Still afloat: NC ferry system gets boost but challenges remain
Lawmakers approved an extra $7 million, but the ferry division still needs tens of millions of dollars more to cover rising maintenance and other...
Winter dredging set to keep Ocracoke’s lifelines open
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After years of coordinated engagement among several coastal agencies, a winter dredging campaign is slated for the 2025–2026 season to safeguard...
Ocracoke Express to run through the weekend; Blackbeard’s Pirate Jamboree on...
By Sam Walker
Despite the ongoing closure of N.C. 12 on the north end of Ocracoke Island, the Blackbeard's Pirate Jamboree is taking place as...
The Ocracoke Express logs another successful year
Text and photo by Peter Vankevich
Despite several days of disruptions to the Hatteras Inlet ferry service this fall due to bad weather and...
Five oceanfront homes collapse in Buxton; north end of Ocracoke closed...
NC Department of Transportation announced that the north end of Ocracoke was closed Tuesday afternoon and will remain so until at least Thursday as...
NC budget impasses threatens NC ferry service statewide
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Despite proposing a historic level of funding for the North Carolina Ferry Division in the never-approved State Biennial Budget, the current...
Hatteras ferry service suspended until NC12 at north end reopens–updated
This just in (Sept. 16) from the NCDOT Facebook page: With ferry service between Hatteras and Ocracoke now resuming, we are reopening NC12 on...
Public comments encouraged by June 6 for South Dock feasibility study
By Connie Leinbach
A large number of locals turned out on May 22 to view possibilities of whether to move the South Dock ferry terminal...
Pamlico Sound ferry summer schedule begins today
By Connie Leinbach
After completing dredging in the Big Foot Slough channel just outside Ocracoke, the long-route ferries across the Pamlico Sound began their summer...
N.C. Legislature to decide on a joint budget; ferry tolls undecided
By Connie Leinbach
In the next weeks the N.C. Legislature will hammer out a two-year budget that may or may not include a toll on...