By: Joy Crist | Island Free Press
A delegation of roughly two dozen local, state, and federal officials toured the rapidly eroding Buxton shoreline on Monday, walking through the area where 15 oceanfront homes collapsed over a six-week span in the fall, and where dozens more remain at risk.

The Island Free Press is reporting that five oceanfront homes have collapsed in Buxton on Tuesday afternoon within an hour of high tide. Five oceanfront homes collapse in Buxton on Tuesday afternoon | Island Free Press

Due to impending weather conditions, the in-person race on October 11th has been cancelled. However, the race will continue virtually from the 11th to the 17th. We apologize for any inconvenience this may cause. T-shirts will be mailed out. More information will be available soon.

By Catherine Kozak for Island Free Press With a freshly-signed agreement in hand, the Army Corps of Engineers next week finally will be able to do long-stalled maintenance dredging in Hatteras Inlet at the South Ferry Channel.

By:Joy Crist | Island Free Press
A beloved 8.5-acre stretch of Avon’s oceanfront — home to the Avon Fishing Pier, Beach Klub, Pangea Tavern, and the recently added RV park — has officially changed hands, closing a transformative chapter for the Thompson family while opening a new one for two longtime Outer Banks families.

By Joy Crist | Island Free Press More than 40 cold-stunned sea turtles were found and transported to the Network for Endangered Sea Turtles (NEST) Rehabilitation Center on Friday morning after Pamlico Sound temperatures throughout Hatteras Island significantly dropped overnight.

By: Joy Crist | Island Free Press
Roughly 70 residents and stakeholders gathered in Buxton on Wednesday, September 3, to weigh in on a proposal to repair the community’s southernmost groin, also known as a jetty, as part of a larger shoreline protection effort.

By Joy Crist | Island Free Press At the end of the Dare County Board of Commissioners (BOC) meeting on November 4, the BOC agreed to allocate up to $250,000 from the Beach Nourishment Fund to pay for an upcoming study to examine the details and costs of initiating a beach nourishment project in Avon.

By Joy Crist| Island Free Press
The Silver Lake Motel & Inn, a nearly 50-room waterfront lodging complex in the heart of Ocracoke Village, sold for $4.1 million at a recent New Bern auction, according to an update from the auction’s managing company, Country Boys Auction & Realty.

By Joy Crist | From Island Free Press
The years-long Cape Hatteras Lighthouse restoration project has celebrated some major milestones in the past few months, but newfound issues near the top of the tower may delay a number of next steps.

By Joy Crist | Island Free Press Representatives of local and state agencies took a tour of problematic sites on Hatteras Island’s shorelines on Thursday as part of the two-day N.C. Coastal Resources Commission (CRC) meeting, held on the Outer Banks

By: Joy Crist | Island Free Press
Dozens of community members and colleagues gathered at the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station (LSS) in Rodanthe on Friday morning, April 4, to honor Chief Warrant Officer (CWO4) Ryan Gentry, who is retiring after nearly 29 years of service in the U.S. Coast Guard.