UPDATE: Per a December 4 annoucement, the Hatteras Village Christmas Unparade has been canceled for 2020 due to the rising number of COVID-19 cases in Dare County The Coronavirus pandemic has led to the cancellation of a number of favorite Hatteras village events, however, there’s one decades-old tradition that will still go on this holiday season, […]
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The St. John United Methodist Church in Avon is receiving a delivery of free USDA food boxes on Monday, November 16, which will be available to the public at no cost on a first-come, first-serve basis. Per Pastor Gina Miller, the estimated time of arrival will be around 4:00 p.m., however, the time could fluctuate […]
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Dare County announced 19 new positive COVID-19 test results on Saturday, November 14, bringing the total number of cases in the county since the pandemic began to 884. The 19 additional cases consist of 16 residents and 3 non-residents, and include the following: 1) resident, 50-64, male, home isolation 2) resident, 18-24, male, home isolation 3) […]
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Dare County released the following COVID-19 update for Friday, November 13, which details the county’s most recent active cases, testing efforts, and additional community information. The number of positive COVID-19 tests in Dare County is 865, of which there are 84 active cases among residents of Dare County. Of the 865 cases, 532 are residents and […]
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The Dare County Board of Education voted 6-1 Friday night to return all grades to virtual learning as COVID-19 cases and quarantines within the school community reached “a breaking point.” During a two-hour emergency board meeting that got tense at times, Superintendent John Farrelly detailed the challenges the school system faces with 17 coronavirus cases […]
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A special video message has been released from Dare County Department of Health & Human Services’ Director, Sheila Davies.
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services has announced the launch of the NC Medicaid Managed Care enrollment website, www.ncmedicaidplans.gov. The website is designed to help beneficiaries learn more about Medicaid Managed Care and was launched in preparation for the NC Medicaid Managed Care program, which is scheduled to start on July 1, […]
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Dare County announced 18 new positive COVID-19 test results on Friday, November 13, bringing the total number of cases in the county since the pandemic began to 865. The 18 additional cases consist of 15 residents and 3 non-residents, and include the following: 1) resident, 25-49, male, home isolation 2) resident, 50-64, female, home isolation 3) […]
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The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services today expanded the demographic data for NC COVID-19 cases and added new filtering functions to the NC COVID-19 Dashboard. Demographic data for COVID-19 total cases are available by age group, gender, race and ethnicity and can be filtered by county. The information will be displayed on a […]
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NAGS HEAD — Ida S. Beasley, loving wife and mother, passed away November 11, 2020 in Nags Head, NC. She was the daughter of the late Cecil and Ida Mae Sawyer of Gum Neck North Carolina. Ida is preceded in death by her husband, Allen Wakeman Beasley and three brothers, Jack Sawyer, Ervin Sawyer, and […]
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