There may never be an answer to what caused the fire in Buxton last October that took four lives. “I know that this is really not what anyone wants to hear, and it’s hard for us as part of the investigation team not to be able to have definitive answers,” Steve Kovacs, Dare County Fire [...] Local News |  Full Article

The N.C. Forest Service plans to conduct a 780-acre prescribed burn today along Rte. 64, inbound to Nags Head, on marshland managed by the state Wildlife Resources Commission. The burn is scheduled for this afternoon as long wind direction cooperates, forestry officials said. The goals of the burn are to benefit the forest environment, improve [...] Local News |  Full Article

Hyde County released the following update for Tuesday, January 19, which provides information on how individuals on the mainland and on Ocracoke Island can schedule an appointment for the COVID-19 vaccine. If you want a COVID-19 vaccine shot, and you are 65 years of age or older, or a health care worker, you are eligible [...] Local News |  Full Article

Dare County released the following update for Tuesday, January 19, which provides details on recent Coronavirus cases, current vaccine procedures, and more COVID-19 information. Dare County COVID-19 Case Update New cases of COVID-19 continue to grow rapidly in Dare County. Since our last report on 1/12, there has been an increase of 206 new COVID-19 [...] Local News |  Full Article

Dare County announced 31 new positive COVID-19 test results on Tuesday, January 19, bringing the total number of cases in the county since the pandemic began to 2,300. With Tuesday’s new cases, the current number of active cases in the county is now 201. The 57 additional cases consist of 25 residents and 6 non-residents, and [...] Local News |  Full Article

Mike Kelly’s iconic St. Patrick’s Day Parade has become another casualty of the raging COVID pandemic. This year’s parade has been rescheduled to March 2022. In a Jan. 15 email to Lee Nettles, Outer Banks Visitors Bureau Executive Director, Kelly, the parade founder and well-known restaurateur, wrote that, “This past week we reviewed the impact [...] Local News |  Full Article

Coast Guard response crews and a good Samaritan rescued a man from his sunken fishing vessel approximately 20 miles southwest of Kitty Hawk, N.C., Monday. The man was rescued wearing a life jacket in 46-degree water. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Carolina received the initial report from the father-in-law of a man whose 18-foot [...] Local News |  Full Article

Dare County announced 57 new positive COVID-19 test results on Sunday, January 17, bringing the total number of cases in the county since the pandemic began to 2,265. With Sunday’s new cases, the current number of active cases in the county is now 196. The 57 additional cases consist of 40 residents and 17 non-residents, and [...] Local News |  Full Article

The Dare County Department of Health and Human Services vaccinated a total of 500 individuals at a vaccine clinic held at the Fessenden Center in Buxton on Saturday, January 16, per a recent online update. Future vaccine clinics will be held throughout the Outer Banks on an ongoing basis, based on the county’s weekly allocation [...] Local News |  Full Article

Hyde County released the following update for Friday, January 15, which outlines recent changes to the priority phases for the COVID-19 vaccination. People 65 and older have been added as a priority population, and the Ocracoke Health Center continues to have vaccines available for people on the island.  On Thursday, January 14, 2021, Governor Cooper [...] Local News |  Full Article

The Dare County Department of Health and Human Services released the following update for Friday, January 15, which outlines revisions to the county’s vaccine plan, as well as information regarding updates on COVID-19 cases in the county.  COVID-19 Vaccine Update Yesterday, NCDHHS announced changes to their Vaccine Prioritization Phases. Under the new plan, all healthcare [...] Local News |  Full Article

Outer Banks photographer Wes Snyder caught something unusual while shooting video last week at the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. Amid a scattering of stars, an object moves past. An object no one has been able to positively identify. Snyder’s camera picked up the object at 10:20 p.m. on Jan. 7, while he was facing the south [...] Local News |  Full Article

Per a recent announcement from Dare County Schools, a vaccine clinic will be held for Dare County Schools (DCS) personnel on Saturday, January 23, at the First Flight High School, with a second clinic to follow on February 13. Dare County Schools Superintendent Dr. John Farrlley shared the announcement with DCS parents, and provided the [...] Local News |  Full Article

Dare County announced 55 new positive COVID-19 test results and one additional death on Wednesday, January 13, bringing the total number of cases in the county since the pandemic began to 2,149. With Saturday’s new cases, the current number of active cases in the county is now 191. The 55 additional cases consist of 40 [...] Local News |  Full Article

Per an update from the Hyde County Health Department, starting Wednesday, January 13, the Hyde County Health Department will begin vaccinating individuals against COVID-19 on the mainland regardless of age, who are one of the following: First responders (e.g., firefighters and police officers) Food and agricultural workers U.S. Postal Service workers Manufacturing workers Grocery store workers [...] Local News |  Full Article