Proving just how busy 2021 was on the Outer Banks, the recovery in visitor spending was also felt statewide in 2021 according to data released Wednesday by the N.C. Department of Commerce. Dare County generated the fourth most spending of any county in North Carolina in 2021 of $1.826 billion, behind only Mecklenburg (Charlotte) Buncombe (Asheville) […]
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The National Weather Service and Dare County will be hosting a pair of hurricane awareness forums on the Outer Banks on August 25 in Manteo and August 26 in Buxton. These forums are discussions and include short presentations from the NWS and the county on specific information for hurricane season. By design the National Weather […]
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State Rep. Bobby Hanig of Currituck County has filed a protest over the residency of his opponent in the November general election for N.C. Senate, claiming Valerie Jordan does not live in the Third District and that she be removed from the ballot. A preliminary hearing on the protest has been scheduled for Wednesday at […]
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State Sen. Bob Steinburg has announced he will step down from the North Carolina Senate on July 31, likely clearing the way for state Rep. Bobby Hanig to assume a seat in the chamber he is running for in November. The Daily Advance reported Friday that Steinburg is stepping down this summer so he can be […]
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A late-winter dry spell has pushed the Outer Banks and most of North Carolina’s coastal sections back into moderate drought conditions, just as a wildfire continues to smolder on the Dare County mainland. A warm, dry week has spurred an expansion of Abnormally Dry (D0) conditions and Moderate Drought (D1) especially in eastern N.C., according […]
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The Ash Wednesday Storm. Four words that still stir memories on the Outer Banks, even 60 years later. What was formally named “The Great Atlantic Coast Storm of 1962” by the then-U.S. Weather Bureau gained its name associated with the first day of Lent from famed Outer Banks publicist Aycock Brown. According to the U.S. […]
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From OBX Today The National Transportation Safety Board has released its initial report on the plane crash off the Core Banks that killed eight people including four teenagers. The Pilatus PC-12 went down three miles east of Drum Inlet in Cape Lookout National Seashore on the afternoon of February 13 in about 60 feet of water. […]
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Numerous volunteers turned out Monday morning on Hatteras Island to help clean-up debris from a house that collapsed into the ocean last week near the Rodanthe Pier. On Feb. 11, W.M. Dunn Construction, LLC. of Powells Point was hired by the owner of the collapsed house at 24183 Ocean Drive to remove what was left […]
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The Nags Head Police Department is asking for the public’s help identifying two individuals from surveillance photos at a Whalebone Junction fast food restaurant. According to a post on the department’s Facebook page, a hit and run occurred in the parking lot of KFC/Taco Bell on South Virginia Dare Trail. The photos have date/time stamps […]
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Despite another round of rainfall over the past week, the Outer Banks and northeastern North Carolina remain in the clutches of severe drought. There were no changes in the update published by the N.C. Drought Monitor on Thursday. Around 0.5 to 0.75 inches of rain fell in eastern North Carolina from a fast-moving coastal storm […]
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