Posted: 6:32 AM The ferry division of the N.C. Department of Transportation is temporarily adjusting departure times at its Swan Quarter-Ocracoke route to assist vendors supplying essential commodities to Ocracoke with adequate turn-around time.
Updated: 8:20 PM Dare County commissioners are about to tackle the task of unclogging the Oregon Inlet, a crucial waterway for charter fishermen and the local seafood industry.
Posted: 2:10 PM The D.O.T. says the Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry route has been suspended until further notice after extremely high winds last night caused the ferry channel to shoal over and become impassible.
Updated: 7:53 PM Foye Minton, Jr. has been charged with child abuse by the Baltimore County Police Department.
Updated: 8:11 PM The body of a man that went canoeing just days before Christmas has been recovered in Currituck County.
Updated: 8:32 PM Authorities say a Raleigh man was killed when his small plane crashed into the Croatan Sound Sunday morning.
Posted: 8:51 AM Shoaling continues to plague the Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry route, and state officials say it could take a while longer before the run returns to a normal schedule.
Posted: 12:35 PM The National Transportation Safety Board will join the Coast Guard in the hearing that begins on February 12th in Portsmouth, Virginia.
Posted: 6:20 AM The Obama administration is holding public meetings as it gauges commercial interest in wind farms off North Carolina's northern Outer Banks and Cape Fear.
Posted: 11:18 AM Dare County deputies and the SBI went to Hortense, Georgia to get Paul Wright and bring him back to face charges.
Posted: 12:12 PM The NC DOT reports travelers using ferry routes today, December 26, could encounter suspensions due to high winds caused by a severe weather system.
Posted: 3:42 PM The N.C. Department of Transportation is amending its ferry schedule during the Christmas holiday to save money.
Updated: 11:52 PM The final section of the road damaged north of Rodanthe reopened around 7 p.m. Wednesday.
Updated: 12:25 PM The D.O.T. says the four-tenths of a mile section at the S-curves near Rodanthe should reopen on or before Christmas Day.
Updated: 11:56 PM The Dare County Sheriff's Office is investigating an armed robbery of a convenience store where the suspect was armed with a gun and was wearing a face mask and sunglasses.
Updated: 11:46 PM The NC DOT hopes to give Outer Banks visitors and residents a new Highway 12 for Christmas after major damage from Hurricane Sandy.
Updated: 7:46 PM A Hatteras Island man wants Dare County to change an ordinance that prohibits selling seafood from a truck.
Posted: 7:33 AM Three companies now offer to take two-wheel-drive vehicles across that sandy section of road on trailers or tow trucks.
Updated: 8:08 PM The campaign manager for State Senator Stan White says his candidate has conceded the District 1 race.
Updated: 11:40 PM Democrat Stan White says he was told by the N.C. Board of Elections that the recount for his District 1 N.C. Senate race against Republican Bill Cook will take place Monday November 26th.
Posted: 8:26 PM Dare County Sheriff Doug Doughtie says as of 7:30 p.m. Thursday, the four wheel drive access to and from Hatteras Island on Highway 12 is closed due to ocean over wash. It was shut down Thursday morning too. It is anticipated to open again Friday morning.
Updated: 11:55 PM Thousands of Dominion Power customers were without power for about an hour Friday night.
Updated: 9:21 PM Crews from the N.C. Department of Transportation are looking at the impacts of the nor'easter on parts of N.C. Highway 12 that were already damaged by Hurricane Sandy.
