7:15 P.M. UPDATE: The Dare County Water Department has announced that water main repairs have been completed and has issued a Water System Pressure Advisory for Avon water customers located off of Harbor Road in Avon—as indicated by the yellow highlighted area on the map below. Because the system was not open to contaminants at any time [...] Local News |  Full Article

A low pressure system will bring some much-needed rain and the potential for coastal impacts along the Outer Banks on Friday, November 15, according to an update from the National Weather Service. The low will move through eastern North Carolina on Thursday night and rapidly strengthen as it moves offshore on Friday, bringing a dramatic [...] Local News |  Full Article

From SamWalkerOBXNews.com The parent company of the Outer Banks area’s largest grocery store chain acknowledged on Monday that some of their systems were hit by a cyberattack. However, exact details of the hack of Food Lion’s systems have not been disclosed, or the possible impacts to customers. Ahold Delhaize USA, which owns and operates Food [...] Local News |  Full Article

The N.C. Coastal Resources Commission (CRC) will meet Nov. 13- 14 at the Ocean Isle Beach Town Hall, 111 Causeway Dr., Ocean Isle Beach. The public may attend the CRC meeting in-person or watch online. The regular business meeting of the CRC will begin at 3 p.m. on Nov. 13 and will resume at 9 [...] Local News |  Full Article

All Dare County offices and facilities will be closed on Monday, November 11, 2024 in observance of Veterans Day. This includes the Manteo Recycle Yard, the Dare County C&D Landfill and the Buxton Transfer Station. Offices and facilities—including the Manteo Recycle Yard, the Dare County C&D Landfill and the Buxton Transfer Station—will reopen and operate [...] Local News |  Full Article

From SamWalkerOBXNews.com The Dare County Board of Commissioners have agreed to submit a National Scenic Byway Grant application at the request of the Outer Banks National Scenic Byway Committee to fill in another piece of paved multi-use path for Frisco and Buxton. The villages are the only ones on Hatteras Island without completed paved pathways. [...] Local News |  Full Article

As work continues by Cape Hatteras Electric Cooperative (CHEC) to replace nearly 60 transmission poles, drivers may experience brief traffic delays on N.C. Highway 12, especially as poles are delivered in the next week . The project’s contractor, River City Construction, will require lane closures on N.C. Highway 12 in Frisco between the hours of [...] Local News |  Full Article

The Dare County Water Department has announced that the previously reported unplanned water disruption that was originally expected to affect water customers in Hatteras Village from Eagle Pass to the ferry dock has now been expanded to include all of Hatteras Village. Water service is currently expected to be restored by 6:30 p.m. today (Friday, November 8, 2024). This outage [...] Local News |  Full Article

Updated at 12:45 p.m. on Thursday, Nov. 7 A woman has been charged with two felonies, including attempted murder, following an incident Wednesday night near a utility work zone on Hatteras Island. According to Dare County Sheriff’s Office Investigator Donnie Varnell, Susan Elizabeth Myers, 65, was driving her vehicle near Gingerbread Bakery and Pizza when [...] Local News |  Full Article

The Dare County Department of Health & Human Services (DCDHHS) is now providing both screening and treatment for hepatitis C, a liver disease that can often go undetected but if left untreated, can lead to serious liver problems such as advanced liver disease, liver cancer and death. Patients can now make appointments directly with the [...] Local News |  Full Article

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) hosted a public meeting on Nov. 4 to cover the ongoing remediation efforts at Buxton Beach, and to shed light on two options for the community to stay informed and involved in the process: public meetings or the formation of a Restoration Advisory Board (RAB). Public meetings versus [...] Local News |  Full Article

Local Republicans clinched all seats on the Board of Commissioners and Board of Education after Tuesday’s election, with 25,159 out of 34,103 eligible voters (73.77%) casting ballots in Dare County. Dare County voters also leaned Republican on all state and federal races, with 58.74% of local ballots cast for Trump, 51.35% for Mark Robinson, (who [...] Local News |  Full Article

PBS North Carolina will be featuring two important examples of U.S. Life-Saving Service history on the Carolina coast, the Pea Island Cookhouse Museum and the Chicamacomico Historical Site, on NC Weekend a television program that celebrates the best things to see and do in the state.  The upcoming program will highlight interviews of Joan Collins, [...] Local News |  Full Article

Polls opened at 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday, November 5, in an unprecedented election that is already breaking records for voter turnout. According to statistics released Sunday morning, 4,200,134 voters in North Carolina cast a ballot during the in-person early voting period which ended on Saturday. This easily surpassed the previous high mark set ahead of [...] Local News |  Full Article

At the November 4 Dare County Board of Commissioners (BOC) meeting, Chairman Bob Woodard announced that the gymnasium located within the Fessenden Center in Buxton has been named the Daniel C. “Danny” Couch Gymnasium in the longtime Commissioner’s honor. A lifelong Hatteras Island resident, Danny has been involved in the public service arena for roughly [...] Local News |  Full Article