The Bodie Island Lighthouse is now open for climbing seven days a week as of Wednesday, May 24. Climbing opportunities at the lighthouse were previously available four days a week, beginning on April 26, 2023. Standing nearly 165 feet tall, the Bodie Island Lighthouse is listed on the National Register of Historic Places. First lit on […]
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Dare County releases video on ongoing house elevation projects
Dare County has released a new video that highlights a series of house elevations that are currently underway thanks to funding from FEMA’s Hazard Mitigation Grant Program, which provides funding for the elevation of flood-prone structures in order to prevent or reduce flood losses. In August 2021, Dare County received a FEMA Hazard Mitigation Assistance […]
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Cape Hatteras Elementary’s May Storm Report
The Cape Hatteras Elementary School (CHEM) publishes a monthly newsletter for students, parents, supporters, and friends called The Storm Report, which is nod to the school’s mascot, the Cape Hatteras Tropical Storms. From upcoming special events to recent initiatives in art, technology, music, media, and more, the newsletter is a round-up of everything there is […]
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Elisabeth “Beth” Ann May
July 30, 1940 – May 20, 2023 NAGS HEAD — Elisabeth “Beth” Ann May, 82, of Nags Head, passed away on May 20, 2023. She was born on July 30, 1940, in Boston, MA to the late Irving and Eleanor Carter and raised in Greenwich, CT. Beth attended California University of Pennsylvania, earning her bachelor’s […]
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Margaret Hunt Brown
November 19, 1934 – May 20, 2023 KILL DEVIL HILLS — Margaret Hunt Brown, 88, of Kill Devil Hills, NC, died on May 20, 2023, following a long illness. She was born on November 19, 1934, in Cordele, GA to the late Robert and Inez Hunt. After graduating from Georgia Southwestern College with a degree […]
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Meet the Outer Banks SPCA Pets of the Week
Meet the Outer Banks SPCA pets of the week, courtesy of their latest video produced by Dare County’s CURRENT TV. For more information on these cuties, and the many other Outer Banks pets currently up for adoption, visit the Outer Banks SPCA website at https://www.obxspca.org/, or their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/obxspca/
SERVICE UPDATE: Stanley Luther Davis
December 7, 1955 – May 5, 2023 HATTERAS — Stanley Luther Davis (Stan) Died Friday, May 5, 2023, at Sentara Norfolk General Hospital. Born On Pearl Harbor Day 1955, in San Diego, CA. He was the son of the late June Willis Davis (Born and raised in Hatteras Village) and William E. Davis from West Virginia. […]
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11th annual Rock The Cape kicks off June 1-2 in Rodanthe
Kick off the summer season on Hatteras Island at the 11th Annual Rock The Cape, which will take place June 1-2. The Rock The Cape art show and concert will be held on Thursday, June 1 at Kitty Hawk Kites’ Waves Village Watersports Center at Milepost 40 in Rodanthe from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. […]
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Lifeguards return to four Cape Hatteras National Seashore beaches on Saturday, May 27
Lifeguards are returning for the summer season to Cape Hatteras National Seashore’s four lifeguarded beaches starting on Saturday, May 27, 2023. From Memorial Day Weekend through Labor Day, lifeguards are on duty daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. at the following locations: Coquina Beach Day Use Area (Bodie Island) Located across from the Bodie […]
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Virginia men arrested in Frisco on drug and stolen property charges
On May 22 at approximately 2:50 a.m., Dare County Sheriff’s Office Deputies working the C-District came across a truck stuck in a ditch on N.C. Highway 12 near Osprey Way in Frisco, NC. When the tag on the vehicle was run, the tag came back as stolen from Virginia Beach, VA. While the Deputies were […]
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