After a three-year court battle over beach access in Duck, business owner Bob Hovey posted March 15 on social media that the state Supreme Court decided not to hear his case.
Outer Banks
OBX History Weekend to celebrate innovators, pioneers
OBX History Weekend, March 30-April 2, is to feature presentations, entertainment, site tours, and living history reenactments on the Lost Colony, Native Americans and the Wright Brothers.
Frustrations mount over imperiled Outer Banks houses
Few options are available to deal with the problem of oceanfront houses at risk of collapse on the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, except to try and clean up the debris once they fall.
Coastal Studies Institute readies for 2022 summer camps
The Coastal Studies Institute is hosting eight weeks of in-person educational summer camps that include exploring the Outer Banks.
Ocracoke springtime ferry schedule to begin March 1
Hatteras, Cedar Island and Swan Quarter routes starting Tuesday will offer more daily departures to and from Ocracoke.
Road removal through refuge delayed until next year
NCDOT says it will hold off on removing roadway and sandbags being bypassed by the Rodanthe bridge to allow the relocation of electrical transmission lines from the area along the current N.C. 12 to under the bridge.
Surfrider Outer Banks plans first post-pandemic event
Surfrider Outer Banks is set to host its “Freezin’ for a Reason” fundraiser March 5 in Kill Devil Hills to raise money for a public beach water-testing initiative.
Manteo elevates Dickerson to full-time town manager
Melissa Dickerson, who has been interim manager for Manteo since December, has been selected to serve as full-time town manager.
Cleanup of fallen house begins; beach near site closed
The owners of the oceanfront house that collapsed in Rodanthe last week have hired a contractor to clean up the site and the miles of Cape Hatteras National Seashore beach, temporarily closed because of the widespread, dangerous debris.
Grounded yacht on Ocracoke Island beach afloat again
The Vivens Aqua grounded near Ocracoke Inlet Jan. 25.
Outer Banks NPS sites saw 4 million visitors in 2021
The three National Park Service sites on the Outer Banks combined to host a record number with nearly 4 million visits last year.
Rodanthe house falls into ocean, officials warn of debris
A house collapsed into the ocean Wednesday in an erosion-prone area near Rodanthe and debris has washed up miles down the beach.
Forgotten message in a bottle washes up 25 miles away
The message a South Dakota family put in a bottle and tossed in Corolla waters in 2016 was not an SOS, but a note asking to be contacted when and where the bottle washed up, which Steve Jarvis with Kitty Hawks Woods Reserve was happy to oblige.
Dare County hosts oil spill preparedness, response training
Dare County Emergency Management hosted the Outer Banks Regional Oil Spill Tabletop Exercise to encourage area representatives to discuss plans and procedures to address an oil spill off the coast.
CRC to consider variance for new N.C. 12 sandbags
The N.C. Department of Transportation is asking the Coastal Resources Commission to grant a variance to allow construction of a sandbag wall that officials say will protect a dead-end turnaround after the “jug-handle” bridge construction is complete.
Program on historic Pea Island Lifesavers Feb. 26
“Freedmen, Surfmen, Heroes,” about the Pea Island Life-Saving Station, is Feb. 26 at the Museum of the Albemarle in Elizabeth City.
