The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services is providing guidelines for voters and local polling locations to help protect the health of North Carolinians during the voting process. In addition, NCDHHS and the NC Department of Public Safety Division of Emergency Management provided personal protective equipment to local election boards and locations. North […]
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Dare County announced 6 new positive COVID-19 test results on Thursday, October 16, bringing the total number of cases in the county since the pandemic began to 604. The 6 additional cases consist of 4 residents and 2 non-residents, and include the following: 1) resident, 18-24, male, home isolation 2) non-resident, 65 over, male, transferred […]
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February 3, 1932 – October 1, 2020 Joan Alma Lindsay Koehler, age 88 years, of Delaware Township, NJ, died peacefully at home on Thursday, October 1, 2020, surrounded by her loving and devoted family, and under the caring watch of Hunterdon Hospice. She is survived by daughters, Susan Garrett (Steve) and Bonnie Koehler, of Frisco, […]
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Dare County is partnering with Mako Medical Laboratories out of Raleigh, NC to host a diagnostic drive-thru COVID-19 testing event in Dare County. The event will be held on Tuesday, October 20, 2020, starting at 1:00 p.m. at Cape Hatteras Elementary located at 47500 Middle Ridge Rd in Buxton. Appointments are required. This event is […]
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The Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) announced several recent updates and news items related to recreational activities and seashore conditions on Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands. News items and events related to the National Seashore for the week of October 15 include the following: Seashore Updates The Seashore experienced a 42% increase in recreational visitation last […]
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The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries and N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission are developing Amendment 2 to the N.C. Estuarine Striped Bass Fishery Management Plan. The Division of Marine Fisheries will hold a public scoping period Nov. 2-15, 2020 to solicit public comments on potential management strategies for the upcoming amendment. There are two geographic management […]
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With in-person Early Voting starting tomorrow, on Oct. 15, the Voice reached out to Sandy Semans Ross, chair of the Dare County Board of Elections, to get the lowdown on key information about voting in the 2020 election. Her responses are here, along with the locations for both in-person Early Voting sites and Election Day […]
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Seasonal ORV access for beaches in front of the villages of Hatteras Island has reopened for the off-season, beginning on Thursday, October 15. These routes, which run parallel to the towns of Hatteras, Frisco, Avon, and the Tri-villages, open to ORVs annually in the winter months when the visitor population is lower, and the routes […]
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Early voting for Dare County will begin on October 15 at three sites in Dare County, which includes the Cape Hatteras Secondary School Auditorium. Early voting, (also known as One-Stop Absentee Voting), allows any registered voter to cast an absentee ballot in person on select days prior to Election Day, which is Tuesday, Nov. 3, 2020. […]
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Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) experienced a 42% increase in recreational visitation* last month compared to September 2019. The 345,249 visits amounted to the 2nd-highest level of September visitation since the establishment of the Seashore in 1953. Top 5 Highest September Recreational Visits by Year 2002: 466,686 2020: 345,249 2000: 334,909 1997: 300,377 2015: 298,610 […]
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