Sail Training for local Hatteras Island Youth is back in action as of this past weekend. Twenty Eight (28) young sailors from the ages of 5 – 15 have registered for the 8 week Spring Session that began this past weekend, April 10 with a fun outdoor cookout and sailing adventure at the old Mariners Cove Marina […]
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Yesterday Gov. Roy Cooper and state Department of Health & Human Services Secretary Dr. Mandy Cohen visited the Dare County COVID-19 vaccine clinic in Kill Devil Hills. Dare County was commended for having one of the highest vaccination rates in North Carolina with 47.6 percent of adults at least partially vaccinated and 36.7 percent of […]
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Jose Armando Maqueda Mejia (El Guero), 42, of Manns Harbor lost his life in a tragic work accident on April 14, 2021, in the Oregon Inlet on the old Bonner Bridge doing the work he loved. Bridge life has been his job since he was 20. Armando was born October 27, 1978, in Mexico to […]
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January 22, 1944 – April 14, 2021 KILLL DEVIL HILLS — George Ashleigh Moody III, 77, of Kill Devil Hills, NC died Wednesday, April 14, 2021. Born January 22, 1944 in Petersburg, VA, he was the son of the late George and Ruth Moody. He is survived by his wife, Cheryl A. Moody of Kill […]
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Beginning with the April 19, 2021, Dare County Board of Commissioners meeting at 5 p.m., all public comments will be presented in-person or by sending an email to the Board. Public comments via email are accepted from the time the public meeting notice goes out until the meeting ends. Those providing public comments in-person must adhere to […]
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The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division is extending the alternate schedule on Pamlico Sound between Cedar Island, Swan Quarter and Ocracoke through April 19 as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers continues 24-hour dredging to combat shoaling issues in the ferry channel just outside Ocracoke’s Silver Lake Harbor. The schedule through April 19, weather […]
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The National Weather Service (NWS) has resumed the Surf Zone Forecast for the 2021 summer season, which includes information on rip current risks, current UV index, water temperatures, beach conditions, and more, per a recent update from the NWS Newport / Morehead City office. The public can access the one-stop and interactive website via weather.gov/beach/mhx, […]
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Every three years, the Hyde County Health Department, in collaboration with local and regional partners, conducts a Community Health Assessment to evaluate the health of our county. As a part of this assessment, we distribute a community survey in order to gain feedback from community members and stakeholders regarding their views of health in Hyde […]
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March 14, 1935 – April 11, 2021 MELBOURNE, FL — Shirley Daniels Wright Webber, 86, of Melbourne, Florida, formerly of Jarvisburg, North Carolina died peacefully at her home on April 11, 2021 with her loving daughters, JoAnn Wright Jaunich and Donna Wright Donovan and her husband, David Everett Webber, by her side. A native of […]
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The Outer Banks Chamber of Commerce has introduced the new “EXPLORE, EAT, SHOP, STAY, LOCAL” campaign for 2021. While the OBX has experienced an early influx of visitors to the area the Chamber wants to keep the focus on local spending. “Dollars spent locally circulate throughout the region and cotinue to help all our businesses […]
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