From Wobx.com October was a strong month for prepared meal sales in Dare County, while there was a double-digit decline in gross occupancy collections. And retail sales were down just slightly in the month of September. Gross collections on meals set a new record in October of $30.36 million, an increase of 60.92% from 2022, […]
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From Wobx.com Only minimal soundside flooding was reported along the Outer Banks this morning, after winds associated with a strong cold front peaked in the early morning hours and have since started to subside. A water level rise of around six inches in 30 minutes was reported in the Pamlico Sound behind the Fessenden Center […]
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From Wobx.com The Outer Banks Visitors Bureau has released its 2023 State of Dare County Tourism annual report, which includes tourism-related numbers over the past fiscal year and dives into marketing efforts, grants, and other significant initiatives underway at the bureau. “Traditionally, our job at the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau has been to attract visitors […]
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From Wobx.com The 2023 Atlantic hurricane season that comes to an end on Thursday will be remembered for two late-summer storms that left their legacies on eastern North Carolina in what was one of the busiest seasons in the last eight decades. The above-average year of activity was characterized by record-warm Atlantic sea surface temperatures, […]
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From Wobx.com Despite a cooler-than-normal September and a visit from Tropical Storm Ophelia, Dare County saw occupancy collections grow by nine percent and meals income drop by only a fraction of a percent from a year ago. In addition, retail sales in August were up double-digits to set a new all-time monthly high to wrap […]
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From Wobx.com Over 100 Dare County full-time and seasonal residents have applied for consideration to serve on a special committee for the Dare County Tourism Board to help with the implementation of the Outer Banks Long-Range Tourism Management Plan. The intent of the panel is to evaluate the strategic goals in the Long-Range Tourism Management Plan, make […]
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From Wobx.com The N.C. Marine Fisheries Commission on Thursday voted to send out a draft amendment for review and public comment of the state’s management plan for the striped mullet fishery. The commission voted in May to shut down the taking of striped mullet from early November through the end of the year, also known […]
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From Wobx.com Hatteras Island Meals, a longstanding and all-volunteer organization that provides nutritious lunches to elderly or homebound island residents five days a week, received an amazing surprise donation this week from Surf or Sound Realty. Launched in 1987 as an informal endeavor, where local folks prepared meals for their neighbors, it has grown to […]
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From Wobx.com The N.C. Coastal Resources Commission is scheduled to meet Thursday in Beaufort, where among other agenda items they are expected to vote on raising the price of many Coastal Area Management Act permits. The commission is expected to consider raising the price of major CAMA permits from $200 to $400. Major permit extensions, […]
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From Wobx.com The National Weather Service is predicting warmer-than-average temperatures and above-normal precipitation across eastern North Carolina this winter, thanks to El Nino conditions over the eastern Pacific. “While an El Nino can give us a good hint at what may happen, week-to-week differences in the weather are still quite variable,” said Erik Heden, Warning […]
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