The Roanoke Island Historical Association’s (RIHA) Board of Directors has cancelled its 83rd season of Paul Green’s The Lost Colony which is performed nightly each summer at Waterside Theatre on Roanoke Island. This is the first cancelled season since World War II in 1944 and comes as a result of the ongoing challenges posed by the COVID-19 virus. […]
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BUXTON — Nasa F. Jennette Jr., also known as “N.F.”, passed away April 8, 2020. He was born on August 12, 1930 to Nasa F. Jennette Sr. and Ethel Scarborough Jennette in Buxton NC. He was a US Army veteran serving during the Korean war and a retired Tugboat Captain with Maritrans. N.F. was a […]
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Governor Roy Cooper took action to provide more access to health care beds and get more medical workers to respond to the rising demand due the COVID-19 pandemic. He signed Executive Order No. 130, which to expands the pool of health care workers and orders essential childcare services for workers responding to the crisis. “In […]
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The Dare County Division of Public Health has received confirmation of three positive cases of COVID-19 linked to residents and staff at Peak Resources, a nursing and rehabilitation facility in Nags Head, NC. Of the three who tested positive, two individuals are Dare County residents and one resides in another county. The additional testing that […]
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The Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) announced several recent updates and news items related to recreational activities, closures or cancellations, and seashore conditions on Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands. News items and events related to the National Seashore for the week of April 9 include the following: Seashore Updates All indoor facilities at Cape Hatteras National […]
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The Dare County Department of Health and Human Services reported the first COVID-19 associated death in Dare County on Thursday morning The individual died this morning from complications associated with the virus. The individual was in their early 90s and had several underlying medical conditions. To protect the family’s privacy, no further information about this […]
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The Hatteras Island Youth Education Fund (HIYEF) has launched a new initiative that helps Cape Hatteras students have filling, family meals, while also supporting local businesses throughout the island community. The new project, called Fuel for Focus, gives every Cape Hatteras Elementary School and Cape Hatteras Secondary School student $50.00 of “HIYEF Bucks” to be […]
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On March 30, 2020, Governor Cooper enacted a “Stay at Home” order for the entire state to limit the spread of COVID-19. North Carolina residents should only leave their homes for activities permitted by the Governor’s order. In conjunction with the Governor’s order, the Hyde County Board of Commissioners amended the local State of Emergency […]
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MANTEO –On August 1, 1955, Billy and Edith Costner welcomed their second daughter, Joyce Ann, into the world. Her sister Debby was excited to have a little sister and they quickly became inseparable. Long before Joyce was putting her shoes on the right feet, she was singing. She loved learning about and praising God and […]
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Meet the Outer Banks SPCA pet of the week, Addie courtesy of their latest video produced by Dare County’s CURRENT TV. For more information on Addie, 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
