National Park Service (NPS) and Dare County representatives provided an update on the recent Rodanthe home collapse, and the status of additional homes that were in danger, at a Thursday evening meeting that attracted more than 80 attendees. Sometime before the early morning hours of February 9, an uninhabited five-bedroom home along Ocean Drive collapsed […]
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This column is the result of a project that began last fall, but it is so timely, that I am submitting it now as a tribute to the people of Ukraine and all of Eastern Europe. When I was in Pennsylvania last fall, I came across some lovely oval-shaped purple plums that were new […]
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A Community Job Fair will be held on Wednesday, March 9, with more than 35 businesses from Rodanthe to Hatteras in attendance that are ready to hire for the upcoming season. The event will take place at the Cape Hatteras Secondary School gymnasium from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m., located at 48576 N.C. Highway 12 […]
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Governor lifts mask mandate on most state employees In another case of school districts easing restrictions on mask wearing, the Hyde County Schools have announced that starting today, March 2, the district will move to a mask-optional policy on all school campuses and on school transportation, buses and vans. Before this decision, a policy enacted […]
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A 6:00 p.m. meeting on Thursday, March 3, at the Rodanthe-Waves-Salvo Community Building will provide an update on a handful of oceanfront homes in Rodanthe that are in danger of collapsing, and will give the public an opportunity to weigh in on the imminent issue. Sometime before the early morning hours of February 9, a […]
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The Hillbilly Run and Flip Flop Trot will be held this year on April 2, beginning at 3:00 p.m. at the Hatteras Civic Center. The event was initially established in 2020 to fund the Monica F. Collingsworth Scarborough Memorial Scholarship, but was canceled due to the COVID pandemic. It was conceived to fund a scholarship […]
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The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries is accepting applications for the Federally Funded Fishery Disaster Relief Program for Hurricane Florence. Financial relief is available to eligible seafood dealers and processors, ocean fishing piers, for-hire fishing operations, and bait and tackle shops affected by Hurricane Florence. The division has mailed application packets to eligible licensed seafood […]
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David Ryan Edwards, born on November 14, 1975, in Chesapeake, VA left this world on March 1, 2022, in Kitty Hawk, NC. He had many adventures throughout his life. Even from day one, David let the nurses know he was a charmer as he posed for his first picture grinning with his arm raised and […]
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An emergency dredging project is underway that aims to accomplish two goals: rebuild the dunes that border the northern end of Ocracoke along N.C. Highway 12, and create a deeper and safer passage for the ferries that regularly run between the Hatteras and Ocracoke ferry terminals. The clamshell-bucket dredging operation that is currently occurring in […]
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Dare County released the following update for Tuesday, March 1, which provides details on recent Coronavirus cases, vaccine data, and more COVID-19 information. The total number of new laboratory-confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 reported in Dare County for the past week was 51. Currently, based on the reported positive cases, there are 36 active COVID-19 […]
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