Hattie Hayman Forbes

March 11, 1939 – August 24, 2020 WANCHESE — Hattie Hayman Forbes, 81, a native of Wanchese, NC died Monday, August 24, 2020, at Sentara Nursing Center in Barco, NC. Born March 11, 1939, she was the daughter of the late Emma Barnett Hayman and Jefferson Davis Hayman. In addition to her parents, she was preceded […]

Obituaries |  Full Article

Richard Wayne Gray

January 10, 1944 – August 28, 2020 WANCHESE — Richard Wayne Gray, 76, of Wanchese stepped into eternity Friday, August 28, 2020, at UNC Memorial Hospital in Chapel Hill, NC. Born on January 10, 1944, to Richard Hilton and Mildred Austin Gray, Wayne was raised by his grandparents Richard Hooper and Daisy Pugh Gray of Wanchese. […]

Obituaries |  Full Article

Division of Marine Fisheries, Wildlife Resources Commission release striped bass stock reports

The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries and the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission this week released two recently completed striped bass assessment reports. The Albemarle Sound-Roanoke River benchmark assessment and the Central Southern Management Area Stock Report are posted also on the Division of Marine Fisheries‘ website. These reports represent a joint effort between the two agencies, and a working group […]

Fishing |  Full Article

Night Sky: Jupiter, minor meteor showers, and other highlights for September

Do these look like planets to you? This is M27, the Dumbbell Nebula. First observed by Charles Messier in 1764, it was the first planetary nebula ever discovered. William Herschel coined the name “planetary nebula,” because M27 resembled his newly discovered planet, Uranus. Herschel’s son, John, thought it looked like a dumbbell. M27 is 1,400 […]

Island Features |  Full Article

2 additional COVID-19 cases reported over the weekend, bringing Dare County total to 447

Dare County announced 2 additional positive COVID-19 test results on Sunday, August 30, bringing the total number of cases in the county since the pandemic began to 447. The 2 additional cases are both residents, and include the following: 1) resident, 25-49, male, home isolation 2) resident, 18-24, female, isolation outside of Dare Per the North […]

Local News |  Full Article

Dare County Arts Council’s Courthouse Sessions are traveling to Hatteras and Ocracoke islands

The Courthouse Sessions, a weekly virtual concert series hosted by Dare Council Arts Council since April, will travel to the southern part of the Outer Banks to feature musicians from Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands in September. “We are three musicians from Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands, unselfconsciously having fun, playing music from the 80s, one of […]

Island Features |  Full Article