The Outer Banks Association of REALTORS® (OBAR) hosted its 27th Annual Surf Fishing Tournament in Nags Head in October. The event is part of OBAR’s “Surf, Turf, and Roll” initiative, a series of three fundraising events, including a Surf Fishing, Golf, and Bowling tournament, which invites the community to donate and support OBAR’s charitable funds. […]
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) hosted a public meeting on Nov. 4 to cover the ongoing remediation efforts at Buxton Beach, and to shed light on two options for the community to stay informed and involved in the process: public meetings or the formation of a Restoration Advisory Board (RAB). Public meetings versus […]
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Local Republicans clinched all seats on the Board of Commissioners and Board of Education after Tuesday’s election, with 25,159 out of 34,103 eligible voters (73.77%) casting ballots in Dare County. Dare County voters also leaned Republican on all state and federal races, with 58.74% of local ballots cast for Trump, 51.35% for Mark Robinson, (who […]
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The Rodanthe-Waves-Salvo (RWS) Civic Association will be hosting a holiday pet photo fundraiser on two Sundays in November, Nov. 17 and Nov. 24. The “Pawidays” event will be held at the scenic Salvo Day Use Area, and a $20 donation gets participants a 20-minute photo session with their favorite furry family members, and 3-5 edited […]
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The Outer Banks Association of Realtors® (OBAR) has made a $25,000 donation to support disaster relief and recovery efforts in Western North Carolina in the aftermath of Hurricane Helene. This donation will be split equally, with $12,500 going to the Western North Carolina Community Foundation and $12,500 directed to the NC REALTORS® Housing Foundation, ensuring […]
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Meet the Outer Banks SPCA pet of the week, courtesy of their latest video produced by Dare County’s CURRENT TV. For more information on this pet, 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/
PBS North Carolina will be featuring two important examples of U.S. Life-Saving Service history on the Carolina coast, the Pea Island Cookhouse Museum and the Chicamacomico Historical Site, on NC Weekend a television program that celebrates the best things to see and do in the state. The upcoming program will highlight interviews of Joan Collins, […]
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Polls opened at 6:30 a.m. on Tuesday, November 5, in an unprecedented election that is already breaking records for voter turnout. According to statistics released Sunday morning, 4,200,134 voters in North Carolina cast a ballot during the in-person early voting period which ended on Saturday. This easily surpassed the previous high mark set ahead of […]
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At the November 4 Dare County Board of Commissioners (BOC) meeting, Chairman Bob Woodard announced that the gymnasium located within the Fessenden Center in Buxton has been named the Daniel C. “Danny” Couch Gymnasium in the longtime Commissioner’s honor. A lifelong Hatteras Island resident, Danny has been involved in the public service arena for roughly […]
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The following is a summary of the November 4 Dare County Board of Commissioners meeting provided by the Dare County Public Relations Department. It does not include all items that were discussed at the meeting. To view the full video of the meeting on Dare County’s YouTube channel, click here. To read the official minutes, click here. The […]
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