From SamWalkerOBXNews.com The operator of a personal watercraft that suffered an engine failure Monday evening in the Pamlico Sound was safely returned to shore after a multi-agency rescue effort. According to a social media update from Chicamacomico Banks Fire and Rescue, crews were dispatched at 7:50 p.m. on the report of a PWC operator that […]
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Meet the Outer Banks SPCA pet of the week, courtesy of their latest video produced by Dare County’s CURRENT TV. For more information on this pet, and the many other Outer Banks pets currently up for adoption, visit the Outer Banks SPCA website at https://www.obxspca.org/, or their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/obxspca/
The Cape Hatteras Electric Cooperative (CHEC) will require a four-hour planned power outage for Avon on Tuesday, September 10, in order to make important upgrades in the Avon substation. Crews will be working on several important tasks, including replacing current transformers and installing new switches. The power outage scheduled for Avon on Tuesday will occur from 10 […]
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The following press release was issued by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers on Monday, September 9 The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) will deploy a team this week to the Former Buxton Naval Facility, a Formerly Used Defense Site property located within Cape Hatteras National Seashore in Dare County, North Carolina. This team […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com A communications outage was reported Monday afternoon on Hatteras and Ocracoke islands, including limited 911 service. Reports are that a fiber optic cable was damaged in the vicinity of the Pea Island Visitors Center, and a repair crew has been dispatched. That is the same area where NCDOT crews had to rebuild dunes along […]
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On September 8, 2024, deputies from the C-District successfully apprehended two suspects in connection with a series of breaking, entering, and larceny incidents reported between September 7 and 8, 2024, in Buxton and Avon, NC. The deputies worked diligently in these incidents and were able to identify two suspects involved. On the morning of September […]
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One of the most popular events at the annual Day at the Docks Festival – the Hatteras Island Cancer Foundation’s (HICF) Chowder Cook-off – is returning once again for this year’s celebration on Saturday, September 14, from 11:00 a.m. until 1:00 p.m. During this highly competitive contest, where bragging rights will last all year, various […]
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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 […]
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N.C. Department of Transportation contractors will be closing Eagle Pass Road in Hatteras Village beginning Sept. 16 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 […]
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The Dare County Department of Health & Human Services released the following, updated Public Health Advisory on Sunday, September 8, in response to the expansion of the Buxton Beach closure. The Cape Hatteras National Seashore announced the closure expansion on Thursday, September 5. The closure includes the beachfront in front of the southern groin and […]
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