With no fanfare, NC General Assembly House Speaker Tim Moore visited Ocracoke on Wednesday. When asked how he was doing, after having lunch at Howard’s Pub, he replied, “I’m on Ocracoke, it couldn’t be any better.” Coming down Hatteras Island, Moore (R-Cleveland) boarded the Ocracoke Express passenger ferry along with Jed Dixon, deputy director of […]
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MIDDLEBURG, FL — Rev. R. D. Smith, Sr., husband of 67 years to Margaret Edna Leake Smith, was born on October 1, 1932 in Lonaconing, MD and departed this life on Friday, August 14, 2020 at the age of 87 in Middleburg, FL. He was the son of the late Edgar Mortimer Smith, Sr. and […]
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March 9, 1953 – August 15, 2020 KILL DEVIL HILLS — Toni Irene West, 67, of Kill Devil Hills, North Carolina passed away peacefully on August 15, 2020. Some people only walk this earth for short time, and her departure reminds us that angels are watching over us. Toni was born in the District of […]
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The statewide online system used to store and manage student information crashed on the first day of classes for North Carolina public and charter schools, where more than two-thirds of kids are going virtual only. The NCEdCloud, which hosts the Powerschool and Canvas systems, went down sometime after 8 a.m. Parents… The state is experiencing […]
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Local seafood market Jeffrey’s Seafood in Hatteras village had a starring role in a recently released promotional video for “A Gathering Storm,” a new six-episode series on the National Geographic Channel. Per the show’s synopsis, “A Gathering Storm” is a major global series which features a unique view of the planet’s fiercest storms, through the […]
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Large swells from distant tropical systems will produce the threat for stronger and more frequent rip currents along the Outer Banks today, and likely through the next several days, per an update from the National Weather Service (NWS) Newport / Morehead City office. A high risk of rip currents means that life-threatening rip currents are likely, […]
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Dare County announced 3 additional positive COVID-19 test results on Saturday, August 15, bringing the total number of cases in the county since the pandemic began to 393. The 3 additional cases are all non-residents, and include the following: 1) non-resident, 18-24, female, transferred isolation 2) non-resident, 25-49, male, transferred isolation 3) non-resident, 50-64, male, […]
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The N.C. Ferry System will be returning to a two-boat schedule on its routes between Cedar Island, Ocracoke and Swan Quarter beginning Sunday, Aug. 16. The move comes with the return of the M/V Silver Lake from its required dry dock period. The schedule, beginning Aug. 16, will be as follows: Ocracoke-Cedar Island: 7:30 a.m., 1 p.m. […]
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In response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Dare County Schools (DCS) will be providing remote learning for students during the first nine weeks of the 2020-2021 school year. DCS teachers have been working hard to prepare for the start of the school year, and it officially begins with a Remote Learning Orientation beginning on August 17 […]
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Dare County released the following COVID-19 update for Friday, August 14, which details the county’s most recent active cases, testing efforts, and additional community information. The number of positive COVID-19 tests in Dare County is 390, 12 of which are considered active in Dare County. Of the 390 cases, 211 are residents and 179 are […]
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