An advancing front brought 30- to 50-mph winds overnight and kept Mark Brown awake on his boat that’s docked near Down Creek Gallery. “I didn’t sleep at all, and every 20 minutes had to readjust my fenders,” he said. “Then I looked out the rear and saw this phantom white line go by.” That white […]
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Dare Challenge to expand drug recovery program With the unanimous approval of a requested zoning text amendment by the Dare Board of Commissioners at its Nov. 20 meeting, the Outer Banks Dare Challenge drug recovery program is set to expand to meet the growing demand for treatment. Put simply, the change allows the Wanchese-based […]
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Outer Banks Hotline’s Festival of Trees returns to the Outer Banks on Dec. 1 and Dec. 2 at the Ramada Plaza in Kill Devil Hills. Now in its 29th year, Festival of Trees is one of the longest-running benefit events on the Outer Banks. Festival of Trees opens on Dec. 1 at 9 a.m. with […]
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MANNS HARBOR — Jesse “Sonny”Francis Ambrose, 69 of Manns Harbor, North Carolina went home to bewith his Lord and Savior on November 22, 2017 at his residence after ashort battle with cancer. A Dare County Native, he was the son of the late Lawson McCoy Ambroseand the late Mattie Twiddy Ambrose. Sonny was a disabled […]
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The Dare County Board of Commissioners considered a proposal to alter the winter trash schedule for Hatteras Island and other portions of unincorporated Dare County at their meeting on Monday, November 20. The proposal would reduce residential trash pick-up to once instead of twice a week, and commercial trash pick-up from three times a week […]
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The Dare County Board of Commissioners (BOC) covered a number of issues at their November 20 meeting in Manteo. Topics included the following: Walkway Dedicated to Marshall and Gussie Collins Prior to the meeting, Commissioners hosted the dedication ceremony for the Marshall and Gussie Collins Walkway to honor the remarkable African-American couple that owned and […]
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NC Rate Bureau Asks for 18.7 Percent Rate Hike for Homeowners Insurance Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey today announced that the North Carolina Rate Bureau has filed notice with the NC Department of Insurance asking for a statewide average increase in homeowners insurance rates of 18.7 percent for 2018. The NC Rate Bureau represents the homeowners […]
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A fire destroyed a home on North Holiday Boulevard in Rodanthe early Monday morning, leaving only the pilings behind. Renters were staying at the home at the time of the fire, but were able to leave the structure safely, and no serious injuries have been reported. Both the Salvo and Rodanthe components of the Chicamacomico […]
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Coast Guard Medevacs Man from Cruise Ship Off Oregon Inlet The Coast Guard medevaced an ailing man from a cruise ship about 55 miles off Oregon Inlet Monday.. Watchstanders in the 5th District Command Center in Portsmouth received a call from the 958-foot, Nassau, Bahamas-flagged Norwegian Dawn at about 6:15 a.m., requesting a medevac for […]
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