A Tropical Storm Warning is in effect for the Outer Banks which means that tropical storm-force winds of 39 to 73 mph are expected in the area within the next 36 hours, per an update from the National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City office. Rainfall and ocean hazards remain the leading threats from Idalia, with 4-8 inches […]
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The Avon Volunteer Fire Department (AVFD) has placed a new piece of equipment in service. Storm 46 is a special service truck that will assist the AVFD in navigating flooded streets during emergencies. This vehicle will also give the AVFD the ability to move needed supplies and personnel to assist the community during high water […]
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Based on the information from the National Weather Service webinar at 6:00 p.m. Tuesday evening, Hurricane Idalia remains on the same path to pass south of Cape Hatteras. It appears the storm will slow after moving off the coast. Rainfall estimates have increased. Ocean overwash estimates have increased from 1-3 feet. As a result of […]
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From OuterBanksVoice.com Moments after the prosecution’s first witness—former Dare County dispatcher Raven Brown—took the stand on Day Two of the John “Jay” Tolson murder trial, the courtroom heard his 911 call on the morning of July 22, 2020, describing LeeAnn Fletcher’s condition. “I think she fell last night…She had been drinking,” Tolson said on the […]
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Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) is closely monitoring the projected path of Hurricane Idalia. As of this afternoon, regional forecasts show that strong winds, heavy rainfall, and other negative impacts are likely to begin as early as late Wednesday, Aug. 30, and possibly continue through Friday, Sept. 1. In addition to the impacts forecast for […]
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The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division is expecting significant schedule impacts system-wide beginning Wednesday due to the anticipated arrival of severe weather conditions from Hurricane Idalia. The storm is forecast to bring tropical storm winds and heavy rain to the North Carolina coast beginning Wednesday evening. The Ocracoke Express passenger ferry will suspend service […]
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With Hurricane Franklin and Hurricane Idalia churning in the Atlantic Ocean and the Gulf of Mexico, now is the time to prepare, per an update from Dare County Emergency Management. Hurricane Franklin’s impacts are already being realized in the form of hazardous ocean conditions that are bringing life-threatening rip currents and large breaking surf to […]
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For the first time in 16 years, a leatherback sea turtle nest has successfully hatched on the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, (CHNS), with 19 hatchlings making their way to the Atlantic Ocean. The leatherback sea turtle nest on Ocracoke Island, (the first one in 11 years), was discovered on June 19, 2023, and the nest […]
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Hurricane Idalia may bring a range of impacts to the Outer Banks area as early as Wednesday night, per an update from the National Weather Service Newport/Morehead City office. Rainfall and ocean hazards remain the leading threats from Idalia, (which is expected to be downgraded to a tropical storm by Thursday), with 4-6 inches of rain forecast […]
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From Outer Banks Voice The long-awaited murder trial of John (“Jay”) Curtis Tolson, arrested for the July 2020 death of LeeAnn Fletcher, got underway on the morning on Aug. 28 in Courtroom A of the Dare Justice Center. By the time court adjourned for the day at 5 p.m., a jury of seven women and […]
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