On April 17, 2024, the North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality (NCDEQ) sent letters to the U.S. Coast Guard, the Navy, and the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) demanding immediate action to remediate the environmental and public safety issues that have plagued a 500-yard section of Buxton Beach since September 2023. The NCDEQ is [...] Local News | Full Article
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By Mary Ellen Riddle for OuterBanksVoice.com Three Cape Hatteras Secondary School students in the DECA club were state finalists at a March competition in Greensboro, vying against more than 5,000 students. As a result, they are headed to Anaheim, California this month to compete in the DECA International Career Development Conference Competitive Events program. Emma Riggs, Ann [...] Local News | Full Article
North Carolina Coastal Federation launches new webpage on Buxton B ...
April 27, 2024 | Local News | By: Joy Crist
The North Carolina Coastal Federation (NCCF) recently launched a new webpage on Buxton Beach with background information, resources, and details on how the NCCF has become involved in calling for action to fix the contaminated Buxton shoreline. A three-tenths-of-a-mile section of the Buxton oceanfront has been closed since September 1, 2023, after two offshore hurricanes [...] Local News | Full Article
The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission is seeking public comments on its Sea Turtle Conservation Plan through May 24. The plan will guide the agency’s efforts to maintain and increase populations of five species of sea turtles that nest on North Carolina beaches, primarily from May to August, and are declining in the state. All five species are [...] Local News | Full Article
From OuterBanksVoice.com The Dare County Schools announced on April 25 that it will host a series of faculty and community meetings at each of the county’s middle and high schools. The meetings are designed to offer accurate information and address any questions regarding our secondary education program as it pertains to the possibility of [...] Local News | Full Article
Cape Hatteras Lighthouse restoration contractor plans to activate ...
April 24, 2024 | Local News | By: Joy Crist
The contractor for the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse restoration project, Stone and Lime Historic Restoration Services, plans to switch the lighthouse’s source of light from the current beacon to a temporary, fixed beacon on the evening of Thursday, April 25. “This [new] tiny beacon can project 18 miles out into the ocean, it’s U.S. Coast Guard approved, [...] Local News | Full Article
Outer Banks motorists can expect a much smoother ride between Nags Head and Manteo this summer as the westbound lanes of the Washington Baum (Pirate’s Cove) Bridge on U.S. 64 reopen to traffic on Friday. Beginning tonight, traffic will be switched to both outside lanes as workers make final preparations for a compete traffic shift [...] Local News | Full Article
Buxton Civic Association launches online petition for immediate ac ...
April 22, 2024 | Local News | By: Joy Crist | 1
The Buxton Civic Association (BCA) recently launched a Change.org petition to encourage the public to demand an immediate solution for the environmental and public safety hazards at Buxton Beach. The online petition is part of a flood of recent initiatives by the BCA to quickly facilitate a resolution for the roughly 500-yard shoreline at the end of [...] Local News | Full Article
Early voting for North Carolina’s 2024 statewide second primary election—which will be held on Tuesday, May 14, 2024, for the Republican candidates running for the offices of North Carolina Lieutenant Governor and North Carolina Auditor only—will begin on Thursday, April 25, 2024. Also known as a runoff election, a second primary election is held when [...] Local News | Full Article
NOVEMBER 2, 1977 – APRIL 16, 2024 On April 16, 2024, Donald Christopher Oden, 46, of Orange Park, Florida, passed away. Born November 2, 1977, in Elizabeth City, North Carolina, Don was the precious son of Jane Oden and the late Dan Oden, Sr. Don is survived by his partner, Jennifer Rodriguez; his brother, Dan [...] Local News | Full Article
N.C. Department of Transportation contractors will soon begin driving as many as 18 concrete test piles into the bed of the Alligator River, an important step in the project to replace the Lindsay C. Warren (Alligator River) Bridge on U.S. 64 between Tyrrell and Dare counties. Skanska USA will be overseeing the test pile project, [...] Local News | Full Article
Work underway to repair and replace sandbags on Ocracoke Island; S ...
April 18, 2024 | Local News | By: Joy Crist
A project to repair and replace sandbags along N.C. Highway 12 on the north end of Ocracoke Island is underway, and a single-lane closure is in effect due to the ongoing work, per an update from the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT). “While work is in progress, there will be a short single-lane closure [...] Local News | Full Article
NC State researchers predict active 2024 hurricane season
April 18, 2024 | Local News | By: Sam Walker
From SamWalkerOBXNews.com The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season begins in less than two months, and already a pair of preseason predictions are calling for it to be a busy one. On the heels of researchers at Colorado State University making their highest-ever early call for the number of hurricanes, a team at N.C. State University is [...] Local News | Full Article
SELC joins Buxton Civic Association to push for action at Buxton Beach
April 16, 2024 | Local News | By: Joy Crist | 1
The Buxton Civic Association has joined forces with the Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) to push for the immediate remediation of a 500-yard section of Buxton shoreline. The Buxton Civic Association (BCA) was formed in early April to create a united community voice for the growing public safety and environmental issues that have stemmed from [...] Local News | Full Article
A line of clouds created an impressive show on the Outer Banks on Tuesday morning, April 16, which was caught on camera by a number of Hatteras Island residents and visitors. “Cool wave clouds called an undular bore moved across the Outer Banks this morning,” stated Brad Panovich, Chief Meteorologist for WCNC-TV, in a trending [...] Local News | Full Article
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