March 3, 1962 – January 14, 2021 BUXTON — Eddie Wayne Wright, 58, of Buxton, NC died Thursday, January 14, 2021, at Chesapeake Regional Medical Center. Born in Wilson, NC on March 3, 1962, he was the son of Mary Francis Parish Wright and the late Donald Eddy Wright. An avid fisherman, Eddie was a […]
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Coast Guard response crews and a good Samaritan rescued a man from his sunken fishing vessel approximately 20 miles southwest of Kitty Hawk, N.C., Monday. The man was rescued wearing a life jacket in 46-degree water. Watchstanders at Coast Guard Sector North Carolina received the initial report from the father-in-law of a man whose 18-foot […]
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A famous snowy owl that has been making headlines since first being seen at the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge on December 29 has been spotted again on Ocracoke Island, per a January 18 update from the Cape Hatteras National Seashore. “Seashore staff caught a glimpse of a snowy owl on a dune this morning […]
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The Cape Lookout National Seashore and the Foundation for Shackleford Horses recently published the 2020 report on the park’s website. Highlights from the report include the following: At the end of 2020 there were 117 horses on Shackleford Banks. The herd is 62% female and 38% male. Of the horses over 23 years of age, […]
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January 31, 2021, marks the 100th anniversary of one of the most notorious shipwrecks along the Outer Banks, and the famed “Ghost Ship” of Cape Hatteras, the Carroll A. Deering. The wreck, which occurred just off of Cape Point, has resulted in countless articles, books, and unanswered questions, as researchers continue to try to discover […]
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Dare County announced 57 new positive COVID-19 test results on Sunday, January 17, bringing the total number of cases in the county since the pandemic began to 2,265. With Sunday’s new cases, the current number of active cases in the county is now 196. The 57 additional cases consist of 40 residents and 17 non-residents, and […]
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The Dare County Department of Health and Human Services vaccinated a total of 500 individuals at a vaccine clinic held at the Fessenden Center in Buxton on Saturday, January 16, per a recent online update. Future vaccine clinics will be held throughout the Outer Banks on an ongoing basis, based on the county’s weekly allocation […]
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Hyde County released the following update for Friday, January 15, which outlines recent changes to the priority phases for the COVID-19 vaccination. People 65 and older have been added as a priority population, and the Ocracoke Health Center continues to have vaccines available for people on the island. On Thursday, January 14, 2021, Governor Cooper […]
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The Dare County Department of Health and Human Services released the following update for Friday, January 15, which outlines revisions to the county’s vaccine plan, as well as information regarding updates on COVID-19 cases in the county. COVID-19 Vaccine Update Yesterday, NCDHHS announced changes to their Vaccine Prioritization Phases. Under the new plan, all healthcare […]
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KITTY HAWK — Thomas “Tom” Williamson was born on April 16, 1938, in Jasper County, SC, and transitioned from earth to glory on Monday, January 11, 2021, at Duke University Hospital, Durham, NC. One of Tom’s closest friends described him aptly—he was a true “Renaissance” man who was loved and admired by all who encountered […]
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