From SamWalkerOBXNews.com A traffic safety event on Tuesday targeting aggressive driving and driving while impaired in Dare County netted ten arrests and 75 total citations on a variety of charges. Local, state and federal law enforcement agencies participated in the Dare To 55 event that ran over an eight hour period. Officers conducted saturation patrols, […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com The continued “reset” of visitation to Dare County in 2024 was reflected in April’s key tourism-related economic indicators. According to figures presented to the Dare County Tourism Board at their meeting on Thursday, occupancy collections in April were down 24.55% and meals collections were off by 12.25% compared to the previous year. Through […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com The price for a license to fish and hunt in North Carolina will be increasing between 18% and 19% on July 1. The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission announced last week the fee adjustments are based on the total increase in the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers. “The fee increase will help […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com The long-predicted “reset” of Outer Banks tourism after the Coronavirus pandemic continued to show signs in new data on the number of visitors to the area’s most popular sites in mid-spring. According to the latest report from the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau, the majority of the key sites that track the number of […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com A mechanical issue with the state-owned Ocracoke Express passenger ferry has been repaired at the state shipyard in Manns Harbor, and plans are for service to resume on Tuesday. The catamaran-style vessel, which is now in its sixth season, transports passengers via a 70-minute trip between Hatteras Village and Silver Lake Harbor in Ocracoke […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com While occupancy and meals income in Dare County was up in March, the total numbers for the year so far continue to reflect a long-predicted reset of visitation to the Outer Banks. In a report issued to the Dare County Tourism Board ahead of their May 16 meeting at the reopened Graveyard of […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com A dedication and ribbon-cutting ceremony was held on Monday at the new Dare MedFlight Hangar/EMS Station at the Dare County Regional Airport on Roanoke Island. Located at 1078 Driftwood Drive in Manteo, the 14,320-square-foot facility includes a hangar for the medical helicopter, an area to work on repairs including a paint booth, onsite […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey has reached a settlement with companies that insure rental homes, which means rates for some coverage will be jumping again for a second straight year. The Republican who is running for a third term this fall announced late Thursday he had reached an agreement with the North […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com Governor Roy Cooper has signed a bill that includes rolling back a stipulation put on $35 million allocated to address housing needs in Dare County that would supersede town zoning regulations from blocking developments that used the funds. But the money will not be used for those purposes anyway, after a pair of […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com Communications to-and-from Hatteras Island, including cell phones and internet, was knocked out Tuesday afternoon due to a damaged fiber optic cable. Information about the nature and location of Tuesday’s cable cut was not immediately available, and service was restored just before 11 p.m. Dare County Emergency Management’s “Compact Rapid Deployables” were set up […]
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