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WEB5 days ago · September 4, 2024 | Obituaries. SOUTHERN SHORES — William O’Brien was born June 25, 1934, in Roanoke, VA, and passed away on July 5, 2024, at his home in Southern Shores, NC, at the age of 90. He worked and visited 87 countries, was married for 63 years, and had ten holes-in-one. It was a very good life!
Contractor arrives at Buxton FUDS property; Removal of petroleum ...
WEB9 hours ago · Buxton Beach on September 18. CHNS photo. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers issued the following press release on Friday, September 20, which provides an update on the ongoing work to remediate petroleum contamination at Buxton Beach.. The company contracted by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, Savannah District, arrived today at the former Buxton Naval Facility, a Formerly Used Defense Sites ...
Cape Hatteras National Seashore urges visitors to avoid the beach …
WEB14 hours ago · Early morning photo of debris associated with the collapsed house at 23001 G A Kohler Court, Rodanthe. Cape Hatteras National Seashore is urging its visitors to avoid the beach and stay out of the water near the north end of Rodanthe and potentially for miles to the south, due to an early morning collapse of an unoccupied house at 23001 G A Kohler Court in Rodanthe, North Carolina.
Another house collapses in Rodanthe; Public urged to avoid …
WEB12 hours ago · Another oceanfront home in Rodanthe collapsed in the early morning hours of Friday, September 20. This is the third Rodanthe home to collapse in 2024, and the eighth home to collapse since 2020. The four-bedroom, three-bathroom house, located at 23001 G A Kohler Court in Rodanthe, was built in 1992 was owned by a resident of [...] Local News | Full Article
First efforts toward petroleum remediation begin at Buxton Beach
WEBSep 12, 2024 · Buxton Beach Access on September 11. CHNS photo. Remediation work for resurfaced petroleum contamination at Buxton Beach is underway, signaling one of the most intensive efforts yet to address the environmental and public safety problems that have plagued the shoreline since September 2023.. The clean-up efforts, spearheaded by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), began to accelerate ...
Additional ocean overwash reported Monday evening
WEB4 days ago · NCDOT image. Another round of ocean overwash was reported ahead of Monday evening’s 6:45 p.m. high tide on northern Ocracoke Island, northern Hatteras Village, northern Buxton, Pea Island, and on side streets in Rodanthe. Pea Island at 6:00 p.m. Monday. NCDOT image. Per a press release from the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, travelers are ...
Cleanup underway, but more damage from Ernesto's waves …
WEBAug 19, 2024 · From SamWalkerOBXNews.com. Powerful waves from distant Hurricane Ernesto have continued to damage vulnerable oceanfront structures this weekend along parts of Hatteras Island, while debris from a house that collapsed in Rodanthe has spread along 11 miles of beach so far. Large swells, dangerous rip currents, and …
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WEBSeptember 13, 2024 | Local News. N.C. Department of Transportation crews will reinstall off-season speed limit signs along sections of N.C. 12 in several parts of Currituck and Dare counties on Sept. 16, weather permitting. On Monday, speed limits in areas through the tri-villages of Rodanthe, Waves and Salvo, as well as in Corolla and Frisco ...
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WEBJul 9, 2024 · May 13, 2024 | Editor's Blog | By: Joy Crist | 1. Back in March, the Island Free Press published an FAQ guide to explain the complicated background and current issues that were occurring at Buxton Beach. Nearly two months later, a lot has changed, and there has been a mild increase in progress and a major increase in community involvement.
Ocean overwash reported in multiple locations; Another low …
WEBMar 26, 2024 · Ocean overwash was reported before and after Tuesday morning’s 8:50 a.m. high tide in multiple areas throughout Hatteras Island, particularly in northern Buxton, Frisco, north of Hatteras Village, and on Pea Island in the “Canal Zone,” south of the Basnight Bridge. N.C. Highway 12 is open on Hatteras Island, however, as of 10:00 a.m., overwash [...] Local News | Full Article