Community News

The Outer Banks Chamber of Commerce held a ribbon cutting for Hatteras Island Pet Resort. Karen Brown, President & CEO, Outer Banks Chamber of Commerce joined Sabrina Hatfield of Hatteras Island Pet Resort as they cut the ribbon. Be sure and check out the newly renovated Hatteras Island Pet Resort in Rodanthe. The Outer Banks [...] Community News Brief |  Full Article

The Outer Banks Community Foundation board of directors recently approved more than $163,000 in grants, including $157,244 in new Disaster Recovery grants for Hatteras and Ocracoke. Interfaith Community Outreach (ICO) was awarded a grant for $16,785 to help Dare County families whose homes were damaged by Hurricane Dorian pay for building supplies, materials, appliances, and [...] Community News Brief |  Full Article

Medicaid in North Carolina is changing.  Beginning July 1, 2020, North Carolina Medicaid will move to Prepaid Health Plans.  Approximately 1.6 million of the current 2.3 million Medicaid beneficiaries will transition to NC Medicaid Managed Care.  Four health plans are available to residents in northeastern North Carolina.  On March 1, 2021, notifications were sent to [...] Community News Brief |  Full Article

Meet the Outer Banks SPCA pet of the week, Gina, courtesy of their latest video produced by Dare County’s CURRENT TV. For more information on Gina, 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/

The Saving Lives Task Force has teamed up with The Breaking Through Task Force, Be Resilient OBX, Children & Youth Partnership, SMART Recovery and Dare County Department of Health & Human Services to bring you a virtual town hall event, Recovery & Resilience Through Life’s Challenges. Recovery & Resilience will be offered virtually through zoom [...] Community News Brief |  Full Article

  Rip currents and dangerous surf conditions are consistently the most deadly weather-related hazard on the coast, especially during peak beach season, according to the National Weather Service. Which is why weather service offices in Wilmington, Morehead City and Charleston, South Carolina, have scheduled the 2021 Carolinas Beach Hazard Virtual Workshop, an effort to bring together [...] Community News Brief |  Full Article

A section of U.S. 64 will be closed in Tyrrell County between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. on April 14 in order to allow maintenance crews to replace a failed crossline drainage pipe under the highway. During the closure, the N.C. Department of Transportation will be diverting traffic onto a five-mile segment of Old U.S. [...] Community News Brief |  Full Article

The Dare County Department of Health and Human Services confirmed on April 6 that it is discontinuing its OBX Safer Spot program that was designed to recognize establishments and organizations with at least 70% of their employees vaccinated against COVID and to send a reassuring message to their potential clients and customers. “We have decided [...] Community News Brief |  Full Article

Meet the Outer Banks SPCA pet of the week, Warren, courtesy of their latest video produced by Dare County’s CURRENT TV. For more information on Warren, 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