While the annual Memorial Day Benefit BBQ for the Cape Hatteras Wounded Warrior Vacation Program will not occur this year due to scheduling and food contribution hindrances, donations are still welcome and needed for this homegrown project that does a world of good on a personal scale. The organization’s founders Kevin McCabe and John McGee, […]
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With the peak of the summer travel season on the horizon, N.C. Department of Transportation (NCDOT) crews are planning to change the seasonal speed limits and corresponding signs along N.C. Highway 12 on Wednesday, May 15. The speed limits on Hatteras Island in the villages of Rodanthe, Waves, Salvo, Avon and Frisco drop from 45 […]
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Looking to dive the infamous Graveyard of the Atlantic? Wanting to understand the “Why,” “How,” and “Who” behind this legendary moniker and destination? Hoping to explore the underwater history and garner some amazing knowledge of just why we have so many wrecks right off of our Hatteras Island coast? Well, you’ve come to the right […]
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Eligible North Carolinians whose homes were damaged by Hurricane Matthew have until May 31 to apply with ReBuild NC for help with repairs or rebuilding. The help comes from single-family housing recovery programs available through the state’s Hurricane Matthew Community Development Block Grant – Disaster Recovery (CDBG-DR) funding. To date, North Carolina has awarded […]
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Providing ocean safety and rip current awareness information to visitors is a top priority at Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore). The following trip planning tips will help Seashore visitors stay safe in the ocean. The Atlantic Ocean, located off the eastern side of the Seashore, produces a number of safety challenges for under prepared visitors […]
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UPDATE: The “Martha’s Vineyard Express” was spotted at the Hatteras village ferry docks on Monday afternoon before it departed at around 3 p.m. for one of the first of many test runs to Ocracoke Island. Per Tim Hass, NCDOT Public Relations Officer, the passenger ferry will make a number of test trips along the Hatteras-Ocracoke route over […]
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The U.S. Coast Guard assisted five people after their 21-foot boat lost electrical power 22-miles east of Hatteras Inlet on Saturday, May 11. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard’s 5th District in Portsmouth, Virginia, received an Emergency Position-Indicating Radio Beacon alert of a vessel possibly in distress 22-miles off the coast of Hatteras Inlet. […]
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The island-wide repaving project for roads and parking areas within the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) has made big strides since starting in early April, with much of the recent work concentrated at popular CHNS sites in Buxton. Though taking place within the National Seashore, the project is orchestrated by the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) […]
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A cluster of Great White sharks off the coast of the Outer Banks this week piqued the interest of shark trackers at OCEARCH, which tagged all of the visiting sharks on an expedition to Nova Scotia in the fall of 2018. OCEARCH, a nonprofit organization, is the orchestrator of Global Shark Tracker – an interactive […]
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Even as the Trump administration has put its East Coast offshore oil plans on hold, North Carolina’s environmental officials are rallying the forces to prepare a united front against the proposal. “We have to remain vigilant in opposition to drilling off our coast,” Michael Regan, secretary of the state Department of Environmental Quality, said Wednesday […]
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