The NCWorks Career Center will host a job fair for the N.C. Department of Transportation’s N.C. Ferry Division. This job fair will include a hiring team on-site for immediate interviews. Candidates are encouraged to apply online in advance and download and complete this career application prior to the event. This job fair will be held: Wednesday, March 6, 2024 10 a.m. […]
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Members of the N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission Commercial Fishing Resource Funding Committee and the Funding Committee for the N.C. Commercial Fishing Resource Fund will meet informally on Monday, Feb. 19, to receive a presentation on the Always NC Fresh Public Relations Campaign. The presentation will begin at 10 a.m. at the Division of Marine Fisheries […]
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November 20, 1944 – February 5, 2024 KILL DEVIL HILLS — Joseph Donald Fecak passed away peacefully on Monday, February 5, 2024 at his home in Kill Devil Hills, NC. He was 79 years old. Don was born in Gladewater, TX on November 20, 1944 to Joseph and Geraldine Fecak, and the family moved to […]
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BUXTON — Janet Lou Tyson Sperber, 86, of Buxton, NC, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, February 6, 2024. Born in Luzerne, KY on September 18, 1937, she was the only child of the late Morton Wiley Tyson and Mary Elizabeth Maddox Tyson. In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her son, […]
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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/
As a service to voters ahead of the 2024 party primaries in North Carolina, SamWalkerOBXNews.com has asked each of the candidates running in Dare and Currituck counties to answer a series of questions on various issues. Primary Day in North Carolina is set for Tuesday, March 5. To be as fair as possible to each […]
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12:00 P.M. UPDATE: The Ocracoke-mainland routes, (Cedar Island and Swan Quarter), have resumed normal ferry operations as of noon on Wednesday. Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry operations have resumed for Wednesday starting with the 9:00 a.m. departure from Hatteras and the 11:00 a.m. departure from Ocracoke, per an update from the North Carolina Ferry System. Ferry service was suspended […]
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Minor to moderate ocean overwash was reported after Wednesday morning’s approximate 4:45 a.m. high tide on several stretches of N.C. Highway 12, particularly northern Pea Island at the “Canal Zone” just south of the Basnight Bridge where dunes were compromised, northern Buxton, and northern Ocracoke Island. “NC12 remains open and passable after high tide, with […]
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The Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station (CLSS) is celebrating its 150th anniversary this year, as one of the seven original Life-Saving Stations to be built in North Carolina in 1874. As such, the Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station and Historic Site in Rodanthe will be sharing stories about the seven 1874 Outer Banks stations in the months ahead, leading […]
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N.C. Highway 12 is open and passable after Tuesday afternoon’s approximate 4:00 p.m. high tide, however, some blowing sand and foam were reported on the roadway in multiple spots along Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands, and caution is advised. The prolonged period of gale-force northerly winds will continue through Wednesday morning, with gusts up to 45-50 […]
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