The Food Bank of the Albemarle on Friday brought food reinforcements for the Bread of Life Food Pantry. Three trucks, including one refrigerator truck, unloaded more than 20,000 pounds of food into the pantry’s temporary location at the Ocracoke Volunteer Fire Department. “We were almost out,” said Darlene Styron, vice-chair of the Ocracoke Interfaith Recovery […]
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Happy news! Aquarium staff released 11 sea turtles from the beach south of Avon, NC this week! Three Kemp’s ridley turtles and eight greens met the ocean again after being successfully rehabilitated from cold-stunning this past winter. Each turtle was cleared for release after a final checkup from the NC Aquariums veterinary team. Thanks […]
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On April 24, 2020, at approximately 7:38 pm, a Dare County Sheriff’s Office Deputy with the B-District working the Manns Harbor Checkpoint stopped a vehicle coming into Dare County. Just prior to the vehicle arriving at the checkpoint the Deputy observed the vehicle stop in the road and a passenger change seats with the driver. […]
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On April 23, 2020, at approximately 1:00 am, a Dare County Sheriff’s Office A-District Deputy was working the checkpoint at the Wright Memorial Bridge when a vehicle came through with four occupants from Virginia. The driver could not produce a valid driver’s license and was asked to pull over to the side of the road. […]
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Luana Gibbs, Health Director for Hyde County is reporting that the laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 case reported Saturday, April 25, 2020, was one of 122 tests Vidant inaccurately reported to the N.C. Department of Health and Human Services. Vidant issued the following statement: “On April 25, Vidant Health sent an electronic update to the North Carolina Department […]
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Luana Gibbs, Health Director for Hyde County, is reporting that Hyde County now has its first laboratory-confirmed case of COVID-19. The individual is in isolation at home. Hyde County Health Department has begun contact tracing to determine anyone who may have been exposed to this individual. Per a press release from Hyde County, Gibbs reminds the general public […]
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On April 24, 2020, the Hyde County Board of Commissioners amended the Local State of Emergency Order (SOE) adopting the guidelines laid out in the Governor’s Executive Order 135. The amended local SOE also extends the stay at home order until May 22, 2020 and lifts the Ocracoke non-resident property owner entry restrictions on May […]
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Gov. Cooper released a recommended budget plan on Friday to invest $1.4 billion in emergency funds to help North Carolina respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. Funding for this proposal would come predominantly from the state’s share of the federal CARES Act Coronavirus Relief Fund (CRF) and would be appropriated by the North Carolina General Assembly […]
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Governor Roy Cooper today announced that North Carolina K-12 public schools will continue remote learning through the end of the 2019-2020 school year. Cooper was joined by the State Superintendent of Public Instruction Mark Johnson and the Chair of the State Board of Education Eric Davis for the announcement. “School buildings will stay closed to […]
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September 8, 1944 – April 22, 2020 WANCHESE — Viola O’Neal Midgett, 75, of Wanchese, NC died Wednesday, April 22, 2020, at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. A native of Buxton, she was born September 8, 1944, to the late Sally Rainy O’Neal and Randolph G. O’Neal, Sr. In addition to her parents, she was preceded […]
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