June 29, 1941 – September 12, 2020 Dianne Tillett Meekins passed away peacefully on September 12, 2020 after a six year battle with Alzheimer’s disease. She was born June 29, 1941 in Wanchese, NC. Dianne was preceded in death by her father Jennings Bryan (Toby) Tillett and mother Zeta Daniels Tillett, and many aunts, uncles, […]
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The U.S. National Weather Service (NWS) Newport / Morehead City recently released their storm and coastal flooding summary on the impacts of Hurricane Sally and Hurricane Teddy to the Outer Banks The remnants of Sally affected the OBX area from September 17-18 with heavy rains and minor flooding, while distant Hurricane Teddy started to impact […]
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Employers and business owners have one week left to submit their responses to the Dare County Housing Needs survey. The 14-question survey, which is the result of a partnership between Dare County and the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, closes on Friday, Oct. 2, 2020. Earlier this year, Dare County partnered with the […]
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After receiving a 911 call at around 9:00 p.m., on Friday, September 25, 2020, Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) Rangers worked with the U.S. Coast Guard, Dare County Sheriff’s Office, Hatteras Island Rescue Squad, and the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission as part of a search and rescue operation to locate a 31-year-old missing woman. It […]
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Dare County released the following COVID-19 update for Friday, September 25, which details the county’s most recent active cases, testing efforts, and additional community information. Dare County COVID-19 Case Update The number of positive COVID-19 tests in Dare County is 529, of which there are 11 active cases among residents of Dare County. Of the […]
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This has been a wild ride unlike anything most of us on the islands have experienced. And we have experienced a LOT! A collision of a major hurricane far offshore and a nor’easter provided us with days and days of “what the heck?” I don’t even want to contemplate what would have been had it […]
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KILL DEVIL HILLS — It is with great sadness, the family announces Diane Marie Douglas-Steyn passed away peacefully the morning of Tuesday, September 22, 2020 surrounded by love of family. Diane will be remembered by her husband, two children, mother, two sisters, three brothers, predeceased father, numerous coworkers, friends, and everyone touched by her amazing […]
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As N.C. Highway 12 was battered by ocean overwash for nearly a week, crews from the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) worked day and night to try to remove the inundation of saltwater and sand, and to reopen the highway as quickly as possible. Luckily, they also had a little help. The National Park […]
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Maybe it’s years of social isolation. Maybe it’s my age catching up to me. Maybe it’s another bizarre facet of the 2020 Curse whose despotic thumb we are all living under. Whatever the reason, dating on Hatteras Island is the most difficult thing I have ever tried to do. Since my social circle mostly involves […]
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Outer Banks photographer Wesley Snyder spends a lot of time alone on area beaches capturing images of shipwrecks, sunrises, sunsets, the Milky Way and anything else you might find in the sand and waves. Early Thursday morning as he set out to take some sunrise shots of the grounded trawler Ocean Pursuit near Oregon Inlet, he […]
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