A Severe Thunderstorm Watch is in effect for all of Eastern North Carolina, including the Outer Banks, until 9:00 p.m. on Thursday, July 18. Damaging wind gusts up to 70 mph are the primary threat, but isolated hail is also possible. Additionally, any storms that form will produce torrential rainfall and could lead to isolated […]
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Susan Austin, a classic Outer Banks beauty, aged 86, passed away on July 16, 2024. Born and raised in Ocracoke to parents Sommers and Etta Spencer, she was a beloved mother, wife, and friend who will be deeply missed by all who knew her. Susan was born on March 1, 1938, in Ocracoke, where she […]
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After a sellout inaugural season, Dare Arts is excited to announce that the Outer Banks Film Society will return in September for its second season to screen independent films, movie classics, documentaries, shorts, and world cinema. Outer Banks Film Society curator Gaye Morris has spent the last few months coordinating a fresh slate of films […]
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Dare County is pleased to announce that Dare County Assessor Hosea Wilson and Dare County Tax Collector Becky Huff have each been reappointed to serve in their respective positions for an additional four-year term expiring in July 2028. Dare County Manager Bobby Outten made the recommendation for Wilson and Huff to be reappointed during the […]
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NAGS HEAD — Timothy Michael Muldoon, of Nags Head, NC, passed away May 9, 2024. He was born in Chicago, IL on July 20th, 1967, the son of Thomas and Agnes Muldoon. He left Chicago at the age of nine, until he settled in the Town of Red Hook and became a Paramedic, among other […]
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Multiple agencies are coming together to install new and permanent restroom facilities with outdoor showers at Old Lighthouse Beach in Buxton, one of the most popular beach accesses on Hatteras Island. Jessica Barnes of Outer Banks Forever, the official nonprofit partner of the Outer Banks’ national parks, outlined the upcoming project at the Dare County […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com For the second straight week in a row, the first half of the week has been dominated by heat, and the second half will be dominated by rain. And if the forecast holds, drought conditions that have been deepening across North Carolina may get washed away, at least in the eastern half of […]
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Sherriann Sarsfield, who serves as chief water treatment plant operator for the Dare County Water Department at the Joseph “Mac” Midgett Reverse Osmosis Water Plant in Rodanthe, has been named Dare County Employee of the Month for July 2024. The prestigious award was presented to Sarsfield by Dare County Public Utility Director William Nash during the Dare […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com With erosion occurring more rapidly than expected off Buxton, the Dare County Board of Commissioners voted Tuesday to shift the next beach renourishment project to 2026. Buxton’s stretch of beach took a beating this past fall and winter from offshore hurricanes and repeated nor’easters, including one of the worst incidents of erosion since […]
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At a Public Hearing that coincided with the Dare County Board of Commissioners’ monthly meeting on Tuesday, July 16, the Board unanimously approved a ban on balloon releases in unincorporated areas of the county, which includes Hatteras Island, Roanoke Island outside the Town of Manteo, Colington, Martin’s Point, and the Dare County mainland. The details of […]
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