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Vandals mark Kill Devil Hills water tower with red graffiti
The Kill Devil Hills water tower was vandalized over the weekend. [Natalie Pugh photo] Sometime late Saturday or early Sunday, vandals climbed the Kill Devil [Read More]
Month: August 2019
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Power outage effecting over 9,000 customers along north beach
A power outage Monday morning effected more than 9,000 customers in Nags Head and Kill Devil Hills. Dominion Power has not yet indicated the cause [Read More]
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Fisheries head meets with Dare watermen to discuss pending flounder harvest cut
N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries director Steve Murphey By Sarah Rich, Island Free PressThe Dare County Working Watermen Commission hosted director of the North Carolina [Read More]
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Tropical system brings heavy rain to Outer Banks
A low pressure system off the coast is bring heavy rain. [National Hurricane Center graphic] A small low pressure system over eastern North Carolina produced [Read More]
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Northern Outer Banks wild horse dies after running into barbed-wire fence
Joaquin suffered severe injuries running into a barbed wire fence. [Photo courtesy CWHF] The Corolla Wild Horse Fund this morning announced another death among the [Read More]
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Cape Hatteras officials urge consideration after dangerous hole found in the beach
Visitors reported this large hole in Avon to park rangers. [NPS photo] Cape Hatteras National Seashore is urging visitors to observe the principles of “Leave [Read More]
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Flood advisory in effect for sections of Hatteras Island
Sudie Payne Rd, Rodanthe. [Photo courtesy Chicamacomico Banks Water Rescue] A flood advisory continues for sections of Hatteras Island after heavy rainfall flooded roads along [Read More]
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Dredging won’t be needed of Rodanthe-Stumpy Point emergency ferry channel
The Rodanthe Harbor is located behind the Rodanthe-Waves-Salvo Community Center. [file photo] It turns out there won’t be a dredging project necessary for the emergency [Read More]
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Thirsty Thursday: Slow moving storm dumps several inches of rain, floods roads
Mary Lou Allen shared the view Thursday evening from under her home on South Old Oregon Inlet Road in Nags Head. A slow-moving storm dropped [Read More]
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Orphaned foal Rosie ‘thriving’ with the Outer Banks’ wild horse herd
Rosie walking the beach with other horses. [Photo by Karla Etheridge, via the CWHF) Rosie, a foal left orphaned when her mother was killed earlier [Read More]