Dare County Board of Commissioners Chairman Robert L. “Bob” Woodard Sr. delivered the annual State of the County presentation at Captain George’s Seafood Restaurant in Kill Devil Hills on Wednesday, January 25, 2023. The event—which was able to be held in person rather than virtually for the first time since January 2020 due to COVID-19—was […]
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A collaborative effort to protect North Carolina shorelines is underway. North Carolina Sea Grant, East Carolina University, and Carteret Community College are working together to develop a framework for coastal protection design and siting, as well as living shoreline training courses and a certification program, Sea Grant announced Thursday, January 25. The National Oceanic and […]
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Dare County’s own dredge, the Miss Katie, arrived in Hatteras village on Thursday, January 26, in order to conduct a maintenance dredging event in Hatteras Inlet’s Connector Channel over the next few days. “The dredge is there, and it’s supposed to start working this morning,” said Dare County Waterways Commission Chairman Steve “Creature” Coulter. “We […]
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Improvements to an intersection along N.C. 12 on Bodie Island are underway to add longer and new turn lanes, with crews scheduled to pave the Coquina Beach/Bodie Island Lighthouse Road intersection over the weekend. Crews from Barnhill Construction have been been working since late fall on adding a northbound right turn lane into Coquina […]
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A new donor-advised fund has been established at the Outer Banks Community Foundation by Nags Head residents Tony and Tracy Jones. Grants will be awarded from the new Wolfinger-Jones Family Fund for causes the Joneses are passionate about. Tony and Tracy come to the Outer Banks from northern Virginia and are intent on continuing their […]
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RODANTHE — Barbara “Barb” Shimpach, 79, of Rodanthe, passed away unexpectedly from natural causes at Sentara Albemarle Medical Center in Elizabeth City on January 24, 2023. Barbara was born in November 1943 in Detroit, Michigan. In her early twenties, she married James “Jim” Shimpach. They moved to Huntington, West Virginia, where she was a homemaker […]
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For Laura Miller of Avon, a scratch-off stocking stuffer sparked a joyous celebration after it became a $150,000 Christmas present. “It was given to me in my Christmas stocking by my boyfriend,” Miller said. “We had to do it late since I was out of town.” Miller, 35, said she celebrated her win with a […]
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March 21, 1953 – January 23, 2023 WANCHESE — Irma Scarborough Forbes, 69, of Wanchese, NC, passed away peacefully at her home on the evening of January 23, 2023, surrounded by her family. Irma was born on March 21, 1953, to Marvin Edward Scarborough of Wanchese, and Nora Meekins Scarborough, previously of Hatteras, NC. She […]
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The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries Standard Commercial Fishing License Eligibility Board will meet by teleconference at 10:30 a.m. on April 5. The board will consider license applications that are deemed complete and submitted by March 13. The public may listen to the meeting through a conference call line by dialing 919-212-5733. To avoid disrupting the […]
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April 8, 1940 – January 25, 2023 MANTEO — Juanita Faye Burke, 82, of Manteo, NC died Wednesday, January 25, 2023, at her home. Born in Jamestown, TN on April 8, 1940, she was the daughter of the late Elsie Jane Wright and Marvin A. Smith. Juanita attended school at God’s Bible College in Cincinnati, […]
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