It’s been a year since the “Ocean Pursuit,” a commercial scallop boat, wrecked in Oregon Inlet. The 73-foot-long steel-hull ship ran into shallow water along the northern edge of the navigation channel on March 1, 2020 and the crew had to be airlifted to safety by U.S. Coast Guard helicopter. Since then, the Ocean Pursuit […]
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Dare County announced 7 new positive COVID-19 test results on Thursday, March 4, bringing the total number of cases in the county since the pandemic began to 2,796. With Thursday’s new cases, the current number of active cases in the county is now 33. The 7 additional cases are all residents and include the following: […]
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The 2.4 mile-long Jug Handle Bridge is 63% complete as of March 4, with a projected opening date of late 2021 or early 2022, per an update from the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s (NCDOT) resident engineer for the project, Pablo Hernandez. “As of this week, we are about 63% percent [finished], and that’s taking […]
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A group of anglers from the Williamsburg-area had a big catch on a little boat last week. Josiah Vanfleet of Toano, Virginia, his son Ezekiel, and a few friends, were 45 miles off the Outer Banks aboard their 22-foot Grady-White outboard when they hooked up with a giant bluefin tuna. After battling the fish, and […]
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The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries will hold a public hearing by web conference on proposed shellfish leases in Dare County at 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 13. William Belter and Ryan Belter have applied for a 6.05-acre shellfish bottom and water column lease near Clam Shoal. Martin Crew Hayes has applied for a 2.89-acre shellfish […]
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The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries will hold a public hearing by web conference on proposed shellfish leases in Hyde County at 6 p.m. Tuesday, March 9. David Fletcher O’Neal has applied for a 4.92-acre bottom and water column lease behind Ocracoke Inlet. Stephen Wilson has applied for a 3.59-acre bottom and water column lease […]
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The N.C. Department of Transportation will be performing a high-resolution scan of the N.C. 12 Marc Basnight Bridge in Dare County on March 8, which will require a 30-minute closure of the bridge from 8-8:30 a.m. Flaggers and message boards will be in place on both approaches to the bridge to warn motorists of the closure. The […]
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The 2021 recreational flounder season will open Aug. 16 and close Sept. 30 for internal and ocean waters of the state, as prescribed by Amendment 2 to the Southern Flounder Fishery Management Plan. Amendment 3 is currently underway and could impact the open season. When the season opens, the minimum size limit will be 15 […]
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As home sales continue at unprecedented rates and housing inventories fall, the Outer Banks may be entering uncharted territory. According to the Outer Banks Association of Realtors, every community on the Outer Banks (with the exception of Colington and Ocracoke) saw double-digit gains over 2019 in the number of properties sold – with some of […]
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The Dare County Department of Health & Human Services announced on Thursday, March 4, that they will be accepting vaccine registration requests for folks in Group 3: Front-line Essential Workers. Dare County residents who want to make a request can do so via the online registration form at www.darenc.com/Register4Vaccine. Once submitted, a call center member […]
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