Cape Hatteras Anglers Club selected four outstanding seniors who attend the Cape Hatteras Secondary School for scholarship awards at the school’s annual senior awards night May 29th at the secondary school. The total amount of scholarships awarded in 2019 totals $8,000. The Anglers Club selected Molly Greenwood of Avon to receive its $4,000 scholarship to […]
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The National Weather Service (NWS) in Newport/Morehead City, NC will be conducting two community forums in Dare County next month to discuss hurricanes and preparedness. The forums are free and open to everyone; no age requirements. All are welcome! The first forum will take place in Kill Devil Hills on Monday, July 8 from 7:00 […]
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The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission is moving toward implementing commercial and recreational flounder seasons to end overfishing and rebuild the overfished southern flounder stock. The commission voted last week to accept the recommendations of the Division of Marine Fisheries in their entirety as its preferred management options for Draft Amendment 2 to the Southern Flounder […]
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There’s a simple reason Mary Ellen Riddle has scheduled a series of hurricane talks at the Graveyard of the Atlantic. “It’s the season,” she says. The museum, located at 59200 Museum Drive in Hatteras, will host Documenting Disaster: Weather Dictates the Way of Island Life Hurricane Talk Series on June 20, July 18 and Aug. […]
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BUXTON — Kimberly Holzbauer Robke died June 7, 2019 in Norfolk, Virginia. Kim was born November 9, 1963 Elizabeth City, NC. Kim is survived by her husband, son, sister, uncles, aunts, cousins, friends, and the countless people whose lives she touched along the way. Kimberly “Berly” Holzbauer Robke was one of a kind and a […]
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After a well-attended meeting that included public comments from 19 individuals, the Dare County Planning Board and SAGA Construction CEO Sumit Gupta mutually agreed to temporarily withdraw a request for a text amendment to the C2-H General Commercial Zoning District in Hatteras village, and to resubmit a similar request at a later date with adjusted […]
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The Outer Banks is home to an array of natural beauty, from the long stretches of wild beaches, to the calming waters of the sound, to all the many varieties of marine life. People come from all over the world, year after year, to enjoy all the treasures that these miles of sand have […]
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On Monday, June 10, a 53-year-old man from Bellbrook, Ohio died in the Atlantic Ocean near Buxton. The water-related fatality occurred less than a mile north of the former location of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. The 911 call was received at 11:49 a.m. A family member brought the man back to shore where CPR efforts […]
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The Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) has lifted its beach fire ban as of 5:00 p.m. on Monday, June 10. The beach fire ban, which went into effect May 30, was a result of extremely dry conditions that increased the risk of beach fires spreading to dune vegetation, forested areas, or developed neighborhoods adjacent to […]
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The burn ban issued by the North Carolina Forest Service for 18 counties, including Dare and Hyde counties, has been lifted, per an announcement from the North Carolina Department of Agriculture. The ban, which applied to all open fires, will be lifted as of 5 p.m. on Monday, June 10, for the following counties: Beaufort, […]
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