Hurricane Henri will continue to bring dangerous rip currents and powerful surf to all Outer Banks beaches as it passes well off the coast of North Carolina today, per a recent update from the National Weather Service Newport /Morehead City office. A High Surf Advisory is in effect for the beaches of Hatteras and […]
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The Coast Guard and a good Samaritan rescued three mariners after their vessel capsized in Oregon Inlet on Friday, August 20. Watchstanders at the Coast Guard Sector North Carolina command center received a report from Dare County 911 of a capsized vessel. The Sector North Carolina command center dispatched a 47-foot Motor Life Boat boatcrew […]
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June 22, 1936 – August 18, 2021 NAGS HEAD — Shirley Bell Edwards passed away peacefully in her sleep Wednesday, August 18, 2021, at the age of 85 after recently being diagnosed for the fifth time in her life with cancer. She was a strong woman and a fighter until the end. She was born […]
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KITTY HAWK — Judy Christine Hildebrand Roughton passed away peacefully on August 15, 2021, at the age of 65. She was preceded in death by parents, Robert W. Hildebrand and Helen Garafola Hildebrand, and sisters Marcy Lee Hildebrand and Kathleen Hildebrand. She is survived by her partner, Ray Townsend; and her siblings, Mary Auth, Jeannie […]
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December 5, 1963 – August 15, 2021 KILL DEVIL HILLS — Ronnie Wayne Barber, 57, of Kill Devil Hills, NC died Sunday, August 15, 2021. Born in Jamesville, NC on December 5, 1963, he was the son of the late Clara Leggett Barber and Elmer Gray Barber. Ronnie is survived by two sons, Ronnie Wayne […]
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The Community Care Clinic of Dare provides medical care, medication assistance, and health education to uninsured adults. Clinic Hours in Nags Head are Monday through Thursday 9a to 2p. There’s also a monthly clinic at the Dare County Health Department Frisco location. If you have no health insurance, live or work in Dare County, and […]
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(Reprinted from the North Carolina Coastal Federation) Since 2020, over 30 commercial fishermen and women have been working in small crews to remove large-scale marine debris created by past Hurricanes from the central and southeast coasts of North Carolina. The N.C. Division of Coastal Management, in partnership with the North Carolina Coastal Federation, received nearly […]
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Comes a month after executive director placed on leave A representative of the Outer Banks Hotline confirmed today that the non-profit organization has fired the General Manger of its thrift stores, Tammy Cross. In a brief Voice interview on Aug. 19, Hotline Board Chair Judy Burnette, who said the Cross had worked there in some capacity […]
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On the evening of August 17, 2021, Frederick Paul Kapinos was taken into God’s arms peacefully with Fran, his wife of 59 years, and sons at his side. Born in Chicopee, Massachusetts on Sept. 28, 1938, he met his sweetheart, Fran, when both were walking downtown to their college summer jobs, and she suggested “If […]
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The State of North Carolina and FEMA have approved a hazard mitigation project grant of $4,279,058 to improve disaster resilience in Dare County. The grant will be used to pay for the elevation of 31 flood-prone homes. Funding from FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program became available as the result of a federal disaster declaration following […]
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