Tropical Storm Elsa is expected to bring impacts to Hatteras and Ocracoke islands on Thursday, including heavy rains, gusty winds, high surf and dangerous rip currents, and the potential for soundside flooding, per a recent update from the National Weather Service Newport / Morehead City office. A Tropical Storm Watch is now in effect for […]
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Dare County released the following update for Tuesday, July 6, which provides details on recent Coronavirus cases, vaccine data, and more COVID-19 information. Dare County COVID-19 Case Update The total number of new positive cases reported in Dare County over the past week was 27. Of these 27 new cases: 23 (89%) are symptomatic 25 […]
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Dare County announced 27 new positive COVID-19 test results over the past week, bringing the total number of cases in the county since the pandemic began to 3,326. With the week’s new cases, the current number of active cases in the county is now 17. The 27 additional cases include the following: 1) resident, 17 […]
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KILL DEVIL HILLS — Suat Basaran of Kill Devil Hills passed away on July 3, 2021. Suat was born on May 27, 1927 to Fikret Basaran (father) and Sabahat Basaran (mother), in Denizli, Turkey, a province that is home to the Biblical city of Laodicea. He was educated in private and government military academies until […]
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Did you know one in three American families struggle to afford diapers for their child, according to a survey by Huggies and the National Diaper Bank Network? Did you know that diapers cannot be purchased with SNAP (Food Stamps) or WIC benefits? Children & Youth Partnership for Dare County (CYP) recognizes that diaper need is […]
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The Outer Banks Hospital’s Center for Healthy Living will host free, walk-in A1C prediabetes screening events at various Dare County Library locations on Monday, July 12, 2021, and Thursday, July 15, 2021. On July 12, the prediabetes screening event will be held from 10:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. at the Kill Devil Hills Library, which […]
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Tropical Storm Elsa is expected to weaken to a depression as it approaches and moves through central and eastern North Carolina later this week, however, the Outer Banks may still experience impacts from the storm on Thursday and Thursday evening, per a recent update from the National Weather Service Newport / Morehead City office. Heavy […]
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October 28, 1991 – June 29, 2021 MANTEO – Kristen Marie Marcotte, 29, of Manteo, NC, and her unborn son passed away June 29, 2021. She was born in Clovis, CA on October 28, 1991. She is survived by her parents Eldon Marcotte and Debbi Willman. She was predeceased by her grandparents, Eldon and Anne […]
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After being canceled in 2020 due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the 8th annual Hatteras Village Golf Cart Parade returned with a bang in 2021, with more than 50 participants that cruised through the village in a blaze of red, white, and blue. The yearly event began in 2013 as a fundraiser for the Hatteras Island […]
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1:30 P.M. UPDATE: The accident site north of Avon has been cleared, and traffic has resumed to normal, with no delays. A traffic accident involving an overturned tractor-trailer truck north of Avon has led to delays on N.C. Highway 12 as of Monday afternoon, per multiple reports. The truck overturned on Monday morning into a […]
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