On April 4, 2020, at approximately 2 pm, a Dare County Sheriff’s Office Deputy and Investigator working the Manns Harbor checkpoint stopped an individual from California trying to enter the county. During that time, the Deputies smelled an odor of Marijuana coming from the vehicle. A search of the vehicle yielded approximately 13 pounds of […]
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Lifeline Outreach OBX has launched a new “Windows of Opportunity” campaign to allow community members in the Tri-Villages, (and hopefully beyond), to check on their at-risk friends and neighbors without an in-person visit. The non-profit organization, which has a home base in Salvo, is inviting friends and neighbors to participate in this new initiative to […]
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Meal service for Dare County Schools has been suspended until Thursday, April 9, and once operations resume, the procedures will change due to the increase of COVID-19 cases in Dare County. Beginning Thursday, April 9, buses will no longer deliver to community sites. Meals will be available for pick up from 12:00 p.m. until 1:00 […]
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The Dare County Division of Public Health has announced the sixth positive test result for COVID-19 in Dare County. The individual is a resident who was tested in Dare County. “The individual is currently in isolation and being monitored,” according to Dr. Sheila Davies, Director of the Dare County Department of Health & Human Services. […]
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UPDATE: N.C. Highway 12 has reopened to traffic as of 10 a.m. on Sunday. There is still sand and standing water on the roadway, as well as in central Avon in the Kinnakeret Shores area, so please drive carefully. NCDOT crews will continue working in the area to fortify the dune before the next high tide […]
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UPDATE: N.C. Highway 12 has now REOPENED to traffic between Oregon Inlet and Rodanthe. Please drive carefully. Per a Saturday night update, NCDOT crews will be back after first light on Sunday to patch up any issues from Sunday morning’s high tide, which is at roughly 5:30 a.m. Per a Saturday evening update from the […]
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The Dare County Division of Public Health has announced the fifth positive test result for COVID-19 in Dare County. On Tuesday, March 31, Bulletin #22 was issued announcing the second positive test result and reported that this individual’s spouse had also been tested. Those results were received today by Dare County Division of Public Health […]
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The Dare County Division of Public Health announced the fourth positive test result for COVID-19 in Dare County on Saturday. The individual is a resident who was tested in Dare County. “The individual is currently receiving care at a hospital outside of Dare County,” according to Dr. Sheila Davies, Director of the Dare County Department […]
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During remarks at his 2 p.m. briefing on Friday April 3, Governor Roy Cooper focused on the state’s problems trying to obtain enough personal protection equipment for its frontline health care workers. “This is a bad situation, folks,” Cooper warned. “We’ve gotten just thirty-three percent of what we’ve asked for [from the Strategic National Stockpile] […]
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The North Carolina Division of Employment Security is taking immediate actions to help people who are unable to work because of COVID-19. Approximately 370,000 North Carolinians have filed for unemployment insurance assistance since March 16, an unprecedented spike in filings as a result of the pandemic. Prior to COVID-19, DES received about 3,000 claims a […]
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