Crews will begin debris removal in Hatteras Village on Monday, September 23. Homeowners in this area are asked to place all storm-related debris in right-of-way by 6 a.m. Monday morning as one pass will be made through each village. Following the completion of debris removal in Hatteras Village, crews will begin working north to Frisco. Updates will [...] Local News |  Full Article

Offshore Humberto continues to produce large, dangerous surf and a high rip current risk all along the beaches, and ocean overwash was reported in several areas of Hatteras Island with Thursday morning’s high tide, which occurred at approximately 11:30 a.m. Ocean overwash and standing water were reported on N.C. Highway 12 in northern Buxton near [...] Local News |  Full Article

The N.C. Department of Transportation will hold an informal informational meeting Sept. 26 to update the public on the Rodanthe ‘Jug Handle’ Bridge project. The project is currently under construction with an estimated completion date of late 2020 or early 2021. The meeting will be held from 3:30-5:30 p.m. at the Rodanthe-Waves-Salvo Community Center, 23186 [...] Local News |  Full Article

After catastrophic roadway damage from Hurricane Dorian on Ocracoke Island, the N.C. Department of Transportation will soon be awarding an emergency contract that aims to have N.C. 12 reopened on the island before the Thanksgiving holiday weekend. NCDOT has already coordinated with the National Park Service and other permitting agencies regarding the work and developed [...] Local News |  Full Article

The Frisco Really, Really Free Market continues to be a central spot for depositing donations and picking up post-Dorian supplies, and organizers estimate that their long tables of free supplies fully rotate, or turnover, every 36 hours or so. Additional and similar spots for supplies are available at other locales on the island, such as [...] Local News |  Full Article

The Coast Guard assisted the crew of a disabled sailing vessel east of Oregon Inlet Tuesday evening. Sector North Carolina watchstanders received a distress call via VHF-FM radio at approximately 6 p.m. from the crew of the Puffin reporting that their 70-foot sailing vessel had become disabled in heavy seas 30 miles east of Oregon Inlet. [...] Local News |  Full Article

Day 11 post-Hurricane Dorian: Things at the command center in the Ocracoke Volunteer Fire Department building are a little less hectic than they were the afternoon of Sept. 6 and in the immediate days following, though island residents’ needs are no less urgent. Mountains of debris line the streets as residents haul out all manner [...] Local News |  Full Article

While Hurricane Humberto remains well offshore, the Outer Banks will continue to still see minor impacts from the storm for the next several days, which includes breezy conditions, large surf, and an enhanced risk of rip currents, per the National Weather Service Newport / Morehead City office. A High Surf Advisory and a high risk [...] Local News |  Full Article

On the morning that Dorian made landfall on Cape Hatteras, Pastor Tim Fitch was at his Tri-villages home when his mother, Rev. Susie Fitch-Slater of the Ocracoke Methodist Church, initiated one of the most terrifying phone calls of his life. “It was the kind of phone call that you never want to hear,” he says. [...] Local News |  Full Article

Storm-weary Hatteras Island residents lambasted the Dare County Board of Commissioners at its regular meeting on Monday about what they said was premature re-entry of visitors to the island after Hurricane Dorian, which earlier this month downed trees and flooded property most severely in Frisco and Hatteras villages. “I woke up Saturday morning still in [...] Local News |  Full Article

Like most of the village, the record-setting storm surge from the passage of Hurricane Dorian just after dawn on Sept. 6 severely damaged Ocracoke School, effectively closing it. School officials are optimistic classes can resume in other island locations in about two weeks. “There was water and mud everywhere, from 10 to 12 inches in [...] Local News |  Full Article

Speed limits are being increased on N.C. Highway 12 throughout Hatteras Island today, which includes a seasonal increase from 35 mph to 45 mph within the villages of Rodanthe, Waves, Salvo, Avon and Frisco, and an increase from 45 mph to 55 mph in between the villages of Avon and Buxton, and in between Frisco and Hatteras. [...] Local News |  Full Article

State officials continue to advise against swimming in area waters, both on the ocean and soundside from the state line to Ocracoke, due to high bacteria levels. The precautionary advisory against swimming remains in effect for all ocean and sound-side sites in Hyde, Dare, and Currituck counties, according to a press release from the N.C. [...] Local News |  Full Article

While Hurricane Humberto is expected to remain well offshore, the Outer Banks will still see minor impacts from the storm, which includes breezy conditions, large surf, and an enhanced risk of rip currents, per the National Weather Service Newport / Morehead City office. A high risk of rip currents remains in effect for Hatteras and [...] Local News |  Full Article

  UPDATE: A report from WAVY-TV has identified the woman in Saturday’s incident as Martha “Mike” Demontpellier, a former teacher and school administrator from the Norfolk, V.A. area. The Dare County Sheriff’s Office is investigating the death of a 70-year-old woman who was run over by a Chicamacomico Fire Department pickup truck in Rodanthe on Saturday afternoon. [...] Local News |  Full Article