From SamWalkerOBXNews.com With erosion occurring more rapidly than expected off Buxton, the Dare County Board of Commissioners are expected to vote Tuesday to shift the next beach renourishment project to 2026. Buxton’s stretch of beach took a beating this past fall and winter for offshore hurricanes and repeated nor’easters, including one of the worst incidents of […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com The Dare County Board of Education and Dare County Board of Commissioners held a special joint meeting and public comment session on Wednesday about the Dare Early College that has been proposed to open in August 2025. Early colleges allow students to earn both a high school diploma and an associate’s degree at […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com Some beneficial rainfall fell on some parts of northeastern North Carolina over the past week, but other sections of the region and the rest of the state continue to dry out following the driest June on record. The North Carolina Drought Management Advisory Council has expanded its drought classifications across the state, and […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com The Dare County Board of Education and Dare County Board of Commissioners will hold a special joint meeting and public comment session on the Dare Early College that has been proposed to open in August 2025. The meeting is scheduled for Wednesday, July 10, at at 5 p.m. at First Flight High School […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com The General Assembly has approved a bill that makes several changes to laws governing alcohol sales in North Carolina, including letting ABC stores open on certain holidays while having to stay closed on Sundays. The measure that makes a number of other changes to laws governing alcohol sales in the state still awaits […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com Just ahead of the busy Fourth of July holiday, officials are reminding Outer Banks beachgoers to give Mother Ocean the respect she deserves, whether they are local or from out of town. Representatives from the various lifeguard services and public safety agencies covering Dare County gathered at Jennette’s Pier in Nags Head on […]
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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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