Cape Hatteras National Seashore officials encourage the public to attend the two permitted fireworks shows celebrating Independence Day and note that it is illegal to detonate or possess fireworks on all seashore beaches.
Dare County
Buxton multiuse pathway officially opens for public use
Outer Banks Forever and Cape Hatteras National Seashore officials held the ribbon-cutting ceremony Thursday but the path had “quietly opened to the community in the fall of 2024.”
Outer Banks tourism topic of next ‘Science on the Sound’
Outer Banks Visitors Bureau Executive Director Lee Nettles and Community Engagement Officer Jeff Shwartzenberg are scheduled to speak about long-range tourism plans June 19 during the next “Science on the Sound” Lecture Series on the ECU Outer Banks campus.
Tabb’s Trails: Jockey’s Ridge State Park celebrates 50 years
The 426-acre state park in Nags Head is a harsh environment but rewards with self-guided trails taking hikers through dunes, foliage and by flowering plants swarmed by pollinators.
Cracks in lighthouse walls will stall, increase restoration costs
Halfway into the $19.2 million project to restore Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, potentially dangerous cracks were discovered in critical structural components of the tower’s ironwork, creating inevitable project delays and unbudgeted cost increases.
Umstead Bridge to reopen by late Friday, but expect delays
Officials say the 70-year-old William B. Umstead Bridge in Dare County, aka the Old Manns Harbor Bridge, currently undergoing preservation work, will reopen to traffic before the end of the day Friday.
NC 12 to return to lower seasonal speed limits this week
Speed limits will be lowered starting Thursday in parts of Currituck and Dare counties ahead of peak travel season.
Dare County board tables action on Buxton zone of influence
Dare County Commissioners voted Monday during its regular meeting to table any decisions on an environmental zone of influence that borders Buxton Woods Reserve for 90 days.
Hearing set on removing buffer zone around Buxton Woods
A public hearing is set for Monday on the proposed text amendment to remove restrictions on multifamily dwellings in the half-mile buffer around the 1,007-acre Buxton Woods Reserve.
Hatteras windsurfing spot mirrors US-Canada tensions
A windsurfing and kiteboarding destination off Hatteras Island known as Canadian Hole and the businesses that support visitors from up north have become a microcosm and barometer of a newly fraught international relationship.
Decades on, mid-Currituck bridge plan faces same hurdles
Fifty years after the need for a bridge between mainland Currituck County and its barrier island beaches was first identified, and 30 years after a draft planning document for the proposed mid-Currituck bridge was first released, a recent public meeting revealed that the same issues are still being vigorously debated, costs have skyrocketed, and funding is still lacking.
Work set to begin on US 64 improvements in Dare County
Raleigh-based transportation contractor Fred Smith Co. is to begin the $2.4 million project, a milling and resurfacing operation, April 2 between the two bridges.
State to host hearing on mid-Currituck Bridge application
The state Division of Coastal Management has set a public hearing for March 18 on the Coastal Area Management Act application for the proposed Turnpike Authority project.
Freedom Trail tells of Roanoke’s formerly enslaved people
Kip Tabb, an Outer Banks resident who reports for Coastal Review and other area publications, documents his walk along the Fort Raleigh National Historic Site’s Freedom Trail, which is lined with interpretive signs that illustrate the history of the Freedmen’s Colony of Roanoke Island.
Just trying to blend in
An immature white ibis nearly blends into its surroundings as it forages just off a Bodie Island trail that ends at a series of creeks southwest of the lighthouse. Photo: Kip Tabb
Dare commissioners vow fight over Wanchese land price
Dare County commissioners, during a special meeting Wednesday, agreed to again attempt to negotiate a deal with the developer of a controversial high-density residential development in Wanchese, but also didn’t rule out condemnation as an option.
