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Catch me on @weatherchannel at 7:40 a.m., talking about the latest house collapse in Buxton and the beach nourishment efforts underway here on the Outer Banks...
Less than 12 hours after an oceanfront house collapsed in Buxton, dozens of local residents, visitors, fishermen, and members of the North Carolina Beach Buggy Association joined forces to clear debris from the shoreline.
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Hours after news broke that the NC House passed a bill limiting how occupancy tax revenues can be spent, Currituck County leaders said it threatens not only their local authority but also a possible reduction in the county's property tax rate.
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Concerns about traffic speeds and safety along U.S. 158 dominated discussion at Monday night's Kitty Hawk Town Council meeting, with council members agreeing to ask NCDOT to review whether the current speed limit remains appropriate.
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The 21st house collapse in Buxton comes as Dare County was in the process of attempting to purchase the house from the owner so it could be demolished before the start of the 2026 Buxton beach nourishment project.
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The forecast for higher-than-normal surf has led the contractor on Nags Head's beach nourishment project to already send one of its dredges to safe harbor. And the other dredge will head out tomorrow, leading to a temporary halt of all sand pumping
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An executive order signed Friday rescinds two long-standing directives that have shaped off-road vehicle management for more than five decades, but it remains unclear the immediate effects on beach driving regulations at Cape Hatteras National Seashore.
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The N.C. Ferry Systemβs Hatteras-Ocracoke vehicle ferry route will be switching to an alternate schedule starting Saturday as a critical dredging operation gets underway in Sloop Channel.
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The investigation began May 15 after the Kill Devil Hills Police Department received a report of a fraudulent transaction at a local business, which was then linked to a separate fraud investigation already underway in Nags Head.
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Dare Countyβs nearly $50 million beach nourishment effort on Hatteras Island is now expected to officially begin Wednesday afternoon, when the dredge Liberty Island arrives offshore of Avon and starts pumping sand onto the beach.
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