A Wind Advisory is in effect for Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands from 2:00 p.m. Wednesday until 1:00 a.m. Thursday due to a strong cold front that will move through the Outer Banks area, per an update from the National Weather Service Newport / Morehead City office. South winds of 25-35 mph with gusts up to 45-50 [...] Local News |  Full Article

Supt. Basnight on the issues facing our schools and his unlikely return to Dare County The November 2 selection of Steve Basnight as Dare County’s new superintendent of schools marked a homecoming for an educator who had spent nearly three decades in the Dare Schools system before moving on a decade ago to continue his [...] Local News |  Full Article

A strong cold front will impact the Outer Banks Wednesday through Thursday morning, bringing a period of intense gusty winds, as well as the threat of severe weather, per an update from the National Weather Service Newport / Morehead City office. High winds with gusts up to 45-50 mph will occur Wednesday morning through Thursday [...] Local News |  Full Article

North Carolina Ferry Division hosts a series of four career events to find qualified applicants to staff its ferries, terminals and shipyard. “There has never been a better time to start a career with the Ferry Division,​” said the state Ferry Division’s Director Harold Thomas. “This year, we want to show potential applicants that there [...] Local News |  Full Article

Volunteers are taking steps to repair the fence that borders the Salvo Community Cemetery after high winds from a recent winter storm dislodged the fencing along the Pamlico Sound, causing it to lean. “I think it was the most recent wind events we had after Christmas [that caused the damage],” said Robin Daniels Holt, Hatteras [...] Local News |  Full Article

In North Carolina and nationally, emergency allotments for COVID-19 in the Food and Nutrition Services (FNS) program will end in March 2023. Households that have been receiving extra FNS benefits (called “emergency allotments”) each month since March 2020 or after will see a reduction in benefits because of a federal change that ends emergency allotments for all [...] Local News |  Full Article

On January 14, 2023, the U.S. Coast Guard Station Oregon Inlet responded to a report of a sailing vessel, the Second Wind, which was close to Oregon Inlet and was seeking safe haven to weather a weekend storm. Because the Oregon Inlet Bar was breaking with 6-8’ feet of surf, both of the station’s motor lifeboats got [...] Local News |  Full Article

Dare County Emergency Management encourages all Dare County residents, non-resident property owners and business owners to obtain their reentry permits well ahead of hurricane season, which officially begins on June 1, 2023. To enter Dare County following a mandatory evacuation, individuals must present a current reentry permit along with a valid corresponding ID—expired reentry permits from [...] Local News |  Full Article

On early Monday morning, January 16, the U.S. Coast Guard Station Oregon Inlet received a report that F/V Reel-E-Buggin had run aground hard and was taking on water in the vicinity of Hell’s Gate, just west of Oregon Inlet. Upon arriving on the scene, crews rigged up a dewatering pump and conducted damage control on the [...] Local News |  Full Article

More than 100 in-person and 160 virtual attendees were present at a public meeting on Wednesday evening, January 18, that outlined the process and challenges of conducting a beach nourishment project in Rodanthe. After a brief introduction by Dare County Board of Commissioners (BOC) Chairman Bob Woodard, County Manager Bobby Outten presented an overview of [...] Local News |  Full Article

Monitor National Marine Sanctuary’s Advisory Council will meet virtually on Jan. 26, 2023. Members of the public are invited to attend. The meeting agenda will be available for download from the Monitor National Marine Sanctuary website, monitor.noaa.gov. For further information, please contact Shannon Ricles, sanctuary advisory council coordinator, by email at Shannon.Ricles@noaa.gov or by phone [...] Local News |  Full Article

The Outer Banks Visitors Bureau (OBVB) has been working collaboratively with MMGY NextFactor, a consulting firm specializing in travel and tourism, to develop a Long-Range Tourism Management Plan to guide future tourism-related growth and development in Dare County. MMGY NextFactor, with oversight from the Task Force established to support this project, has been conducting interviews [...] Local News |  Full Article

37 new cold-stunned sea turtles have been found and transported to the Sea Turtle Assistance and Rehabilitation (STAR) Center over the past several days, per a Tuesday update from the North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island. 31 green, 5 Kemp’s ridley, and 1 loggerhead sea turtle were found by N.E.S.T. (Network for Endangered Sea Turtles) [...] Local News |  Full Article

The Hatteras Island Rescue Squad (HIRS) will be offering a public CPR class on Tuesday, January 24, at 6:00 p.m. at its station in Buxton. The one-night, three-hour class will cover adult, child, and infant CPR and the use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED), and the class is part of a long-term effort to [...] Local News |  Full Article

Dare County will host a public meeting to provide information and facilitate a discussion with residents and property owners in the village of Rodanthe regarding their concerns with the issue of erosion that has affected the Hatteras Island community. The meeting will be held at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, January 18, 2023, at the Rodanthe-Waves-Salvo [...] Local News |  Full Article