at approximately 3:00 p.m. on Monday, September 2, in the open waters of the Pamlico Sound. Sightings of the waterspout were reported from Avon to Hatteras Village, and the waterspout dissipated after roughly 10 minutes, (without making contact with land), according to multiple residents and visitors. [...] Local News |  Full Article

Presidential election years, like 2024, are busy times for voter registrations in North Carolina. Many voter registration drives are being conducted across the state this year. “Now is the time to use the State Board’s Voter Search tool to check your registration and make sure it’s up to date,” said Karen Brinson Bell, NCSBE executive [...] Local News |  Full Article

From SamWallkerOBXNews.com Fire crews from three Hatteras Island departments prevented a fire that started in a camper Thursday morning from spreading to a nearby home in Avon. A caller to Dare Central Communications reported smoke and flames coming from a camper located at 40195 C.C. Gray Road at 8:54 a.m. When members of the Avon [...] Local News |  Full Article

A dredging project to reopen the emergency ferry channel between Rodanthe and Stumpy Point is scheduled to begin on Tuesday, September 3. The contractor conducting the bucket-and-barge dredging operation is currently mobilizing at the Rodanthe Harbor site for the work ahead, and the majority of the project is expected to be completed by Friday, September [...] Local News |  Full Article

A Heat Advisory is in effect on Thursday along the Outer Banks and throughout Eastern North Carolina, per an update from the National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City office. The Heat Advisory has been issued for all of Eastern N.C., including Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands, for heat index values of up to 105 degrees from noon [...] Local News |  Full Article

State recreational water quality officials today lifted a water quality swimming advisory for the Sandy Bay sound-side swimming area in between Frisco and Hatteras. The advisory was lifted because water testing shows that bacteria levels have dropped below the state’s and Environmental Protection Agency’s standards set for swimming and water play. The advisory was posted [...] Local News |  Full Article

The Outer Banks SPCA/Dare County Animal Shelter has encountered numerous cases of Canine Distemper Virus (CDV) among racoons in Dare County in the past month. We have sent over a dozen raccoons to the lab at the NC Wildlife Resource Commission which all tested positive for CDV. In North Carolina, CDV infects raccoons, red foxes, [...] Local News |  Full Article

The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) Division of Coastal Management (DCM) and the National Park Service’s Cape Hatteras National Seashore (NPS CHNS) today released the report, Managing Threatened Oceanfront Structures: Ideas from an Interagency Work Group. This report is the result of a year-long collaboration between local governments and state and federal agencies via virtual [...] Local News |  Full Article