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🌱 Could new state funding finally improve N.C. 12 access to Ocracoke?

Coming up on the Ocracoke Patch calendar: Volleyball Home vs. Washington Montessori

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  • Could new state funding finally improve N.C. 12 access to Ocracoke?

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Weather forecast:

  • Thursday: A t-storm around in the p.m., with a high of 89 and low of 81 degrees. 🌶 Hot!
  • Friday: Humid; a p.m. t-storm or two, temps: high: 87, low: 79.
  • Saturday: Humid with a heavy t-storm, with a high of 87 and low of 78 degrees.

📰 News we're reading

• Potential U.S. 158/N.C. 12 NCDOT project removed from area priority list (wtkr.com) — Access to Ocracoke via N.C. 12 is part of a $1 billion package of Outer Banks transportation improvements local leaders are urging state lawmakers to fund. While a controversial US 158/N.C. 12 intersection project was dropped, officials are now pushing Raleigh to rethink how major rural road projects like Ocracoke access get financed.
   

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    Friday August 28
  • Volleyball Home vs. Washington Montessori
    Ocracoke School Ocracoke, NC 27960
    4:00 pm

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🗞 Nearby News

Hatteras

  • NCDOT sets five listening sessions on new statewide ferry tolls in coastal communities (wcti12.com)
  • Outer Banks Beach Cottage That Has Been 'Lifted Out of Flood Zone' Is Listed for Under $350K (beaumontenterprise.com)
  • Buxton FUDS sampling to begin in October following excavation work (islandfreepress.org)

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