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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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com While occupancy and meals collections were lower than the last several years in Dare County to start 2024, a look at the number of visitors at key attractions seems to contradict a predicted slowdown in tourism on the Outer Banks. According to statistics reported by the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau for January through March 2024, […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com Travel+Leisure magazine has released its international list of the “15 Best Places to Travel in July,” and includes the Outer Banks among some very elite company. Using their own research and experience, along with suggestions from local experts, they rounded up the best places to travel this July in the United States and […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com The 2024 Atlantic hurricane season begins in less than two months, and already a pair of preseason predictions are calling for it to be a busy one. On the heels of researchers at Colorado State University making their highest-ever early call for the number of hurricanes, a team at N.C. State University is […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com A federal grant aimed at improving transportation resiliency will pay for a study of options for the future of N.C. 12 between Oregon Inlet and Rodanthe. The U.S. Department of Transportation recently announced as part of the Bipartisan Infrastructure Law that $1.8 million has been earmarked for the study of the 11-mile section […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com North Carolina’s first Wawa opens May 16 in Kill Devil Hills The long-awaited arrival of Wawa convenience stores to North Carolina will happen next month in Kill Devil Hills. The Pennsylvania-based chain has announced the doors will open at 1900 North Croatan Highway on Thursday, May 16, at 8 a.m., with a ribbon […]
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The Richmond-area processing facility that now handles all mail to-and-from northeastern North Carolina and the Outer Banks has been plagued by multiple problems according to a U.S. Postal Service audit. According to Axios Richmond, the 35-page report found chronic understaffing, misplaced letters and packages, and a poorly executed transition of the facility in Sandston, Virginia […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com The first preseason forecast for the 2024 hurricane season is out, and if it holds true this will be another busy one in the Atlantic Ocean and Gulf of Mexico. And they also predict the Outer Banks is more likely than not to see at least one named tropical cyclone move through this […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com Get ready to pay more for your driver’s license and license plates starting later this summer. As directed by state law, the North Carolina Division of Motor Vehicles is required to adjust fees and rates every four years, based on the percentage change in the annual Consumer Price Index during the past […]
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