KILL DEVIL HILLS — Cindy Peckinpaugh Via of Kill Devil Hills, NC, 63, passed away June 7, 2022 at the ECU Medical Center after her long battle with cancer. She is survived by her husband, Robert Via; son, Todd Burton (Jennifer Birchett); and grandchildren, Justin, Hannah and Robert. She was also survived by many nieces, […]
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Severe weather is possible for the Outer Banks on Tuesday afternoon and evening, while excessive heat will impact coastal North Carolina on Monday and Tuesday, per an update from the National Weather Service (NWS) Newport / Morehead City office. An increasingly hot and humid air mass will spread across the Outer Banks region starting today, […]
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The Avon Farmers Market is returning to Hatteras Island for the 2022 summer season on June 14, with dozens of vendors and a mix of new and familiar faces. Originally established in 2010 in Buxton, and eventually finding its permanent home next to the Avon Beach Klub, the Avon Farmers Market has become a weekly […]
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Severe weather is possible for the Outer Banks on Sunday afternoon and evening, per an update from the National Weather Service (NWS) Newport / Morehead City office. Scattered thunderstorms, some severe, are forecast from mid-afternoon into this evening, and especially for the northern coastal plain of Eastern N.C., which includes Greene, Pitt, and Martin counties. […]
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James Joseph Markley, 72, of Buxton, NC died unexpectedly on June 7, 2022 at his home. He was born in Trenton, NJ on June 19, 1949 and was preceded in death by his parents, James Oliver Markley and Maria Pinto Markley. Jamie was a 1967 graduate from Steinert High School in Hamilton, NJ. Upon graduating […]
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The Outer Banks Community Foundation is pleased to announce two new endowed funds to support Outer Banks students and workers have been established by Nags Head realtor and philanthropist Karen DelVacchio. As with all endowed funds created at the Community Foundation, the Cookie Jar for Good Deeds Fund and the Helping Hand Cookie Jar Scholarship […]
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The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission will meet by web conference at 11:30 a.m. June 23 to vote on final approval of nine Joint Rules. These rules pertain to the management of joint fishing waters that are managed jointly with the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission. The rules are scheduled for readoption without changes under a mandatory […]
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KILL DEVIL HILLS — Marion Percy Griffin or “Bun” as he was lovingly known, passed away peacefully at the family home June 9, 2022 after several months of declining health. Bun was 82. Bun and his wife Shirley “Honey” Griffin moved to the Outer Banks from Virginia in 1975 to raise their family. Bun and […]
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There is a Year-Round sailing program in the Outer Banks for the first time at Hatteras Community Sailing in Buxton. Something for everybody is the theme this Summer! For our local youth ages 6 – 18, there are beginner, intermediate, and advanced weekly sailing classes. For Island Visitors, weekly 5-day Cape Explorer Camps run from […]
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Second in a series. Once the quiet and well-behaved counterpart to feral Oregon Inlet, Hatteras Inlet is now repeatedly afflicted by shoaling that defeats routine maintenance of the critically important Ocracoke ferry routes. “It’s ever-evolving,” Catherine “Cat” Peele, planning and development manager for the state Ferry Division, said in a recent interview. She added that bathymetric […]
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