About two years after it first met, the NC Highway 12 Task Force issued its final report in February 2023. The report, which outlined the preferred options to keep the NC12 transportation corridor ... Read More

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

N.C. Highway 12 on Hatteras Island reopened Saturday post-Hurricane Erin, with a staged reentry for locals, property owners, employees and, afterwards, visitors. The North Carolina Department of ... 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, N.C. (WNCN) - Two days after Hurricane Erin arrived on the NC coast in the Atlantic, state officials are beginning to reopen roads closed from the storm's flooding. According to the North ... 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

NC 12 on Hatteras Island is reopening after flooding from Hurricane Erin. NCDOT crews cleared severe overwash to restore access for residents and travelers. 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

The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) said Friday evening that NC Highway 12 will remain closed from Oregon Inlet to Hatteras and on the north end of Ocracoke Island as cleanup ... 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

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

North Carolina braces for Hurricane Erin as NC Highway 12 closes on Ocracoke Island. Ferry services suspended amid evacuations and infrastructure protections. Read More

OCRACOKE, N.C. - As Hurricane Erin nears the North Carolina coast, authorities have taken major steps to protect residents and infrastructure along NC Highway 12 on Ocracoke Island. After the last ... 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 marching north and is set to bring life-threatening rip currents, destructive waves, coastal flooding and possibly beach erosion to much of the East Coast. The conditions will last ... Read More

Hurricane Erin is moving northeast, away from North Carolina's coast, on Thursday morning, but flooding impacts could linger in the Outer Banks. Read More

As Hurricane Erin makes its way northeast, further away from North Carolina's coast, its impacts will continue linger in the Outer Banks, especially during early morning high tides. Dare County ... Read More

Mandatory evacuation orders are in place along the Outer Banks of North Carolina amid fears islands may be cut off from the main highway. Read More

Hurricane Erin battered North Carolina's Outer Banks with strong winds and waves that flooded part of the main highway and surged under beachfront homes as the monster storm inched closer to the ... Read More