Luana Gibbs, Health Director for Hyde County, announced Hyde County’s third laboratory-confirmed case of COVID-19 on Saturday, June 13. The last confirmed case in Hyde County was reported on Wednesday, June 3. The individual is in isolation at home and close contacts have been identified and given quarantine instructions. Though this is the third laboratory-confirmed […]
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Dare County announced another positive COVID-19 test result on Saturday morning, bringing the total number of cases in the county to 33. Prior to Saturday, the case count had remained at 32 since June 7, 2020. The new case is a male resident in the 25-49 age bracket, and the patient is recovering in home […]
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Dare County announced in its Friday afternoon update that the number of positive COVID-10 tests in the county has remained at 32 since June 7, 2020. The county noted that some acquired the virus by direct contact with an asymptomatic positive case. The spread of the virus also occurred quickly among family members and members […]
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Following a meeting yesterday with the 6 municipal mayors, the Superintendent of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, and the Dare County Sheriff, Dare County Board of Commissioners Chairman Bob Woodard has released a video message for the Dare County community. “On Thursday, we met for the 42nd time since the COVID19 outbreak. It had been […]
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The North Carolina Department of Transportation has been granted permission to use oversized sandbags to expedite construction of its temporary erosion control structure alongside a portion of N.C. 12 on Ocracoke Island. The Coastal Resources Commission on Thursday unanimously approved NCDOT’s request for a variance to its Coastal Area Management Act, or CAMA, major permit […]
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The Outer Banks Network for Endangered Sea Turtles has added another $2,500 to the reward leading the to the identity of the driver who ran over and killed a nesting loggerhead sea turtle in Frisco on Memorial Day. Along with the Cape Hatteras Access Preservation Alliance, the reward for information in the turtle’s death is […]
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At the June meeting of the Outer Banks Community Foundation Board of Directors, over $37,000 was awarded to support the work of 14 vital nonprofits. The grants will aid a variety of local causes, including care for our elderly, therapeutic activities for people with special needs, food, medicine, education, and the arts. NC MedAssist received […]
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The Cape Hatteras Secondary School’s Class of 2020 had a subdued but celebratory graduation ceremony on Thursday, June 11, with a special drive-in event due to the COVID-19 pandemic. Though the ceremony was certainly different from previous years, students were treated to warm and breezy weather, and plenty of smiles from immediate family members, at […]
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The body of an 18-year-old male who went missing yesterday afternoon in the Pamlico Sound was found by a search and rescue team this morning. The 18-year-old from Ripley, West Virginia was last seen swimming roughly 100 yards from the Haulover Sound Access shoreline, near the edge of a historically dredged, deep water area. Helicopters, […]
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services (NCDHHS) is releasing updated guidanceOpen PDF for doctors and clinicians on who should be tested for COVID-19. North Carolina is focused on rapidly increasing testing of people who may not currently have symptoms, but may have been exposed to COVID-19, especially people from historically marginalized populations who have […]
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