On July 1, 2023, the North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission launched a new, custom licensing system and mobile app, Go Outdoors North Carolina, developed in partnership with Brandt, a Florida-based company that provides paperless web and mobile solutions. Through Go Outdoors North Carolina, residents, and non-residents can purchase licenses, register vessels, apply for permits, and shop for […]
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Dare County releases video on trash collection services and guidelines
Current TV, in partnership with Dare County, has released a new video that highlights the services that are provided by the Sanitation Division of the Dare County Public Works Department, including residential and commercial solid waste collection for the unincorporated areas of Dare County as well as the Town of Kitty Hawk. To view the […]
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Zola F. Steger
March 27, 1931 – July 15, 2023 FRISCO — Zola F. Steger (92) of Frisco, NC, passed peacefully on July 15, 2023. She was born in Dallas Center, Iowa in 1931 to the late Orval and Fay Jenkins. She was preceded in death by her beloved husband, Earl Steger. Zola loved raising her four children […]
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Suspect who fled the scene of Saturday night crash in Frisco arrested
A man who fled the scene of a two-car traffic accident in Frisco on July 15 which resulted in multiple injuries was arrested on Monday evening, July 18, per the North Carolina State Highway Patrol. David Godinez of Cary, NC, has been charged with multiple offenses, including three counts of (F) Serious Injury by Vehicle, […]
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Unhealthy air possible across N.C. this week due to Canadian wildfires
North Carolinians sensitive to air pollution should exercise caution this week as a plume of smoke from wildfires in Canada enters the state. The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Air Quality (DAQ) issued Code Orange Air Quality Action Day alerts for much of central and western North Carolina for Tuesday, July 18. Code […]
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Wine Tasting and Keeper James Book Signing event at Lee Robinson General Store on Wednesday
The event will be on Wednesday, July 19 from 4:00 to 6:00 p.m. The iconic Lee Robinson General Store in Hatteras Village is sponsoring a combination wine-tasting with a book signing event by U.S. Life-Saving Service reenactor, author and Hatteras Island resident James D. “Keeper James” Charlet. His book, Shipwrecks of the Outer Banks: Dramatic […]
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Video Release: Dare County’s Special Medical Needs Registry
Dare County has released a new video that highlights the Special Medical Needs Registry, which is a list of individuals throughout the county who require assistance with medical care and/or personal care during an evacuation for a hurricane or while sheltering during a storm due to any physical and/or mental impairments those individuals may have. […]
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Saturday night traffic accident in Frisco results in multiple injuries
JULY 19 UPDATE: A man who fled the scene of a two-car traffic accident in Frisco on July 15 which resulted in multiple injuries was arrested on Monday evening, July 18, per the North Carolina State Highway Patrol. David Godinez of Cary, NC, has been charged with multiple offenses, including three counts of (F) Serious Injury […]
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How the coastal warning signal tower returned to the U.S. Weather Bureau Station in Hatteras Village
By Rachael Graf, Community Engagement Coordinator at Outer Banks Forever On Tuesday, June 20, the Cape Hatteras National Seashore completed the exterior renovations of the historic U.S. Weather Bureau Station in Hatteras Village with the installation of a new coastal warning signal tower. Originally constructed in 1901, the U.S. Weather Bureau Station in Hatteras Village […]
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NOAA launches new hurricane forecast model
NOAA’s National Hurricane Center — a division of the National Weather Service — has a new model to help produce hurricane forecasts this season. The Hurricane Analysis and Forecast System (HAFS) was put into operations on June 27 and will run alongside existing models for the 2023 season before replacing them as NOAA’s premier hurricane forecasting model. “The quick deployment of […]
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