Don Bowers, who has been documenting storms in the northern Buxton beach area for decades, says the damage from this week’s low-pressure system “is as bad as I’ve ever seen it.”
Outer Banks
Homecoming: Portsmouth Island descendants set to gather
The Friends of Portsmouth Island and Cape Lookout National Seashore are expecting hundreds for the event that happens every two years and this year includes a celebration of the 1894 U.S. Life-Saving Station here.
Conditions prompt continued closure of NC 12 on Ocracoke
Closed since Sunday because of ocean flooding, N.C. Highway 12 on Ocracoke Island will likely remain closed for several more days.
State ferry routes change to spring schedule Tuesday
Five of the system’s regular routes are changing to expanded schedules, as the ferry system ramps up for its busier spring and summer service.
Health advisory issued for contaminated Buxton beach
Officials said the contaminated soils were likely exposed by beach erosion near the former site of Naval Facility Cape Hatteras and Coast Guard Group Cape Hatteras in Buxton, from near 46285 Old Lighthouse Road to and including the first jetty.
Old Manns Harbor Bridge speed limit to drop to 45 mph
The speed limit will be reduced from 55 mph as soon as Monday while work continues on the $33 million bridge preservation project.
Slick’s dilemma: How to save Pine Island as a bird refuge
Earl Slick, who in 1972 purchased nearly 3,000 acres spanning from the ocean to the sound, didn’t want Currituck Banks to be swamped by development.
Murphy honors deceased boater Chad Dunn in US House
Rep. Greg Murphy spoke during the morning session to remember the life of the 36-year-old who died Sunday in a boating accident in Oregon Inlet.
Earl Slick: Airline founder, Banks developer, outdoorsman
The president of Slick Airways and son of a successful Oklahoma oil wildcatter purchased a longstanding Outer Banks hunt club in 1972, a decision that would have lasting effects here.
‘Frank Stick’s Flat-Tops’ museum’s April 3 history lunch
Outer Banks History Center staff will present the history of Frank Stick’s flat-top cottages of Southern Shores during the program scheduled for April 3 at the Museum of the Albemarle.
$19.2M Hatteras Lighthouse restoration gets underway
The Feb. 14 ceremonial groundbreaking kicked off the 18-month, comprehensive project to restore Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, the first for the brick structure since its 1870 construction.
An era ends: Wanchese seafood operation to close in March
The parent company of Wanchese Fish Co., an Outer Banks small business launched 88 years ago and with an outsized presence in the seafood industry, has confirmed the fish operation will be shuttered March 29.
Dare receives $5M grant to elevate 31 flood-prone homes
The project to elevate homes in Kitty Hawk, Manteo, Wanchese, Stumpy Point, Manns Harbor, Avon, Buxton, Frisco and Hatteras is expected to begin this year.
Westervelt Scholarship Fund created for Ocracoke students
The new Dr. Frederic B. Jr. and Ernestine H. Westervelt Scholarship for eligible Ocracoke students pursuing higher education was established to honor the doctor, his commitment to learning and his love for Ocracoke.
On this day: Etheridge becomes Life-Saving Station Keeper
On Jan. 24, 1880, Etheridge, who grew up enslaved on Roanoke Island and fought with the U.S. Colored Troops during the Civil War, became the first Black person in the nation to command a U.S. Life-Saving Service station.
In ’76, oilman Walter Davis made a bet on the Outer Banks
He grew up on a soybean farm near Elizabeth City and his billion-dollar empire included for a time Southern Shores in Dare County, a different sort of asset that paid off.
