In the latest round of legal jousting triggered by lawsuits challenging the fairness of North Carolina’s newly redrawn U.S. House and state legislative maps, the state’s Supreme Court on Dec. 8 suspended candidate filing for all offices for the 2022 primary election. No new date for a filing period has been set. At the same time, […]
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Trial of defendant Jay Tolson begins May 31 A May 31, 2022 date has been set for the murder trial of John (Jay) Tolson, the man accused of killing Kitty Hawk resident LeeAnn Fletcher in her home in July of last year. The date was assigned during a court appearance on Oct. 26, according to District […]
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The Dare County Schools (DCS) has announced new COVID-19 quarantine guidelines that will allow individuals to return from quarantine after either 7 or 10 days rather than two full weeks. The Oct. 5 announcement comes in the wake of a memo from Dare County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) Director Sheila Davies to […]
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No trial date yet for defendant Jay Tolson The case against John (Jay) Tolson — the man accused of killing Kitty Hawk resident LeeAnn Fletcher in her home in July of last year — has been continued again, this time until Oct. 25. There had been some expectation that a trial date for Tolson would […]
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FFHS boys soccer team affected by COVID exposure In advance of the special Sept. 1 meeting of the Dare County Board of Education — at which members are expected to revisit their Aug 5 decision to approve optional masking in school — Board Chair Mary Ellon Ballance sent an email on Aug. 26 reminding residents […]
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Comes a month after executive director placed on leave A representative of the Outer Banks Hotline confirmed today that the non-profit organization has fired the General Manger of its thrift stores, Tammy Cross. In a brief Voice interview on Aug. 19, Hotline Board Chair Judy Burnette, who said the Cross had worked there in some capacity […]
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Dare BOE among those asked to reverse course With state officials asking school districts that chose optional mask wearing for the coming school year to instead mandate universal school masking, the question is whether that will have an impact on policy in Dare County. On Aug. 5, the Dare County Board of Education voted, by […]
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By a number of measures, Dare County has, thus far, done a better-than-average job of getting its residents vaccinated against COVID-19. According to data from the North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, 61% of the county’s population had been fully vaccinated as of Aug. 1. That is significantly better than the 47% of […]
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(North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services) The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ (NCDHHS) new COVID-19 County Alert Map update from May 27 tells the story of the ongoing substantial progress in reducing COVID transmission in the state. By way of comparison, back in late December, about two-thirds of the state’s […]
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The Dare County Department of Health and Human Services confirmed on April 6 that it is discontinuing its OBX Safer Spot program that was designed to recognize establishments and organizations with at least 70% of their employees vaccinated against COVID and to send a reassuring message to their potential clients and customers. “We have decided […]
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