In a depressing way, Hatteras Recycle is a microcosm of the current crisis in the U.S. recycling industry, and the urgent need for people to rethink what they throw in recycling bins. Owners Beth and Peter Eady, who bought the business in January, are already confronting steep spikes in tipping fees they’re charged, forcing them [...] Local News |  Full Article

The ongoing passenger-ferry saga has had its share of twists and turns. In March when the nearly completed Ocracoke Express failed inspections, few islanders expected service this summer. Thanks to some quick action by the General Assembly, the governor’s office, N.C. Department of Transportation and its Ferry Division, a leased boat was procured, and its [...] Local News |  Full Article

“We need to not let up, we need to continue and we need to get stronger somehow,” said Mayor Bobby Owens as he tried to drive home a point about the difference between today and the first time he fought offshore drilling off the North Carolina coast. Owens was chair of the Dare County Board [...] Local News |  Full Article

Representatives from the National Weather Service (NWS) and Dare County came together on Tuesday evening to discuss hurricane preparation steps and online forecasting tools at a Hurricane Community Forum held in Buxton. The community forum, which attracted a solid crowd of roughly 40 attendees, was an opportunity for NWS to share hurricane information, as well [...] Local News |  Full Article

Greg Murphy beat Joan Perry in the special July 9 runoff election for the GOP primary, and will go against Democratic candidate Allen Thomas in a special general election for the U.S. Representative for North Carolina’s Third Congressional District seat on September 10. The special election is being conducted to fill the seat of the [...] Local News |  Full Article

With 48 vessels participating in last month’s 60th annual Hatteras Marlin Club Blue Marlin Release Tournament, members of the Dare County Waterways Commission on Monday applauded the absence of navigational problems during the June 23-29 event, calling it great news for the village, but also for the county’s advocacy for maintenance of Hatteras Inlet. “We [...] Local News |  Full Article

The speed limit on N.C. Highway 12 in between the villages of Avon and Buxton, and in between Frisco and Hatteras, was seasonally changed from 55 to 45 mph on Tuesday morning, July 9. Per Tim Haas, Public Relations Officer for NCDOT, the change was made in conjunction with the National Park Service, and is [...] Local News |  Full Article

Speed limit will increase from 45 to 55 mph once all work at Basnight Bridge is complete Final touches on the new bridge across Oregon Inlet will restart in September, while the Jug Handle Bridge is steadily progressing at both ends of the project towards its late 2020 / early 2021 completion date. Remaining construction [...] Local News |  Full Article

The U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) Cutter Midgett, which left the shipyard in June and had not yet been commissioned, was transiting off North Carolina when the Coast Guard learned of a 70-year-old man in need of assistance aboard a 62-foot disabled sailboat, 50 miles east of Cape Hatteras, Saturday evening. “It was fortunate that a [...] Local News |  Full Article

A few years ago, there was concern that the N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles License Plate Agency in Manteo would eventually run out of “OBX” plates. That potential problem has been eliminated, thanks to a new series of number and letter combinations, and the addition of a third license plate style that was released statewide [...] Local News |  Full Article

Dare County’s Current TV has released a new PSA reminding folks to stay alert when in the water to be mindful of Shorebreak. The power of the ocean deserves everyone’s respect. The force of shorebreak waves can catch unsuspecting swimmers off guard driving them into the sand , causing neck and back injuries, and in [...] Local News |  Full Article

The name of the swimmer who went missing on July 3 near Oregon Inlet has been released. 60-year-old John Carmichael Healy from Raleigh was last seen swimming on a boogie board near Oregon Inlet on the morning of July 3, approximately ¾ mile south of ORV Ramp 4. Coast Guard Station Oregon Inlet boat crews [...] Local News |  Full Article

Despite a looming thunderstorm that threatened to put a damper on the festivities, the annual Independence Day fireworks show off the Avon Fishing Pier wowed a big crowd of beach-going spectators. The fireworks started at around 9:20 p.m., launching from the very end of the Avon Pier. The show lasted roughly 20 minutes, and visitors [...] Local News |  Full Article

Hatteras village was brimming with patriotism on the 4th of July, thanks to the 7th annual Golf Cart Parade which cruised along N.C. Highway 12 in a blaze of red, white, and blue. The parade, which began in 2013 as a fundraiser for the Hatteras Island Cancer Foundation, has grown over the years, and has [...] Local News |  Full Article

The Coast Guard and other federal, state and local agencies searched throughout the day Wednesday for a missing 60-year-old man near the Bonner Bridge. The Coast Guard suspended their search Wednesday night, after saturating the search area with multiple assets and other agencies. The girlfriend of the man told Dare County 911 that he had [...] Local News |  Full Article