September 27, 1941 – February 5, 2021 MANTEO — Henry “Hank” Lee Stock, Jr., 79, of Manteo, NC died Friday, February 5, 2021, at Sentara Leigh Hospital in Norfolk, VA. Born in Charleston, WV on September 27, 1941, he was the son of the late Frances Young Stock and Henry Lee Stock, Sr. Having served […]
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A prescribed burn on 70 acres of the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge is underway as of Monday afternoon, February 8, per a recent update from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) in North Carolina. The prescribed burn is taking place just south of the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge’s Visitor Center, adjacent to […]
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One is astonished in the study of history at the recurrence of the idea that evil must be forgotten, distorted, skimmed over…. The difficulty, of course, with this philosophy is that history loses its value as an incentive and an example; it paints perfect men and noble nations, but it does not tell the truth. […]
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Members expected to vote on school plan Feb. 9 With the Dare County Board of Education meeting tomorrow to discuss re-opening the county’s public-school classrooms, momentum certainly appears to have been building for some kind of return to in-person learning. And much has changed since the board voted 5-2 on Jan. 12 to have all […]
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The Board of Directors of the Outer Banks Community Foundation has announced a leadership transition for the Foundation’s staff. Long-time Executive Director Lorelei Costa is departing the Outer Banks to become the next Executive Director and CEO of the Suffolk Center for Cultural Arts in Virginia. The Community Foundation’s Board is launching a search for […]
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August 27, 1944 – February 3, 2021 NAGS HEAD — David John Feild passed away suddenly of natural causes at home on Wednesday, February 3, 2021. Dave was born in Detroit, Michigan on August 27, 1944 to John and Marilyn Feild. He was the oldest of three children. The family moved to Chevy Chase, Maryland […]
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Per a recent update on February 5, the Hyde County Health Department is continuing to collect appointment requests for the COVID-19 vaccination for residents who are at least 65 years of age. Vaccines are available on the mainland as well as at the Ocracoke Health Center, however, due to the small number of doses allocated […]
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Dare County announced 19 new positive COVID-19 test results over the weekend, (including 11 on Saturday, February 6, and 11 on Sunday, February 7), bringing the total number of cases in the county since the pandemic began to 2,650. With the weekend’s new cases, the current number of active cases in the county is […]
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Charles William Emanuelson, Jr. of Kitty Hawk, NC died of natural causes in Nags Head, NC February 5, 2021. He was 72. No memorial services are planned at this time. Please express condolences to the family via the online register at www.gallopfuneralservices.com.
A struggling and cold-stunned 120-pound loggerhead sea turtle was transported to the STAR Center in Manteo after a physically-demanding endeavor that required a harness, a roughly half-mile trek, and a lot of manpower from a makeshift team of volunteers. Frank Welles, the Hatteras Island Coordinator for the Network for Endangered Sea Turtles (NEST), spotted the […]
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