The Coast Guard assisted eight people aboard a disabled and adrift 52-foot charter vessel 18 nautical miles offshore Cape Lookout, North Carolina, late Wednesday night. Coast Guard Sector North Carolina watch standers received the initial notification at 3:05 p.m. from a commercial salvage company who was unable to assist due to deteriorating weather conditions. The […]
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When this whole novel corona virus thing started, I made a list of all the chores I never had time to get around to. My thinking was “Well, now I’ll have TIME! All those 14-hour days at the bookstore when I had to let things pile up at home……. now I can finally dig in […]
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Dare County released the total number of tests conducted in the county for the first time since the COVID-19 pandemic began, stating that a total of 357 tests have been performed since March, in a recent video update. As of April 26, the number of tests in relation to the population is just below 1% […]
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A slow-moving cold front is forecast to move across Eastern N.C. today, bringing strong wind gusts, heavy rains, and possible coastal flooding, per a Thursday morning update from the National Weather Newport / Morehead City office. Strong southerly winds ahead of the front will result in Gale Force Winds over the coastal waters and sounds […]
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State Cases of COVID-19 In North Carolina, there are currently 9,948 cases of COVID-19 in 98 counties. There have been 354 fatalities in NC associated with COVID-19. Currently, the state is reporting 551 hospitalizations across the state from COVID-19 illness. County’s Positive Test Results Remains at 15 The number of positive tests results in Dare […]
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Hyde County Health Director Luana Gibbs is announcing the first official laboratory-confirmed case of COVID-19 in Hyde County. A case that was reported in Hyde County last week turned out to be one of 122 inaccurate test results. This means that the case reported today is the county’s official first positive test result. Gibbs states […]
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Renewal packets for fiscal year 2021 commercial and for-hire fishing licenses and permits are in the mail, and the Division of Marine Fisheries is asking fishermen to complete and return the applications without delay. Division offices are currently closed to the public, and the division is only facilitating license purchases and renewals through mail or […]
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N.E.S.T. (Network for Endangered Sea Turtles) recently received a very generous grant from the Outer Banks Community Foundation to purchase two new ATVs for sea turtle beach patrol. Every day at dawn from May 16th to August 31st, a team of N.E.S.T. ATV riders patrol the 50 miles of beach from South Nags Head to […]
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In April, Dr. Anthony Fauci, a key member of the national COVID-19 task force, called out shaking hands as a particularly dangerous custom that should be relegated to the past. “ I don’t think we should ever shake hands ever again, to be honest with you,” he said in a Wall Street Journal podcast. “Not only […]
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Severe weather with strong winds, heavy downpours, and isolated tornadoes is possible for the Outer Banks on Thursday, per a Wednesday update from the National Weather Service Newport / Morehead City office. The timing will be in the morning across the coastal plains for Eastern N.C., and Thursday afternoon into early evening along the coast. […]
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