June 9, 1959 – June 10, 2024 WANCHESE — Robert Arthur Hill, Jr., of Wanchese, NC, passed away on June 10, 2024, in Manteo, NC, one day after celebrating his 65th Birthday. He was born on June 9, 1959, in the District of Columbia to Bob Hill and the late Shirley (McCoy) Hill. He spent […]
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December 31, 1947 – June 8, 2024 Ronald L. Michel Forbes was born in December 1947 and passed away peacefully on June 8, 2024, at his home in Montross, Virginia. He was an excellent carpenter and had a beautiful singing voice. Ron loved the Outer Banks and fishing off the Kitty Hawk Pier. Private burial […]
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Celebrating its 11th year in 2024, the annual Golf Cart Parade will be brightening the streets of Hatteras Village on Thursday, July 4, at 6:00 p.m. The yearly event began in 2013 as a fundraiser for the Hatteras Island Cancer Foundation and attracted less than a dozen carts that were decked out in patriotic themes. […]
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The North Carolina Beach Buggy Association (NCBBA) will hold its second Adopt-A-Highway (AAH) cleanup event of 2024 on Saturday, June 22. For over 30 years, the NCBBA has been supporting North Carolina’s Adopt-A-Highway program. The area of trash pickup coverage begins on the south end of the Marc Basnight Bridge and goes three miles north […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com State Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey is countering criticism he received over last month’s decision to settle a request to raise insurance rates charged on rental properties for a second straight year. “As the Insurance Commissioner, it is my job to protect consumers by keeping rates as low as possible and maintaining a solvent […]
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The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission (NCWRC) is announcing an increase in fees for hunting, fishing, trapping and activity licenses, permits, stamps and certifications, which will go into effect on July 1, 2024. The fee adjustments are based on the total increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers (CPI-U) since the last fee […]
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Dare County Schools is proud to announce the 2024 graduates. A total of 429 seniors recently received their high school diplomas at their respective graduation ceremonies, marking a significant milestone in their academic journeys. The series of graduation ceremonies commenced at First Flight High School on Friday evening, June 7 at the Warren C Judge […]
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The N.C. Division of Marine Fisheries recently certified three state record fish – a near world record size Yellowmouth Grouper, a White Grunt and an Almaco Jack. Yellowmouth Grouper (Mycteroperca interstitialis) Christopher Hyche of Chapin, S.C. caught the 23-pound Yellowmouth Grouper offshore of Calabash on May 3, 2024. There was no previous North Carolina state […]
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The Outer Banks Community Foundation awarded $241,800 in scholarships this year to help Outer Banks students achieve their educational dreams. Thirty-four graduating seniors from Cape Hatteras Secondary School, First Flight High School, Manteo High School, Ocracoke School, and the N.C. School of Science and Math have been awarded $119,500 in scholarships for the 2024-2025 academic […]
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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 up to the official October […]
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