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 […]
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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 […]
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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 black-and-white diagonal stripes that make the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse an iconic landmark are disappearing – at least for now. Roughly eight months into an extensive restoration project, the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse already looks like a different structure, with a tower of scaffolding and a new temporary lens lighting up the night. However, this next […]
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Hatteras Island Meals’ annual raffle is underway, and 2024 is already proving to be a banner year for the event, with prizes pouring in from dozens of Hatteras Island businesses. Though the exact number of prize packages and their total worth is still unknown – due to the continuous and nonstop donations that are flooding […]
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On Friday, August 30, The Lost Colony Museum in Buxton will be offering a rare opportunity for the public to help sift through buckets of soil extracted from a local archeological dig site to discover tiny but revealing treasures. The goal is to find new pieces of evidence that tell the story of the English […]
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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 […]
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The Ocracoke Health Center will host its third annual Seafood Festival Benefit on Saturday, August 31, with live music, a silent and live auction, family-friendly games, and plenty of local seafood. The event takes place at the Berkley Barn at 58 Water Plant Road in Ocracoke Village. The fun begins at 2:00 p.m. with games and […]
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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, […]
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The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission (MFC) wants to look at ways to allow more recreational access to flounder fishing in the future. At its business meeting last week, the MFC asked the N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) Director to seek permission from the Department of Environmental Quality Secretary to move up the schedule to […]
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