Ocracoke

Swan Quarter, Cedar Island ferry runs to Ocracoke to resume

April 16, 2021 The Associated Press

OCRACOKE — Ferry service on Pamlico Sound resumed on Tuesday as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continued work on shoaling issues in Bigfoot Slough near Ocracoke. The N.C. Department of Transportation said in a […]

Isaias near hurricane strength as it crawls toward Carolinas

August 3, 2020 The Associated Press

MYRTLE BEACH, S.C. — Isaias was forecast to return to hurricane strength Monday before making landfall in the Carolinas, where coastal residents were warned to brace for flooding rains and storm surge. The U.S. National […]

Gov. Roy Cooper says hurricane brings ‘double trouble’ with virus

August 1, 2020 Gary D. Robertson, Associated Press

RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper declared a state of emergency on Friday to help prepare for Hurricane Isaias, which he said will bring atypical challenges given the COVID-19 crisis. The emergency declaration, running concurrently with […]

100 in 100: Hyde County’s Sydney Austin, do-everything forward

May 22, 2020 Brett Friedlander

North State Journal’s 100 in 100 series will showcase the best athlete from each of North Carolina’s 100 counties. From Alamance to Yancey, each county will feature one athlete who stands above the rest. Some […]

Fleeing virus for resort homes, some find welcome mat yanked

March 20, 2020 Wayne Perry, Associated Press

OCEAN CITY, N.J. — Some city folk have been fleeing to their second homes in resort areas to ride out the coronavirus outbreak near the beach or the ski slopes. But neighbors in many of […]

2019’s largest storm hit Ocracoke in September

December 26, 2019 North State Journal Staff

2019 was another year of above-average hurricane activity in the Atlantic Ocean and will be marked as the fourth-most active hurricane season on record. There were 18 named storms and 20 total storms. Four storms […]

HILL: ‘The Resistance’ — to what exactly?

September 11, 2019 Frank Hill

Elderly leaders of “The Resistance” movement — think Bernie Sanders and Elizabeth Warren— grew up in the ’60s protesting the Vietnam War; talking about peace and love; burning bras to support women’s rights and demanding […]