After a well-attended meeting that included public comments from 19 individuals, the Dare County Planning Board and SAGA Construction CEO Sumit Gupta mutually agreed to temporarily withdraw a request for a text amendment to the C2-H General Commercial Zoning District in Hatteras village, and to resubmit a similar request at a later date with adjusted […]
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The Outer Banks is home to an array of natural beauty, from the long stretches of wild beaches, to the calming waters of the sound, to all the many varieties of marine life. People come from all over the world, year after year, to enjoy all the treasures that these miles of sand have […]
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On Monday, June 10, a 53-year-old man from Bellbrook, Ohio died in the Atlantic Ocean near Buxton. The water-related fatality occurred less than a mile north of the former location of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse. The 911 call was received at 11:49 a.m. A family member brought the man back to shore where CPR efforts […]
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The Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) has lifted its beach fire ban as of 5:00 p.m. on Monday, June 10. The beach fire ban, which went into effect May 30, was a result of extremely dry conditions that increased the risk of beach fires spreading to dune vegetation, forested areas, or developed neighborhoods adjacent to […]
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The burn ban issued by the North Carolina Forest Service for 18 counties, including Dare and Hyde counties, has been lifted, per an announcement from the North Carolina Department of Agriculture. The ban, which applied to all open fires, will be lifted as of 5 p.m. on Monday, June 10, for the following counties: Beaufort, […]
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Gail Covington can now count herself among such North Carolina luminaries as Maya Angelou, Jim “Catfish” Hunter and Andy Griffith after she received The Order of the Long Leaf Pine award May 18. “I was shocked,” she said about this award, which, since 1963, North Carolina’s governors have reserved as their highest honor. “I never […]
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An upcoming breakfast meeting that is scheduled for June 20 in Kitty Hawk will bring together the local church community in a broader discussion about what folks can do to address the opioid crisis on a close-to-home scale. “The Opioid Crisis: The Faith Community Responds Clergy Breakfast” was orchestrated by Pastor Gina Miller of the […]
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On Friday afternoon, June 7, U.S. Coast Guard Station Oregon Inlet received a report from the vessel Smoker via CH 16 that they had spotted a vessel that appeared to possibly be on fire 12 nautical miles east of Oregon Inlet. After a crew from Station Oregon Inlet immediately launched, the vessel Smoker had determined […]
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Each year the Outer Banks Association of REALTORS® (OBAR) in partnership with the Outer Banks Community Foundation (OBCF) awards scholarships to local high school students. Funding for the OBAR Scholarship fund comes from REALTOR® and community donations through multiple events throughout the year, including Golf and Surf Fishing Tournaments. Applying through the Outer Banks Community […]
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Long-term efforts to expand shellfish leasing in North Carolina waters cleared another legislative hurdle this week, an indication that, unlike last year’s bill, this one is on its way to becoming law. The new bill, hammered out in a yearlong stakeholder process after the failure of last year’s legislation, is drawn in part from a […]
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