Bridge will bypass Pea Island but refuge access to remain
Reprinted courtesy of CoastalReview.org
By Kip Tabb
PEA ISLAND — Sometime soon, possibly before spring, the 2.4-mile “jug handle” bridge bypassing the troubled S-curves just...
Trial drone flight delivers supplies to Ocracoke
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A trial drone flight on Thursday across the inlet...
NC Transportation Board names new Oregon Inlet bridge after Marc Basnight
March 7, 2019
Reprinted courtesy of the Island Free Press
By Joy Crist
The North Carolina State Board of Transportation today unanimously voted to name the new...
Islanders question ferry personnel firings, Hatteras Inlet operations
By Connie Leinbach
The Ocracoke community is buzzing over the firings Friday of 11 N.C. Ferry Division workers at the Silver Lake Ferry terminal operations.
Word...
State issues emergency permit to address shoreline erosion at Ocracoke ferry...
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MOREHEAD CITY –The N.C. Division of Coastal Management today issued an emergency permit to the...
Ocracoke tram service to include trial-run stop at island’s famous lighthouse–updated
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Update: Tram service to the lighthouse will begin as soon as the National Park...
Passenger ferry funding approved; start time pending
By Connie Leinbach
Ocracoke got a step closer to the return of the passenger ferry this summer when the N.C. Senate today passed a bill...
NCDOT aims to reopen N.C. 12 on Ocracoke in November
From our news sources, Sept. 19, 2019. 11:27 a.m.
After catastrophic roadway damage from Hurricane Dorian on Ocracoke Island, the N.C. Department of Transportation will...
Passenger ferry service this summer for Ocracoke still in limbo
Update/correction: The House today (June 9) passed S241 (described below) and it is on the Senate calendar Thursday morning at 10 a.m. The original...
Passenger ferry between Ocracoke and Hatteras remains popular
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More than 16,500 people left their cars behind and used the Ocracoke Express passenger ferry this summer, and surveys revealed...