Ocean overwash was reported near the Pea Island Visitor Center on Sunday, September 8, after dunes in the immediate area were washed out. N.C. Highway 12 remains open and passible, but travelers are advised to use caution due to standing water and sand on the highway. High tide occurred at approximately noon on Sunday, September […]
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Artists are now eligible to apply for Artist Support Grants through a partnership between the North Carolina Arts Council, Pocosin Arts, Beaufort County Arts Council, Dare Arts, Ocracoke Alive, Pettigrew Regional Libraries, and Martin County Arts Council. Artist Support Grants is a program funded by the N.C. Arts Council to provide the opportunity for regional […]
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The Ocracoke Civic & Business Association will host its Fall Ocracoke Island-Wide Yard Sale from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, Sept. 14. (The rain date is Sunday, Sept. 15.) This is the perfect opportunity for visitors to discover new treasures, and for Ocracoke Island residents and participants to lighten their load. The yard […]
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By Mary Ellen Riddle, from the Outer Banks Voice Rising from the destruction created by Hurricane Isabel in September 2003, Day at the Docks in Hatteras Village is celebrating its 20th anniversary on Sept. 13-14. The event, which began in September 2004, was created to honor the watermen who helped the community survive during and after […]
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RESCHEDULED: The Nags Head Democratic Precinct is excited to announce that the Old Time Summer Fun Ice Cream Social, has been rescheduled for Thursday, September 12, 2024. The event will now include a special postcard writing session before the ice cream social. Event Details: What: Old Time Summer Fun Ice Cream Social with Postcard Writing When: Thursday, […]
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North Carolina Electric Membership Corporation (NCEMC), in partnership with Cape Hatteras Electric Cooperative (CHEC) and ElectriCom Inc., will begin work to expand their cooperative fiber network by installing a new fiber line spanning from Nags Head to Buxton. The first phase of the project will begin the week of September 16th and will include fiber […]
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The mood at the monthly Buxton Civic Association (BCA) meeting on September 4 was grim, as board members and roughly 20 attendees grappled with a new wave of petroleum smells and debris that have resurfaced at the closed Buxton Beach shoreline. On Tuesday, after strong but not unusual northeast winds, the shoreline of the former […]
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State recreational water quality officials issued a precautionary advisory on Thursday, September 5, warning the public against swimming in ocean waters near Corbina Drive in Rodanthe and near Cottage Avenue and Tower Circle in Buxton. The advisory is due to public health risks resulting from septic drain fields being exposed due to extensive erosion caused […]
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The Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) expanded the size of a previously closed beach area by approximately 0.25 miles on Thursday morning, Sept. 5, in Buxton, North Carolina. The precautionary expansion, implemented in consultation with the Dare County Department of Health and Human Services, closes the beach from the southern end of the location of […]
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UPDATE: The Buxton Beach closure has been expanded by 0.25 miles as of Thursday morning, September 5 Over the last 24-36 hours, several feet of sand have been washed away from an area of beach in front of the Buxton Formerly Used Defense Site (FUDS) at Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore). Soil and groundwater that […]
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