Money for staff, programs to remedy COVID ‘learning gap’ The Dare County School District is slated to receive an estimated $7.5 million in federal dollars aimed at student learning losses caused by the COVID pandemic – funding that Superintendent John Farrelly says the district intends to put directly toward hiring teachers as well as the […]
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One person has died after one of the last remaining sections of the old Herbert C. Bonner Bridge collapsed on Wednesday evening, per a recent update from the Dare County Sheriff’s Office and the Outer Banks Voice. Officials are notifying the family members of the deceased, and have not released the person’s name as of […]
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One of the last remaining sections of the Herbert C. Bonner Bridge over Oregon Inlet collapsed on Wednesday. Emergency responders were called to Oregon Inlet just before 5 p.m. One of the two remaining sections of the navigation span in the middle of the inlet appeared to have collapsed. At least one person has been […]
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The Outer Banks Community Foundation board of directors recently approved more than $163,000 in grants, including $157,244 in new Disaster Recovery grants for Hatteras and Ocracoke. Interfaith Community Outreach (ICO) was awarded a grant for $16,785 to help Dare County families whose homes were damaged by Hurricane Dorian pay for building supplies, materials, appliances, and […]
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After numerous complications with dredging the South Ferry Channel, the Army Corps of Engineers reported to the Dare County Waterways Commission at its Monday meeting that the hopper dredge Murden has finally started work removing the problem shoal. “They’re working daylight operations only,” U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Chief of Floating Plant Joen Petersen told […]
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Video by Rory Kelleher The Hatteras Weather Bureau Station was one of the first to receive the call from the sinking Titanic, but this story has a fatal and ironic twist. Keeper James Charlet tells the tale.
Dare County released the following update for Tuesday, April 13, which provides details on recent Coronavirus cases, upcoming vaccine clinics, and more COVID-19 information. Dare County COVID-19 Case Update This past week there were 27 new positive COVID-19 cases in Dare County. The virus continues to be predominantly spread by close contact between family members, […]
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After several days of plugging away at the shoaling in Big Foot Slough, the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers has initiated a tag-team approach with two dredges. The ACE on Friday received approval for the emergency operation of dredging to the immediate west of the federal channel through which both the Cedar Island and Swan […]
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North Carolina Sea Grant has released an online resource that’s free to use and focused solely on the commercial seafood industry. Compiled by Sea Grant’s seafood marketing specialist, Barry Nash, the Primer on North Carolina Seafood looks at state fisheries, harvest statistics and how the seafood industry influences the state’s economy, history and cultural heritage. “People are […]
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Medicaid in North Carolina is changing. Beginning July 1, 2020, North Carolina Medicaid will move to Prepaid Health Plans. Approximately 1.6 million of the current 2.3 million Medicaid beneficiaries will transition to NC Medicaid Managed Care. Four health plans are available to residents in northeastern North Carolina. On March 1, 2021, notifications were sent to […]
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