Health directors ask state to move from ‘pandemic to endemic’ status Changes to COVID protocols and guidance — ranging from lifting school mask mandates to new rules about school quarantining — have occurred in rapid succession in the past few days. On Feb. 10, two days after the board of education voted to lift school […]
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For the first time ever, Cape Hatteras National Seashore broke a long-standing visitation record and welcomed over three million visitors. America’s first national seashore hosted 3,206,056 visits in 2021, which was more than 20% higher than 2020 and over 35% higher than the ten-year visitation average (2011-2020). Campsites reserved at the Cape Hatteras National Seashore’s […]
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Ed Board Atty calls the allegations ‘frivolous nonsense’ During another heated Board of Education meeting on Feb. 8, Dare County Citizens for Constitutional Rights, also known as Dare to Share OBX, delivered to board members and Superintendent Dr. John Farrelly 28 letters of intent to file claims against the school district. The letters, the group […]
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After being stranded on the southern end of Ocracoke Island for a total of 15 days, the Vivens Aqua has been freed as of Wednesday afternoon, February 9. Per the Ocracoke Observer, the vessel is heading to Ocracoke’s Silver Lake Harbor, and will then be towed to a boatyard in Morehead City for repairs. On January […]
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Plans are underway to remove the remnants of a Rodanthe home that collapsed into the ocean overnight, sometime before 7 a.m. on Wednesday, February 9. “We are in communication with the owner, who will need to come up with a house removal plan, similar to [the process] of removing the debris of a grounded vessel,” […]
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Click here for a Wednesday afternoon update. Per a press release from the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, visitors should use caution when participating in recreational activities on the beach and in the ocean between the villages of Rodanthe and Salvo due to debris from a house that collapsed into the ocean on the morning of […]
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For the month of March, Dare County Arts Council’s Gallery in downtown Manteo will host two special exhibitions featuring Outer Banks female artists Holly Overton, Dawn Gray Moraga, Jasmin Miller and Kinga Rojek-Wojtowicz. A spectrum of topics including climate change, social and political injustices, mental health and consumerism will be explored through paintings and drawings […]
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Stan White, a Dare County native and former elected official who has been dedicated to providing public service to the Outer Banks community for more than four decades, has received the prestigious Order of the Long Leaf Pine award. The award—which is considered to be North Carolina’s highest award for state service granted by the […]
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At their February 8 meeting, the Dare County Board of Education (BOE) voted 6-1 to make face coverings optional in Dare County’s schools beginning on Wednesday, Feb. 9. Face coverings will still be mandated on all county school buses and transportation, due to state and federal requirements. The motion to change the policy was made by […]
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Dare County released the following update for Tuesday, February 8, which provides details on recent Coronavirus cases, vaccine data, and more COVID-19 information. Dare County COVID-19 Case Update The total number of new laboratory-confirmed positive cases of COVID-19 reported in Dare County for the past week was 253. Currently, based on the reported positive cases, […]
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