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SamWalkerOBXNews 🎙📻📰🥍🦓 @samwalkerobxnews.com · 16h

The following by Joy Crist at @IslandFreePress is the story of how decades of debate, environmental battles, and local priorities led to the shorter bridge — and why the decision still defines the Outer Banks today.

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The road not taken: Why a 17-mile bridge wasn’t built from Oregon Inlet to Rodanthe | Island Free Press

When the Marc Basnight Bridge opened in 2019, it replaced the aging Bonner Bridge with a modern 2.8-mile span over Oregon Inlet — a shorter, more affordable choice than the […]

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SamWalkerOBXNews 🎙📻📰🥍🦓 @samwalkerobxnews.com · 18h

Things just got REAL in KDH!!!!

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SamWalkerOBXNews 🎙📻📰🥍🦓 @samwalkerobxnews.com · 1d

Monday morning in Buxton. (Don Bowers/Island Free Press photos)

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SamWalkerOBXNews 🎙📻📰🥍🦓 @samwalkerobxnews.com · 1d

Mon 10:50am: Progress continues on NC 12 on Pea Island and Ocracoke, 2 hours before high tide. No ETA on reopening. Seeing minor soundside flooding in Ocracoke. (NCDOT and Ocracoke Fish House photos)

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SamWalkerOBXNews 🎙📻📰🥍🦓 @samwalkerobxnews.com · 1d

PSA: While Monday is a federal holiday, it is not a recognized state holiday in North Carolina. The Post Office and most banks will be closed, but state and local government offices are operating on normal schedules.

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SamWalkerOBXNews 🎙📻📰🥍🦓 @samwalkerobxnews.com · 1d

The National Weather Service says coastal flooding will continue along the Outer Banks through midweek as strong northerly winds, high tides, and wave run-up from a powerful coastal storm keep water levels elevated. www.patreon.com/posts/141104...

Ocean overwash likely again this afternoon on OBX; flooding threat shifts to soundside for southern Hatteras, Ocracoke on Tuesday | SamWalkerOBXNews.com

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SamWalkerOBXNews 🎙📻📰🥍🦓 @samwalkerobxnews.com · 2d

Sunday evening low tide, and not much improvement at the Canal Zone on Pea Island or the north end of Ocracoke...

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SamWalkerOBXNews 🎙📻📰🥍🦓 @samwalkerobxnews.com · 2d

Sunday 2:30 pm: I don't normally do predictions, but its probably even money on your favorite app that NC 12 will NOT reopen today.

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SamWalkerOBXNews 🎙📻📰🥍🦓 @samwalkerobxnews.com · 2d

Excuse me, sir, you can't park there...

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SamWalkerOBXNews 🎙📻📰🥍🦓 @samwalkerobxnews.com · 2d

Sunday 12:15 pm First Street, Kill Devil Hills

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SamWalkerOBXNews 🎙📻📰🥍🦓 @samwalkerobxnews.com · 2d

Sunday 12:10 pm It's FOAMING at Helga Street in Kill Devil Hills!

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SamWalkerOBXNews 🎙📻📰🥍🦓 @samwalkerobxnews.com · 2d

Sunday 1145 AM: NC12 closed between Oregon Inlet and Rodanthe. Major overwash at the Canal Zone on Pea Island, Buxton motels, north end of Ocracoke.

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SamWalkerOBXNews 🎙📻📰🥍🦓 @samwalkerobxnews.com · 2d

Sunday 1140 AM: Major overwash at the Canal Zone on Pea Island, Buxton motels, north end of Ocracoke.

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SamWalkerOBXNews 🎙📻📰🥍🦓 @samwalkerobxnews.com · 2d

Forecasters said major oceanside flooding of 3 to 5 feet is expected during Sunday's high tide around noon, particularly north of Cape Hatteras. Overwash should be anticipated to start as early as 9 a.m. and as late as 3 p.m. today.

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Coastal storm to peak today, 3-to-5 feet of oceanside flooding possible with noon high tide | SamWalkerOBXNews.com

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SamWalkerOBXNews 🎙📻📰🥍🦓 @samwalkerobxnews.com · 2d

Forecasters said major oceanside flooding of 3 to 5 feet is expected during Sunday's high tide around noon, particularly north of Cape Hatteras. Overwash should be anticipated to start as early as 9 a.m. and as late as 3 p.m. today.

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Coastal storm to peak today, 3-to-5 feet of oceanside flooding possible with noon high tide | SamWalkerOBXNews.com

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Jeremy Markovich @ncrabbithole.com · 3d

The basics behind the ever-increasing multitude of collapsing houses on the Outer Banks (with @samwalkerobxnews.com)

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SamWalkerOBXNews 🎙📻📰🥍🦓 @samwalkerobxnews.com · 4d

Coastal flood watches have been upgraded to warnings Friday afternoon for Hatteras and Ocracoke, as forecasters warned that a powerful coastal storm will bring several days of coastal and rain flooding, high surf, and strong winds to the OBX and NENC.

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Coastal flood warning, high surf advisory, flood watch for heavy rain in effect as Outer Banks braces for coastal storm | SamWalkerOBXNews.com

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SamWalkerOBXNews 🎙📻📰🥍🦓 @samwalkerobxnews.com · 4d

The Duck Jazz Festival is the latest casualty of the impending coastal storm this weekend. Check the updated list of cancellations and postponements here:

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Event postponements, cancellations along the Outer Banks due to impending coastal storm | SamWalkerOBXNews.com

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SamWalkerOBXNews 🎙📻📰🥍🦓 @samwalkerobxnews.com · 4d

A significant number of Town of Nags Head water bills mailed recently have been returned, even when the mailing addresses were correct.

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U.S. Postal Service issues lead to significant number of Nags Head water bills not reaching customers | SamWalkerOBXNews.com

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SamWalkerOBXNews 🎙📻📰🥍🦓 @samwalkerobxnews.com · 5d

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SamWalkerOBXNews 🎙📻📰🥍🦓 @samwalkerobxnews.com · 5d

#LetsGoCanes #RaiseUp #CarolinaCulture

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SamWalkerOBXNews 🎙📻📰🥍🦓 @samwalkerobxnews.com · 5d

Welcome to the scoresheet the Champagne of Beers! #RaiseUp #CarolinaCulture

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SamWalkerOBXNews 🎙📻📰🥍🦓 @samwalkerobxnews.com · 5d

Local officials are urging residents and visitors to prepare for several days of hazardous weather as a powerful coastal storm develops off the Southeast U.S. coast and moves north this weekend — coinciding with one of the year’s highest astronomical tide cycles.

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Outer Banks officials warn of major coastal storm bringing flooding, strong winds, and dangerous surf through early next week | SamWalkerOBXNews.com

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SamWalkerOBXNews 🎙📻📰🥍🦓 @samwalkerobxnews.com · 5d

Visitors to Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Wright Brothers National Memorial, and Fort Raleigh National Historic Site — generated nearly $913 million in total economic output for Outer Banks communities in 2024, according to a new federal report.

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New report finds Outer Banks national parks generated $913 million of economic impact in 2024 | SamWalkerOBXNews.com

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