“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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 Hass, Public Relations Officer for NCDOT, the change was made in conjunction with the National Park Service, and is […]
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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 […]
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Though the summertime visitor season is just starting to heat up, the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) is already reporting a banner year for visitation, per recent statistics from the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau. “Based on May data, Cape Hatteras National Seashore visitation is up 1% compared with the same time period last year [Jan-May […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries will collect red snapper carcasses from recreational fishermen during the upcoming red snapper season. The division has set up four new freezer locations, in addition to the 12 carcass collection locations available throughout the year, where recreational fishermen can take their red snapper carcasses. The additional locations are: • […]
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