With peak travel season for the Outer Banks on the horizon, N.C. Department of Transportation (NCDOT) crews will be changing the speed limit signs along sections of N.C. Highway 12. In mid-May, the speed limits in the villages of Rodanthe, Waves, Salvo, Avon, Buxton, and Frisco drop from 45 mph to 35 mph to account […]
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KILL DEVIL HILLS — Julia Cathryn “Cathy” Carroll of Kill Devil Hills, NC has earned her wings and was called away to Heaven peacefully after a short illness from cancer on April 29, 2023. She is now flying high! Cathy was born March 21, 1933, in Guthrie Oklahoma to John A. Carroll and Ethel Julia […]
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Scattered to numerous severe thunderstorms are expected to develop this afternoon and evening across eastern North Carolina, per an update from the National Weather Service Newport / Morehead City office. The primary risk will be damaging wind gusts as high as 55-65 mph and frequent lightning. If a larger complex/line of thunderstorms develops, there could be an enhanced […]
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Pauline “Paula” Wilma Tarantini, age 84, of Nags Head, North Carolina passed away peacefully on May 5, 2023. Paula was born in Manhattan, New York on February 2, 1939, and was the oldest of three children, to proud parents William and Pauline (Moucha) Pesek. Paula lived in New York until she relocated with her daughter […]
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November 23, 1940 – May 8, 2023 MANTEO — Iris Faye O’Neal, known to all as Faye, passed away peacefully on May 8, 2023, in Manteo, North Carolina. Born on November 23, 1940, in Beaufort, North Carolina, Faye was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, and friend who left an indelible mark on the hearts of […]
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SOUTHERN SHORES — Donna Elaine Countryman, 82, of Southern Shores, NC, passed away May 4, 2023. Donna was truly a light in everyone’s life. Donna was preceded in death by her husband and best friend Milton Emerson Countryman. She is survived by her daughter, Debbie Countryman her partner Thomas Robeson; her son Kurt Countryman, his […]
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Meet the Outer Banks SPCA pet of the week, Midas, courtesy of their latest video produced by Dare County’s CURRENT TV. For more information on Midas, and the many other Outer Banks pets currently up for adoption, visit the Outer Banks SPCA website at https://www.obxspca.org/, or their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/obxspca/
OCBA to discuss ferry traffic/priority lanes at the Tuesday, May 16, meeting at 6 p.m. in the Community Center. Maybe it’s time for the N.C. Ferry Division to look to the past for a solution to the present, regarding the Hatteras ferry terminal’s long stacking lanes of vehicles waiting to go to Ocracoke. Ocracoke’s neighbor […]
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The Division of Marine Fisheries has been hosting a series of public outreach meetings this past week to provide updates and gather input on the development and implementation of an automated system that will be used to schedule observer trips for the estuarine-anchored gill-net fishery in North Carolina. The last of the five meetings will […]
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Beginning Monday, May 8, the KMHX WSR-88D operated by NOAA’s National Weather Service in Newport, N.C. will be down for approximately two weeks for an important upgrade. Technicians will refurbish and replace the pedestal, one of the most critical components of the radar, which is necessary for antenna rotation and positioning to capture data in […]
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