Dare County released the following COVID-19 update for Tuesday, December 15, which details the county’s most recent active cases, testing efforts, and additional community information. Dare County COVID-19 Case Update The total COVID-19 positive case count in Dare County is 1,286, of which there are 81 active cases among residents of Dare County. Of the 1,286 […]
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In honor of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse’s 150th anniversary, which will be formally celebrated on December 16, 2020, the Island Free Press will be featuring new and archived stories about the famous Hatteras Island landmark all week long. This article is republished from an August, 1999, special section of The Island Breeze on the move of […]
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On December 13, the U.S. Coast Guard Station Oregon Inlet received a report of a 36’ ft. vessel with three persons on board that had run aground in the dense fog and was taking on water near Walter Slough channel. The fishing vessel, Crime Scene, arrived shortly after the call to assist the grounded vessel, and to […]
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Terry Gray, lead organizer for the Dare County Motorsports Charity Group (DCMCG), presented Sandy Pace, director of the Dare County Center in Manteo, with a $21,000 charitable donation at the Dare County Board of Commissioners meeting held on Dec. 7, 2020. The funds were raised during DCMCG’s two-day Dare County Motorcycle – Jeep Toy Run, […]
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Robert Francis Turner died suddenly of natural causes at home in Kill Devil Hills December 12, 2020. “Robert” as he was best known, was 70. He was born in Norfolk, VA but raised mostly in California in a military family. He eventually went on to join the US Army himself and served honorably during the […]
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Audrey Rose Darrow, 75, passed away December 12, 2020. She was born July 6, 1945. Audrey enjoyed country music, and gambling, but mostly she loved her family. Audrey was predeceased by her parents, Ira and Josephine Edwards Conklin and biological father Raymond Hitchcock; husband, Frederick Darrow Sr; sons, Stanley Champlin and Kevin Champlin; brothers, Stanley […]
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Meet the Outer Banks SPCA pet of the week, Mr. T, courtesy of their latest video produced by Dare County’s CURRENT TV. For more information on Mr. T, 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/
Dare County and College of The Albemarle (COA) held a groundbreaking ceremony at 10 a.m. on Dec. 10, 2020, for the new academic building that will be built on the community college’s Dare County campus in Manteo. The 36,000-square-foot, two-story modern facility—which will be constructed at 205 U.S. Highway 64—will serve as flex space that […]
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The Outer Banks Community Foundation board of directors recently approved $42,000 in new grants to support the services of local nonprofits. The Community Foundation awarded Room in the Inn a grant of nearly $34,000 to provide shelter, a peer support resident, and guest transportation for homeless men and women on the Outer Banks during the […]
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Hyde County is currently experiencing an uptick in positive laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 cases, per an update from the Hyde County Health Department. As of Monday at 1:00 p.m., the active number of cases has reached 27. Of this total, 10 are individuals on Ocracoke Island, while the remainder of 17 is from the mainland. Likely, this […]
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