Meet the Outer Banks SPCA pets of the week, courtesy of their latest video produced by Dare County’s CURRENT TV. For more information on these kittens, and the many other Outer Banks pets currently up for adoption, visit the Outer Banks SPCA website at https://www.obxspca.org/, or their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/obxspca/
Disaster assistance funding from the State of North Carolina and FEMA has been approved to help Hyde County Schools as a result of Hurricane Dorian. Hyde County Public Schools was approved for more than $1.6 million to reimburse hurricane-related expenses. The reimbursement includes mold remediation at Ocracoke School following flooding. “This funding will allow us […]
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The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division will increase service on its Hattteras-Ocracoke route on June 16 in order to help meet higher summer travel demand. The schedule change will increase the number of daily departures from 36 to 52. The schedule will be as follows: From Hatteras: 5 a.m., 6 a.m., 7 a.m., 8 […]
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Thursday Morning Update: The search resumed this morning at daybreak for the missing swimmer in the Pamlico Sound. As of 8:00 a.m. on Thursday, the search is still ongoing. A search is underway for a missing swimmer in the Pamlico Sound in between Avon and Buxton as of 3:30 p.m. on Wednesday, June 10. The […]
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After a tumultuous year, Ocracoke School will end with graduation like none other. Rocked by Hurricane Dorian and COVID-19, Ocracoke School students will long remember this academic year. The school year had barely started before Hurricane Dorian struck on Sept. 6 and damaged the school so badly, it couldn’t be used. Classes were canceled for […]
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Early on Wednesday morning, Cape Hatteras National Seashore staff caught video footage of a loggerhead sea turtle returning to the ocean after nesting on the shoreline, per a recent social media update. The loggerhead sea turtle is the primary nester on Hatteras and Ocracoke islands, although the isolated beaches also attract a few green turtles […]
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The Cape Hatteras United Methodist Men (CHUMM) announced that they wrapped up their volunteer work on Ocracoke Island this past week, after months of helping islanders recover from September 2019’s Hurricane Dorian. “This was our second three-week deployment since we did one in February,” stated Dennis Carroll, Director of CHUMM, in an emailed update. “However, […]
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Dare County announced in its Tuesday afternoon update that the number of positive COVID-10 tests in the county is 32. Since the last Dare County DHHS Update issued on Friday, June 5, there have been 7 additional positive tests. Of these 7 cases, 3 are residents and 4 are non-residents. Six of these cases acquired […]
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Per a Tuesday update from the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT), beginning on Wednesday, NCDOT’s contractor will be conducting daytime lane closures of N.C. Highway 12 on the Basnight Bridge. The closures are to allow the contractor to put the final epoxy lane markings on the bridge, as well as its approaches. Travelers should […]
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by Robert Michelson The Portuguese man-of-war, a blue-crested float attached to a dark mass of tentacles, has been spotted in large numbers on beaches during the past several weeks at Fort Macon State Park, Cape Lookout National Seashore, Wrightsville Beach and elsewhere along the North Carolina coast. Found in the Atlantic, Pacific, where they’re called “blue […]
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