From SamWalkerOBXNews.com With the holidays coming to an end, residents are reminded that there are differing policies regarding the disposal of Christmas trees depending on where you live. And there are multiple ways to recycle your tree in a way that benefits the dunes along the Outer Banks, even if you don’t live close by. […]
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Rodanthe will once again host a local tradition that’s older than the village itself with the upcoming celebration of Old Christmas on Saturday afternoon, January 4. Old Christmas technically began centuries ago when word finally spread to isolated Hatteras Island that England had adopted the Gregorian calendar in the mid-18th century, (effectively changing Christmas to […]
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The Dare County Tax Department reminds property owners that the countywide revaluation of all real estate—including residential and commercial improved properties, as well as vacant land—is effective starting January 1, 2025. Required by North Carolina law to be performed at least once every eight years, revaluation is the process of updating property values to reflect […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com NOAA Fisheries has announced voluntary slow zones have been put in place in off the Outer Banks after endangered North Atlantic right whales were spotted offshore. There are approximately 360 individual North Atlantic right whales remaining, including fewer than 70 reproductively active females. Vessel strikes are considered the primary threat to the whales […]
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The Dare County Department of Health & Human Services has issued a revised public health advisory for Buxton Beach, due to the December 19 reopening of a portion of the beach closure. Following a 60-day interim response action by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) reopened an approximately two-tenths-of-a-mile section […]
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The Saving Lives Task Force is seeking community input on how best to use Dare County’s share of North Carolina Opioid Settlement funds for the 2025-2026 fiscal year. As part of a national historic settlement won against opioid companies for their role in creating and fueling the opioid epidemic, North Carolina is receiving $1.5 billion […]
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