At 8 a.m. on Monday, July 20, Cape Point reopened to off-road vehicles (ORVs). Visitors should note that the short ORV route west of the hook is currently not accessible due to significant beach erosion, and there may be less shoreline and space than normal for beach-goers. Cape Point in Buxton closed on Saturday morning, […]
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Dare County announced 5 additional positive COVID-19 test results on Sunday, July 19, bringing the total number of cases in the county to 260. The 5 additional cases are all residents, and include the following: 1) resident, 50-64, female, home isolation 2) resident, 25-49, female, home isolation 3) resident, 17 under, female, home isolation 4) […]
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Dare County announced 9 additional positive COVID-19 test results on Saturday, July 18, bringing the total number of cases in the county to 255. The 9 additional cases consist of 5 residents and 4 non-residents, and include the following: 1) non-resident, 25-49, female, transferred isolation 2) resident, 65 over, female, home isolation 3) resident, 65 […]
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Dare County announced 7 additional positive COVID-19 test results on Friday, July 17, bringing the total number of cases in the county to 246. The 7 additional cases represent 6 residents and a non-resident, and include the following: 1) resident, 17 under, male, home isolation 2) resident, 65 older, male, hospitalized 3) resident, 65 older, […]
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After months of springtime and summer repairs due to damage from multiple 2019 and early 2020 storms, the Avon Fishing Pier is ready to reopen to the public as of Friday, July 17, at 10:00 a.m. “We’re feeling really great about things that looked like, at one time, there was going to be no more […]
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Dare County announced 13 additional positive COVID-19 test results on Thursday, July 16, bringing the total number of cases in the county to 239. The 13 additional cases represent 7 residents and 6 non-residents, and include the following: 1) non-resident, 25-49, male, hospital 2) non-resident, 25-49, male, transferred isolation 3) non-resident, 25-49, female, transferred isolation […]
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After Gov. Cooper announced on July 14 that schools could reopen in August provided that extra safety precautions were in place, (and after surveying local families to garner their input), Dare County Schools posted the following FAQs for parents, students, and families on what the new restrictions could entail. The school administration will present five […]
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At a press conference on Tuesday afternoon, Governor Roy Cooper announced that public schools for grades K-12 could reopen in August with extra safety precautions, as well as the option for children to either attend in-person or stick to remote learning. “In the spring, when this pandemic broke out, we made the difficult decision to […]
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Wet weather is expected for the remainder of the work week as a low pressure system continues to lift along the coast with a possibility for tropical development, per a Wednesday morning update from the National Weather (NWS) Service Newport / Morehead City office. Up to 4 inches of rain is forecast for the Outer […]
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Avon beachgoers may see an unexpected vessel on the not-so-distant horizon this week, as Dare County’s engineering consultant, Coastal Science and Engineering (CSE), conducts a survey of the local coastline for a beach nourishment project feasibility study. The vessel, formally known as the R/V Southern Echo, is slated to begin survey work mid-week, and the […]
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