The process of improving and installing new railings on the remaining 1,046 feet of the old Bonner Bridge is well underway, and in a few months, the site will be open to the public for fishing, sightseeing, and strolling, per a recent update from the N.C. Department of Transportation. The demolition of the Herbert C. […]
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The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division is suspending all service on the Pamlico Sound routes between Cedar Island, Swan Quarter and Ocracoke through Monday, April 12, due to worsening shoaling issues in the ferry channel just outside of Ocracoke’s Silver Lake Harbor. Shoaling occurs when sand and sediment fill into a ferry channel, making […]
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1942 – 2021 COLINGTON HARBOUR — David F. Evans III, 78, of Colington Harbour, passed away on Monday, April 5, 2021, at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. Dr. David Evans was born in Pittsburgh, PA in 1942, and was the son of the late David F Evans II and Janet Hutchison Evans. He attended Edgewood High […]
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The Dare County Board of Commissioners (BOC) took another step towards an Avon beach nourishment project at their April 7 meeting by confirming that the criteria required to set up a special service district in Avon had been met. In the state of North Carolina, and per the County Service District Act of 1973, when […]
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October 4, 1942 – April 4, 2021 KITTY HAWK — Robert Sidney Jordan Jr., “Sid,” 78 of Kitty Hawk N.C. passed on Easter Sunday, April 4th, 2021. Born on October 4th, 1942, in Norfolk V.A., Sid was a local Custom Home Builder and Real Estate Broker since 1978 on the Outer Banks. He is survived […]
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August 12, 1959 – April 3, 2021 COLINGTON HARBOUR — Craig Killgore, 61, of Colington Harbour, NC passed away at Vidant Medical Center in Greenville, NC on April 3, 2021. He was the most doting Father to his daughter, Christen Killgore, and also a loving Papa to his granddaughter, Madison Killgore. He was also a […]
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Dare Commissioners to discuss approving Letter of Intent At its April 7 meeting, the Dare County Board of Commissioners is slated to approve a non-binding Letter of Intent with the Kentucky-based BrightSpring Health Services to proceed with discussions regarding the potential $2.9 million purchase of the Dare County Home Health & Dare Hospice Agency. The […]
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If the ferries can’t run to and from this southernmost Outer Banks island, the community is isolated, and its tourism economy crashes. It’s a threat that has become all too real. Related: Alternate Ferry Schedule Extended to April 12 Since about mid-March, persistent shoaling in the Bigfoot Slough channel off Silver Lake Harbor has resulted […]
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September 6, 1952 – April 4, 2021 KILL DEVIL HILLS — We have lost our Hero. William Noah Walker, 68, of Kill Devil Hills, NC died Sunday, April 4, 2021. Our patriarch, a great husband, a great father, an amazing Grandpa, a brother, an uncle, a friend, truly a fine man. A man who knew […]
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The Dare County Department of Health and Human Services confirmed on April 6 that it is discontinuing its OBX Safer Spot program that was designed to recognize establishments and organizations with at least 70% of their employees vaccinated against COVID and to send a reassuring message to their potential clients and customers. “We have decided […]
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