The North Carolina Senate has included a proposal to toll four ferry routes and raise fares on four others in its proposed budget. Sen. Bobby Hanig, a Powells Point Republican, opposed the provision.

N.C. 12, the highway that runs down the spine of the Outer Banks, is constantly at risk of being covered in water and sand because of erosion and sea-level rise. Those forces also threaten one of the ...

Ocracoke Island is facing major erosion around the busy ferry terminal that connects it to Hatteras. But proposals to move the ferry docks are facing opposition. Drivers waiting on the ferry from ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. OCRACOKE — The North Carolina Department of Transportation has closed N.C. 12 on the north end of Ocracoke Island and the ferry ...

NORTH CAROLINA, USA — The North Carolina Ferry System resumed its regular summer schedules Saturday for residents, property owners and essential personnel traveling between Ocracoke and Cedar Island ...

OCRACOKE ISLAND, N.C. (WITN) - With mandatory evacuation orders in place for several areas on the Outer Banks, thousands of people have left the islands by ferry. The North Carolina Department of ...

AI-generated summary reviewed by our newsroom. Read our AI Policy. In few places has the topography of the Outer Banks changed as dramatically as at Hatteras Inlet. The body of water that connects ...

One of the things that makes the Outer Banks, a 200-mile stretch of barrier islands off the coast of North Carolina, so special is that each of its towns and islands has a personality and character of ...

NCDOT evaluates four ferry terminal options as erosion threatens Ocracoke dock. Public feedback favors fortifying South Dock if N.C. 12 roadway is stabilized. Future sea-level rise may force ...