Discover the World Famous North Carolina Outer Banks
The beginning stages of work to repair the Bonner Bridge at the Outer Banks has begun. A dredge will take about two days to rearrange sand in the inlet. The dredge will move sand and pile it up around the bridge’s support structure that was scoured. Governor McCrory visited the site on Friday. Despite harsh criticism … Read more
The governor of North Carolina declared repairs of Bonner Bridge an emergency. This will allow for a rapid response to all efforts for making repairs to the Bonner Bridge. The emergency declaration also allows the state to seek federal assistance and assets and federal reimbursement for repair costs. The time it may take to repair … Read more
Bonner Bridge is closed to all traffic. Recent sonar scanning of the bridge identified areas where too much sand has eroded from the support structure of the bridge. NCDOT Secretary Tony Tata made this statement “Closing the Bonner Bridge is necessary to keep all travelers safe, but we know it will have a devastating effect … Read more
Two people had to be rescued by the Coast Guard after their 22-foot sailboat ran aground in shallow water at the entrance to the Alligator River in eastern NC near the Outer Banks. Their sailboat Permission Impossible called for help on Friday 11/29 about 5:30 PM. A MH-60 Jayhawk Coast Guard helicopter lowered a rescue … Read more
Recent sonar scanning of the Bonner Bridge at the Outer Banks of NC have shown new areas of erosion on bridge supports. More inspections of the bridge that crosses over Oregon Inlet from South Nags Head to Hatteras Island will be done to insure the bridge is safe for traffic. The bridge was opened in … Read more
An article by T. Edward Nickens in Field and Stream descibes the adventure of Cape Hatteras surf fishing on the Atlantic Coast. The article titled “Surf Park: Cape Hatteras Has The Best Surf Fishing On The Atlantic Coast” descibe a fishing trip to Hatteras Island and how great a place it is to surf fish. To read … Read more
The Navy and the US Coast Guard (out of Elizabeth City) responded to multiple distress calls Thursday and Friday off the coast of Virginia and North Carolina. A distress call came from a 41-foot sailboat the “Ahimsa”. Four people were removed from the sailboat that was taking on water. Other calls of distress from sailboats were received … Read more
The cause of death for the humpback whale that washed ashore on October 16 on Hatteras Island at the Outer Banks and died within hours was due to a virus, possible the same virus that caused the deaths of hundreds of bottlenose dolphins up and down the east coast recently. More testing is being done to … Read more
The body of a missing boater from Edenton seen falling overboard from a boat in the Albemarle Sound has been found and recovered. Jimmy D. McKinney, 42 years old from Edenton, was seen by a driver on the bridge on Highway 32 falling off his boat on Sunday about noon time. A search was started … Read more
