Discover the World Famous North Carolina Outer Banks
Plans are for the Frisco Pier on Hatteras Island to be torn down in the next few months. The National Park Service reports the heavily damaged pier from past hurricanes has become too destabilized now. The park service plans to make the old pier parking lot an extra public access to the Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
Keeping Oregon Inlet open to boat traffic has been an ongoing problem for years. Frequent storms and the normal shifting of the sands at the Outer Banks causes the Oregon Inlet to fill with sand which makes navigating a boat though the inlet treacherous if not impossible. Repeated dredging is needed to keep the inlet open … Read more
Humpback whale dies. A humpback whale that measured 30 foot in length washed ashore alive last Wednesday. Something was obviously wrong with the stranded whale. By Thursday morning the whale had died. The Outer Banks Stranding Response Team responded and did a necropsy (an animal autopsy) to determine the cause of death.
A peaceful protest is planned on the Outer Banks on Hatteras Island at the opening to Cape Point in Buxton, NC. The protest is in response to the government shutdown that has resulted in beach closures at the Outer Banks. The weather has been wonderful and it’s almost prime fishing season at the Outer Banks … Read more
Cape Point has been closed by the National Park Service to off-road vehicles due to a turtle nest that is about to hatch. The closure should only last about a week until the nest hatch. Pedestrian access remains open. Once the hatch happens the nest will be excavated so any remaining hatchlings can emerge, then … Read more
Work begins today on the westbound U.S. 158 Wright Bridge over the Currituck Sound at the Currituck and Dare county line. The NCDOT will close the westbound bridge for work. The eastbound side of the bridge will be two-lanes with a two-way pattern. Work on the bridge will continue until May of 2014. Drivers are … Read more
The NASA space agency’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer, nicknamed LADEE was launched from Wallops Island, Va., at 11:27 p.m. Many residents and visitors at the Outer Banks report seeing the glare of the LADEE over the ocean. People report of how amazing the viewing was with the weather cooperating allowing for clear skies.
