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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Despite being canceled in 2020 due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the annual Independence Day fireworks show at the Avon Fishing Pier returned with a bang on Sunday, wowing a big crowd of beach-going spectators. The fireworks started at around 9:20 p.m., launching from the very end of the Avon Pier. The show lasted for roughly […]
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July 28, 1940 – July 2, 2021 KINNAKEET — Fred Hamilton Gray, Sr., 80, of Kinnakeet, NC died Friday, July 2, 2021, at Mission Memorial Hospital in Asheville, NC. A native of Kinnakeet, he was born on July 28, 1940, to the late Mary Holland Haywood Gray and Fred William Gray. Fred attended Avon and […]
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October 29, 1956 – July 2, 2021 SOUTHERN SHORES — Grady Alexander Lassiter, age 64, of S. Dogwood Trl., Southern Shores, passed away July 2, 2021, at Peak Resources – Outer Banks in Nags Head from cancer. Grady was born at Rex Hospital in Raleigh, NC October 29, 1956 to the late James Alexander Lassiter, […]
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