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Parts of the island have lost hundreds of feet of beach since 1980, with more than a dozen of homes crumbling into the sea in ...
The last stretch of Highway 12 that was closed because of Hurricane Erin will reopen this afternoon. The Department of Transportation says the highway, between the pony pens and the northern ferry ...
The N.C. Department of Transportation will be reopening N.C. 12 on the north end of Ocracoke Island at 5 p.m. today. Vehicle ...
N.C.12 at the north end of Ocracoke Island is shown while it remained closed early Monday. Photo: NCDOT Transportation along ...
NC12 on Ocracoke will be reopened at 5 pm Aug. 25, 2025. Photo: C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer The NCDOT has reported that NC12 on Ocracoke Island will REOPEN today (Aug. 25) at 5 p.m. with ...
The North Carolina Ferry System announced that NC12 on Ocracoke Island will reopen on Monday, August 25, at 5 p.m. The ...
DARE COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - Hatteras Island opened back up to visitors early Sunday morning after a mandatory evacuation order ...
Residents and visitors are now allowed back on the island. Black influencer says she’s behind Trump’s claim that ‘beautiful ...
A man was fatally shot following a burglary attempt into the residence of a Virginia State Police Special Agent in Virginia ...
While Hatteras Island has reopened, Ocracoke Island is still seeing ocean overwash and roadway damage, NCDOT says.
N.C. Highway 12 on Hatteras Island reopened Saturday post-Hurricane Erin, with a staged reentry for locals, property owners, ...