The Dare County Control Group is meeting on Monday morning to discuss the coronavirus response on the Outer Banks and to map out appropriate next steps as needed. The Dare County Control Group is a multi-jurisdictional policy-making body which is activated for emergencies and disasters, and after the meeting, the control group plans to activate […]
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By Sunday morning, the state of North Carolina had a total of 32 presumptive positive and confirmed positive cases of the novel Coronavirus, however, there were still no cases of COVID-19 reported in Dare or Hyde Counties. North Carolina’s first reported case of COVID-19 occurred on March 3 in Wake County. The patient had recently […]
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Per a recent update from John Farrelly, Dare County Schools (DCS) Superintendent, the county schools’ leadership team has developed a “Remote Learning Plan” to prepare for an event like the Coronavirus, and is finalizing details in advance of the closure of public schools across the state. At a Saturday afternoon press conference, Gov. Roy Cooper […]
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At a press conference on Saturday afternoon, Governor Roy Cooper issued an executive order which stated that all public schools in North Carolina would be closed for at least two weeks starting on Monday, March 16. The closure is in effect for all public schools, grades K-12, and is part of a statewide effort to […]
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Vidant Health recently announced that due to the spread of COVID-19 in the state of North Carolina, as well as the high number of people with respiratory viruses in the community, they are temporarily expanding their visitation restrictions for patient and visitor safety. Effective immediately, in an abundance of caution, the following visitation restrictions are […]
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UPDATE: The health and well-being of our community is extremely important to us with the Hatteras Island Cancer Foundation. As you are aware, everybody has been closely monitoring the Coronavirus (COVID-19) health issue for the past several weeks. This week, the Center for Disease Control labeled the COVID-19 virus a pandemic. In addition, North Carolina […]
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Collaborative efforts have begun to remove a fishing vessel that was grounded off of Oregon Inlet on the night of February 29. The crew of the 72-foot scallop boat were safely removed by an air crew from U.S. Coast Guard Air Station Elizabeth City the following morning, and until the vessel is towed away, it […]
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If it feels like the construction of new bridges along Hatteras Island have been in the headlines for years, it’s because they have been. March 8 marked the four-year anniversary of the new Bonner Bridge groundbreaking, and years later, work continues on finalizing little “punch list” items on the now-completed structure. Meanwhile, the Jug Handle […]
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North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) representatives announced that the Jug Handle Bridge was roughly 28% complete as of early March, and that the targeted date of completion had been pushed back to the fall of 2021, at a Thursday evening informational meeting in Rodanthe. NCDOT’s resident engineer for the project, Pablo Hernandez, stated that […]
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A potential beach nourishment project for Avon took another step forward at the Feb. 18 Dare County Board of Commissioners (BOC) meeting, as the commissioners unanimously approved a motion to allow County Manager, Bobby Outten, to execute a final agreement with contractor Coastal Science and Engineering (CSE) for an upcoming feasibility study. “At the last […]
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