Dr. Daniel Dwyer, frontline healthcare worker and Chief of staff at The Outer Banks Hospital was administered the very first COVID 19 vaccine in Dare County by occupational health nurse Julie Tillett, RN. The first COVID 19 vaccines were delivered to The Outer Banks Hospital Friday for frontline healthcare workers who began receiving them early afternoon. Link to video […]
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December 24, 1954 – December 7, 2020 KILL DEVIL HILLS — Raymond Stanley Johnson, Jr., passed away on December 7, 2020. A Christmas Eve baby, he was born to the late Raymond S Johnson, Sr., and Vivian E Johnson in Havre de Grace, MD. After graduating from high school in Hampton, VA, he attended the […]
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The forecast Monday night looks promising for a great view along the Outer Banks of something that hasn’t been seen in eight centuries. What has become known popularly as the “Christmas Star” is an especially vibrant planetary conjunction easily visible as the bright planets Jupiter and Saturn come together, culminating on what also happens to […]
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The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries is reminding the public to report any cold stunned spotted seatrout they may see in North Carolina coastal waters. During the winter, spotted seatrout move to relatively shallow creeks and rivers, where they can be vulnerable to cold stun events. Cold stun events have the potential to occur when […]
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Not unlike the time an earthquake rocked the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse “like a tree shaken by the wind,” there are subsurface rumblings on the Outer Banks that the National Park Service is considering taking back the historic but incomplete 1853 Fresnel lens from the Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum and returning it to the top […]
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Dare County announced 32 new positive COVID-19 test results on Sunday, December 20, bringing the total number of cases in the county since the pandemic began to 1,380. The 32 new cases represent the second-highest single-day total since Dare County started recording case data in March. Sunday’s new cases consist of 21 residents and 11 […]
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Dare County announced 20 new positive COVID-19 test results on Saturday, December 19, bringing the total number of cases in the county since the pandemic began to 1,348. The 20 additional cases consist of 16 residents and 4 non-residents, and include the following: 1) resident, 25-49, female, home isolation 2) resident, 25-49, female, home isolation 3) […]
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Dare County released the following update for Friday, December 18, which provides details on its active COVID-19 cases and additional related information. The number of positive COVID-19 tests in Dare County is 1,328, of which there are 87 active cases among residents of Dare County. Of the 1,328 cases, 862 are residents and 466 are […]
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President-elect Joe Biden has nominated North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality Secretary Michael Regan to lead the Environmental Protection Agency. Citing the toll exacted by the “undeniable, accelerating, punishing reality of climate change,” Biden announced Regan late Thursday amid a slate of key nominations and appointments making up his climate team. Also announced were Congresswoman […]
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In a historic moment of hope for eastern North Carolina, Angela Sheppard, a nursing assistant in the MICU, is the first Vidant Health team member on the frontlines of the COVID-19 battle to receive a COVID-19 vaccination at Vidant Medical Center on Thursday, Dec. 17, 2020.
