KILL DEVIL HILLS — Mary Helen (Kolkmeyer) Burk, beloved wife of Robert “Bob” Burk, age 72, passed peacefully in her sleep at her home in Kill Devil Hills, NC this past Tuesday, January 21, 2020. Born in Brooklyn, NY on December 15, 1947, she was the daughter of the late Eleanor Fay Kolkmeyer and William […]
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The Coastal Land Trust’s Springer’s Point Preserve on Ocracoke Island reopened to the public in mid-December after being closed for an extended period of time due to hurricane damage. Springer’s Point Preserve is still recovering from the impacts of Hurricane Dorian in September 2019. Since then Coastal Land Trust has been strategically working to re-open […]
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The Outer Banks Association of REALTORS® Multiple Listing Services Director Dan Sutherland has released the 2019 Year End Multiple Listing Services (MLS) Statistical Report for the 2019 year. Overall it appears that real estate had a good year in the OBX. Sales have been steadily climbing since 2008. In 2019, Total Property Sales increased 8% […]
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Dare County Arts Council announces a Call For Entry for the 39th Annual New World Festival of the Arts, which will return to the Manteo waterfront August 12-13, 2020. Artists from all over the East Coast will travel to the Outer Banks to showcase their fine art, including ceramics, sculpture, jewelry, photography, wood design, leather […]
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Registration for the 32nd Annual Outer Banks Senior Games will open on Thursday, January 23, 2020. Registration is open to artists and athletes over the age of 50. The Outer Banks Senior Games competition will be held April 20 through May 2, 2020. Top competitors will qualify to compete in the 2020 State Finals held […]
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Strong north winds in the past several days have led to intermittent closures of N.C. Highway 12 north of Rodanthe, and close to Oregon Inlet. As of 7:45 a.m. on Wednesday, this section of the road remained open, but travelers are advised to use caution throughout the area from the S-Curves to the inlet, and […]
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Nearly 100 cold-stunned sea turtles were found and transported to the Network for Endangered Sea Turtles (NEST) Rehabilitation Center at the N.C. Aquarium on Roanoke Island, after two days of cold temperatures that led to approximately 89 sea turtles being rescued on Tuesday alone. The coordinated effort by local and northern Outer Banks volunteers, […]
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The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries public scoping closes on Tuesday, Jan. 21, for comments on potential management strategies for an upcoming amendment to the Shrimp Fishery Management Plan. The amendment will examine management strategies to further reduce bycatch of nontarget species in the shrimp trawl fishery and potential changes to existing shrimp management strategies, […]
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Area residents will get a chance to provide input on what transportation projects they would like to see included in the next North Carolina Department of Transportation’s 10-Year transportation plan for 2023-2032. With a goal of increasing safety, reducing congestion and promoting economic growth, NCDOT uses data and local input to determine which projects get […]
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By Jessica Green | OBX Forever If you’ve ever walked along the beach of Cape Hatteras National Seashore, you may have been lucky enough to spot a sea turtle or a protected sea turtle nest. According to the park staff at Cape Hatteras National Seashore, loggerhead, green, leatherback, hawksbill (rare) and Kemp’s ridley sea turtles […]
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