The Cape Lookout Lighthouse at Cape Lookout National Seashore stands 163 feet tall and was designed and constructed between 1857 – 1859. Since then, there have been numerous times that the lighthouse underwent repairs and upgrades to various aspects of the tower. Most recent repairs to the tower included repairs to the cast iron flooring […]
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The Dare County Planning Department has announced that a free webinar designed to educate homeowners about flood insurance coverage and inform them of potential savings on their policies will be held at 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, April 8, 2021. The webinar—which is being held in partnership between Dare County and the towns of Duck, Southern […]
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Light House Local Artists, a non-profit and Hatteras Island-based community organization, will be hosting a two-day art show on Friday, April 2, and Saturday, April 3, and the public is welcome to attend and discover a wealth of unique treasures by local artists and craftsman. The event will be held at the Buxton Family Life […]
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The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division will be running an alternate schedule on Pamlico Sound between Cedar Island, Swan Quarter and Ocracoke due to critical shoaling issues in the ferry channel just outside of Ocracoke’s Silver Lake Harbor. The schedule for March 26 – 30, weather permitting, is as follows: Ocracoke to Cedar Island: […]
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In advance of a key Dare County Board of Education meeting next week, the Dare County Schools are surveying parents about options for potentially bringing more students back to middle school and high school classrooms. In a March 25 email to DCS families, Superintendent John Farrelly wrote: “The Dare County Board of Education is meeting […]
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College of The Albemarle (COA) Foundation is pleased to announce a donation for its emerging capital campaign that will secure the naming of a lobby within the new academic building at COA-Dare. The major gift, acquired through an anonymous donation, will designate the second-floor lobby the “Keeper Richard Etheridge Lobby.” The naming is a tribute […]
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October 8, 1995 – March 23, 2021 KILL DEVIL HILLS — Casey entered this world on October 8, 1995 with the same tumult with which she left it. Her existence was first detected in Israel after her mother lost a headbutt match with a particularly ornery camel. She was born several months later when her […]
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The National Park Service has released for review the Sediment Management Framework Final Environmental Impact Statement (FEIS) for Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore). The purpose of the FEIS is to develop a streamlined framework for permitting sediment management actions at the Seashore, including the methods, locations and frequency for sediment management actions that may be […]
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Governor Roy Cooper and North Carolina Health and Human Services Secretary Mandy K. Cohen, M.D., announced today an accelerated timeline for moving to Groups 4 and 5 for vaccine eligibility with the rest of Group 4 eligible on March 31st and all adults eligible beginning April 7th. The move will allow the state and vaccine […]
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The Coast Guard medevaced a 37-year-old male mariner who sustained a leg injury approximately 17 miles south of Oregon Inlet on Thursday. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector North Carolina Command Center were notified via VHF Channel 16 by the operator of the sailing vessel Ceres that he sustained a leg injury while sailing. Sector […]
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