This year marks Dare County’s Sesquicentennial—its 150th anniversary! Throughout 2020, the County will proudly celebrate its history, people, nature, businesses, culture, and services. On February 3, 1870, the North Carolina General Assembly joined parts of Currituck, Hyde, and Tyrrell counties to form a new county in order to bring government functions closer to the people. Due […]
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An Elizabeth City State University research team is studying the effects of hurricanes on mental health throughout coastal North Carolina. ECSU’s Dr. Kulwinder Kaur has been awarded a $50,000 grant from the Department of Homeland Security to help fund the study, which will include “vulnerable populations in coastal North Carolina,” the university said in a […]
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A strong cold front is expected to bring gusty winds, heavy rainfall, and possible soundside coastal flooding later this week, per a Tuesday morning update from the National Weather Service Newport / Morehead City office. The cold front will impact the Outer Banks area Thursday into Friday. Strong winds with maximum gusts up to 47 […]
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Ocracoke will be powered by generator for much of Tuesday as work continues installing nearly 10,000 feet of cable in a trench along Pole Road in Cape Hatteras National Seashore at the south end of Hatteras Island. Both Hatteras and Ocracoke islands will be operating on generator power for much of the day to allow […]
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On Monday morning, crew members from U.S. Coast Guard Station Oregon Inlet assisted a man onboard a trawler near Oregon Inlet who had suffered a significant injury, per a recent online update from the station. Station Oregon Inlet received a call at 10:30 a.m. from a mariner aboard an 80’ ft. trawler with five people […]
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January 15, 1928 – January 30, 2020 MANTEO — William C. “Billy” Gray, 92, died January 30, 2020 at Spring Arbor Outer Banks in Kill Devil Hills. He was born January 15, 1928, in Norfolk, Virginia and was the son of Minnie Miller Gray and Joseph Curtis Gray, who preceded him in death. Also preceding […]
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The North Carolina Ferry Division recapped a busy 2019 during a meeting of the N.C. Department of Transportation’s multi-modal divisions last week. “We initiated the Ocracoke Express service, we christened a new ferry, and we responded to Hurricane Dorian, a storm unlike any we have seen for a while on the Outer Banks,” said Ferry […]
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KILL DEVIL HILLS — Henderson Leigh Pace, Jr. 92, passed away after a long illness, at Spring Arbor of the Outer Banks in Kill Devil Hills, NC, Saturday, February 1, 2020. Born December 6, 1927, Leigh was the son of the late Leigh and Adelaide Pace of Rocky Mount, NC. Leigh was raised in Franklin, […]
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The Hurricane Dorian curbside debris removal program has completed two passes on Ocracoke Island and is in its third and final pass. Debris removal continues on the mainland on a limited basis and all debris removal is scheduled to be completed by Feb. 15. After that, curbside collection of storm debris on both mainland Hyde […]
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As estimated 500 locals and visitors headed to the edge of Oden’s Dock in Hatteras village on Saturday afternoon to take part in a shell-ebration that has been going strong for seven years. The North Carolina Coastal Federation’s annual Hatteras Island Oyster Roast has become one of the most highly anticipated events of the traditionally […]
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