The Oregon Inlet Lifesaving Station may get an added boost in Governor Roy Cooper’s draft budget. The governor’s proposal for FY 2022-2023 includes $600,000 to finish the rehab on the building and move it to a more secure place. The lifesaving station has been tagged for removal to a new resting place for more than […]
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Dare Board decides how to spend $7M in fed funds
February 24, 2022 | Local News | By: Sandy Semans-Ross | From The: Outer Banks Voice
Grant to pay salaries, benefits for several county agencies The American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA) is popping up on agendas around the state as counties decide how to spend the allocations from the federal government to offset losses or additional needs caused by the COVID pandemic. Dare County has received half of its roughly $7 […]
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Parties submit new NC redistricting maps
February 21, 2022 | Local News | By: Sandy Semans-Ross | From The: Outer Banks Voice
Judges’ Ruling to be announced on Feb. 23 In the latest chapter in the high-stakes North Carolina battle over new redistricting maps, The Carolina General Assembly and three plaintiffs who took legal action against the maps originally submitted turned in new maps to a three-judge panel on Friday, Feb. 18. The Superior Court judges have […]
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NC Supreme Court tosses redistricting maps
February 7, 2022 | Local News | By: Sandy Semans-Ross | From The: Outer Banks Voice | 1
Will new maps put Dare County back in one piece? The North Carolina Supreme Court has struck down as “unconstitutional” the redistricting maps that were approved by a three-judge lower court panel last month and has given the General Assembly two weeks to re-draw them. Legislators will have to submit the modified maps by noon […]
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