Dare County has been chosen to receive $21,922 of Federal Emergency Food and Shelter funds awarded through the Department of Homeland Security. Under the terms of the grant from the national board, any non-profit, faith-based or local government agency that provides food and shelter services may apply for funds. Applying agencies must have an accounting […]
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KILL DEVIL HILLS — On December 3, 2020, Betty Newcomb Hamlett gained her angel wings after 88 wonderful years of life. She was also known as Mom, Grandma, Gigi, Beatrice. Betty was born on July 2, 1932 in the tiny town of Scuffletown, VA, one of five children raised by her beloved mother. She became […]
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Dare County announced 12 new positive COVID-19 test results on Sunday, December 6, bringing the total number of cases in the county since the pandemic began to 1,165. The 12 additional cases consist of 9 residents and 3 non-residents, and include the following: 1) resident, 50-64, female, home isolation 2) resident, 25-49, female, home isolation 3) […]
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The U.S. Coast Guard Station Oregon Inlet received a report on Friday, December 4, of a 35′ ft. disabled sailboat with two people on board, roughly 1.5 miles off the coast of Avon. With 15 knot winds, which was projected to increase to gale force through the night, the station’s 47 Motor Life Boat (MLB) […]
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On Friday night, December 4, the U.S. Coast Guard Station Hatteras Inlet received a call that the 33′ ft. vessel Why Knot was anchored off Big Foot channel near Ocracoke Island. The vessel had lost power in one engine, and their anchor line was fraying and close to snapping. The weather was picking up and […]
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The U.S. Coast Guard coordinated the rescue of two people from a sailboat disabled by weather approximately 345 miles east of Hatteras Inlet, N.C., Saturday afternoon. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard’s Fifth District Command Center received notification from the International Emergency Rescue Coordination Center at approximately 9:30 a.m. that a GPS alert had been received […]
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Staff members of the North Carolina Department of Safety’s Emergency Management/ Hazard Mitigation Branch will be on Ocracoke Island next week to assist Hyde County officials in preparing FEMA documents for the Florence & Dorian disasters. State officials will be in marked vehicles and NC Emergency Management-logoed shirts on: Monday, December 7, 2020 Tuesday, December […]
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Dare County announced 20 new positive COVID-19 test results on Saturday, December 5, bringing the total number of cases in the county since the pandemic began to 1,153. The 20 additional cases consist of 13 residents and 7 non-residents, and include the following: 1) resident, 50-64, female, home isolation 2) resident, 25-49, male, home isolation 3) […]
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The lone member of the state Marine Fisheries Commission from northeastern North Carolina formally proposed a five-year ban on keeping striped bass, also known as rockfish, caught in local waters north of Oregon Inlet. Pete Kornegay of Camden, who serves as the lone scientific community member of the nine-person panel that regulates commercial and recreational […]
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Dare County released the following COVID-19 update for Friday, December 4, which details the county’s most recent active cases, testing efforts, and additional community information. COVID-19 Vaccine Dare County Department of Health and Human Services has been working closely with the state for the past couple of months on the county COVID vaccination plan. The county […]
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