After being closed for several days following overwash from Hurricane Erin, the North Carolina Department of Transportation announced N.C. Highway 12 will be reopening on ... Read More

Two men are charged with second-degree murder after a homicide in Burke County. Deputies found a man dead Friday on North Carolina Highway 126 northwest of Morganton. They arrested 27-year-old Chad ... Read More

Dare County officials announced a staged reentry for Hatteras Island after Hurricane Erin, reopening Highway 12 for residents and later visitors. Read More

Dare County officials announced a staged reentry for Hatteras Island after Hurricane Erin, reopening Highway 12 for residents and later visitors. Read More

State officials in North Carolina began reopening roads like NC-12 in phases that were closed due to Hurricane Erin's flooding. Read More

Dare County announces staged reentry process The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has announced that N.C. Highway 12 on Hatteras Island will be safe for travel at 12 p.m., and ... Read More

The North Carolina Department of Transportation announced Saturday that N.C. Highway 12 on Hatteras Island is safe for travel after 12 p.m. Dare County officials have established a staged reentry ... Read More

NCDOT crews have been working to clear the highway since it was closed Wednesday evening after Hurricane Erin caused '?severe overwash'? that inundated several sections. Read More

NC Highway 12 on Hatteras Island remains closed after extensive ocean overwash and multiple dune breaches. The most damage is at the northern ends of Buxton and Hatteras Village, as well as along Pea ... Read More

It's unlikely access to Hatteras Island will reopen Saturday, as ocean overwash from Hurricane Erin continues to cover parts of Highway 12. In an update Friday ... Read More

North Carolina Department of Transportation crews are working around the clock to remove water and sand from North Carolina Highway 12. For now, the road remains closed, with no timeline on when it ... Read More

Hurricane Erin threatens North Carolina's Outer Banks with flooding and dangerous surf, prompting evacuations. Gov. Stein issues a State of Emergency. Read More

Officials at the Outer Banks are still cleaning up a day after Hurricane Erin came close to the coast, this time due to waves crashing against the dunes. In a Friday ... Read More

State transportation crews were clearing N.C. Highway 12 and rebuilding dunes in the wake of Hurricane Erin's pass offshore, as flooding conditions continued and the road remained closed Friday ... Read More

The parking lot north of the pony pens. Photo by Byron Atkinson NCDOT reported late this afternoon that NC HIghway12 remains closed south of the Basnight Bridge to Hatteras Village and on the ... Read More

Hwy 12 will stay closed at the Marc Basnight Bridge and on the north end of Ocracoke at this time. The North Carolina Department of Transportation says this morning's high tide opened up two new dune ... Read More

NC 12 has closed from Oregon Inlet to Hatteras Village, and is also closed on north end of Ocracoke Island due to unsafe road conditions brought on by ocean overwash from Hurricane Erin. Read More

The North Carolina Department of Transportation closed N.C. Highway 12 on Wednesday evening. The closures are still in place due to ocean overwash and dune breaches from Hurricane Erin. Read More

Hurricane Erin is heading north-northwest in the southwestern Atlantic. Erin is a category 2 storm, with 105 mile per hour winds. The track should move about 22 ... Read More