The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services announced on Dec. 30 it had updated its vaccination plan to align with new federal recommendations issued last week. The changes simplify the vaccine process and continue the state’s commitment to first protect health care workers caring for patients with COVID-19, people who are at the […]
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It’s the rarest of feathered visitors to the Outer Banks, the Ocracoke Observer’s Peter Vankevich wrote a few years ago, and now it’s back. A snowy owl, far out if its normal northern range, has been spotted on on Pea Island this week. The large white bird was first seen Tuesday on the southern end of refuge, […]
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November 22, 1938 – December 28, 2020 SOUTHERN SHORES — John Newton Tine passed away at his home in Southern Shores on December 28, 2020 at the age of 82. John grew up in Ridgewood, New Jersey and, after graduating from Brown University in 1961 as a member of Delta Phi Fraternity, began his work […]
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By the time Becky Luton opened the doors at 8:30 a.m. Dec. 23, 1999, people had been lined up on the sidewalk for two hours, waiting for her to let them in. Christmas was in two days, but no one was looking to buy gifts. After all, it was a DMV office. Everybody just wanted […]
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Dare County reported 50 new positive COVID-19 test results on Wednesday, December 30, bringing the total number of cases in the county since the pandemic began to 1,610. Per the most recent update, Dare County currently has 147 active cases, and the 50 cases reported on Wednesday is the highest number of new COVID-19 cases […]
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In a Wednesday evening update, the Hyde County Health Department reported that the number of active COVID-19 cases as of December 30 had climbed to 118, due in part to another outbreak in the Hyde Correctional Facility. On December 29, the number of active cases in Hyde County, (which includes Ocracoke Island), was 82, indicating […]
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Beginning Jan. 4th, 2021, households can apply for the Crisis Intervention Program (CIP) and the Low-Income Energy Assistance Program (LIEAP) online at www.epass.nc.gov. This helps make it easy and convenient to apply for these programs in a safe and socially distant way. Applicants can also print a paper application from www.epass.nc.gov or pick up a […]
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by Robert Michelson In this second of a two-part look at sea jellies and their relatives found in North Carolina waters, we’ll examine the world of siphonophores and ctenophores. Siphonophores are hydrozoans and include the threateningly named and potentially dangerous Portuguese man-of-war. “The Portuguese man-of-war is actually a colony of zooids (small animals) that work together for […]
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A new federal report shows all 17 beds at The Outer Banks Hospital were occupied the week before Christmas, and one in five hospitals across North Carolina were at least 90 percent full. According to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, none of the patients at the hospital in Nags Head during the week […]
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Per lovers across the Outer Banks will want to plan a visit to a brand new shop that recently opened its doors in Avon on Hatteras Island. The Lotsapaws Barkery & Boutique features a wealth of pet-centric goodies which includes fun and unique gifts for pets of all varieties, collars and leashes, specialty CBD oils […]
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