Dare County released the following update for Tuesday, August 31, which provides details on recent Coronavirus cases, vaccine data, and more COVID-19 information. Dare County COVID-19 Case Update Dare County is continuing to experience widespread community transmission of the COVID-19 virus. Dare County is in the red category on the CDC’s Level of Community Transmission […]
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Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) has been notified by the Ocracoke Sanitary District that water service to several Seashore facilities will be interrupted temporarily tomorrow, Sept. 1, due to a water line leak in the northern region of Ocracoke Village. Tomorrow, from 6 a.m. until late afternoon, the following Seashore facilities will not have water […]
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KILL DEVIL HILLS — Minerva T. Shearer, 83, passed away Saturday, August 28, 2021, at the Outer Banks Hospital, North Carolina. She survived Breast Cancer and had been battling Dementia for the past 15 years. Minerva was born on December 22, 1937, in Narvacan, Philippines. Minerva met and married Robert “Bob” Shearer in the Philippines […]
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Meet the Outer Banks SPCA pet of the week, Barney, courtesy of their latest video produced by Dare County’s CURRENT TV. For more information on Barney, and the many other Outer Banks pets currently up for adoption, visit the Outer Banks SPCA website at https://www.obxspca.org/, or their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/obxspca/
MANTEO — Gregory Richard Keyes, 71, died suddenly at his Manteo home on August 29, 2021. “Greg” as he was best known, was born in Yonkers, NY. He greets in eternity, his parents, Richard and Therera Keyes, and his sister, Elaine. Greg loved music. He was humble, a passionate reader, and a loving husband. For […]
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North Carolina’s free and charitable clinics are partnering with the state’s largest health insurer to improve access to care and the overall health of the state’s underserved communities and those hit hardest by the pandemic. The North Carolina Association of Free & Charitable Clinics (NCAFCC) and Blue Cross and Blue Shield of North Carolina (Blue […]
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September offers great views of Jupiter and Saturn, and you should be able to spot Saturn as soon as it gets dark on September 1. Look for it about 21° above the SE horizon. Saturn is the second-largest planet in our solar system and the sixth planet from the sun. It’s about 886 million miles […]
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Dare County announced 51 new positive COVID-19 test results from August 30, bringing the total number of cases in the county since the pandemic began to 4,678. With Monday’s new cases, the current number of active cases in the county is now 167. There are also 10 current hospitalizations, and 10 of the 51 cases […]
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No trial date yet for defendant Jay Tolson The case against John (Jay) Tolson — the man accused of killing Kitty Hawk resident LeeAnn Fletcher in her home in July of last year — has been continued again, this time until Oct. 25. There had been some expectation that a trial date for Tolson would […]
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Dare County offices will be closed on Monday, September 6, 2021, in observance of Labor Day. This includes the Manteo Recycle Yard, the Dare County C&D Landfill and the Buxton Transfer Station. However, Dare County Public Works—which provides trash collection for the unincorporated areas of Dare County as well as the Town of Kitty Hawk—has […]
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