A prescribed burn of 791 acres is scheduled at the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge on Friday, February 26, per a recent update from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) in North Carolina. “The latest forecast indicates rain should hold off until after 4 p.m.,” stated the update.  “If correct, we should be able [...] Local News |  Full Article

Starting Friday, February 26, through Wednesday, March 3, the following ferry trips connecting Ocracoke Island to the mainland will be canceled due to maintenance, per a recent update from the N.C. Ferry System. 7:30 a.m. Ocracoke to Cedar Island 10:30 a.m. Cedar Island to Ocracoke 1:30 p.m. Ocracoke to Swan Quarter 4:30 p.m. Swan Quarter [...] Local News |  Full Article

Dare County announced 8 new positive COVID-19 test results and 1 additional COVID-related death on Thursday, February 25, bringing the total number of cases in the county since the pandemic began to 2,771, and a total number of COVID-related deaths in Dare County to 13. With Thursday’s new cases, the current number of active cases [...] Local News |  Full Article

Contractors for the N.C. Department of Transportation are planning to conduct a routine condition inspection of the Marc Basnight Bridge from March 1-18. During the process, one lane of the bridge will be closed during daylight hours Monday through Friday in order to position crews and equipment. The closures will be no longer than 1.5 miles [...] Local News |  Full Article

The N.C. Department of Transportation has another new tool to help make our roadways safer: Drones. This week, the Marc Basnight Bridge over Oregon Inlet became the first bridge in the state inspected using a drone as part of the regular biennial inspection process. Inspection crews monitored live high-definition video feeds from the drone as [...] Local News |  Full Article

A prescribed burn of 766 acres is underway at the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge as of Thursday afternoon, February 25, per a recent update from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) in North Carolina. “Test fire performed well on the [Pea Island Refuge], so we are moving into the prescribed burning,” stated the USFWS in [...] Local News |  Full Article

Dare County announced 3 new positive COVID-19 test results on Wednesday, February 25, bringing the total number of cases in the county since the pandemic began to 2,763. With Wednesday’s new cases, the current number of active cases in the county is now 42. The 3 additional cases are all residents and include the following: [...] Local News |  Full Article

Dare County Manager Bobby Outten provided more information on the upcoming details of the Avon Beach Nourishment project, and fielded dozens of questions from property owners, at a virtual public meeting held on Wednesday evening, February 24. “Earlier this month, 3,700 letters were sent to property owners in Avon to share the county’s proposed plans [...] Local News |  Full Article

After receiving the final total of Dare County’s occupancy tax revenue for 2020, (which goes towards the county’s Beach Nourishment Fund), county officials have found that the proposed beach nourishment tax for Avon property owners can be lowered from a rate of 40 or 10 cents per $100 dollars of property value to 25 or [...] Local News |  Full Article

Despite a big team effort, the Cape Hatteras Lady Canes varsity basketball team lost Tuesday’s home playoff game against Riverside of Williamston, N.C., by a score of 54-37. The February 23 game was the first round of the 2021 Women’s Basketball Championships – 1A tournament, and Riverside will go on to play first-round victor East [...] Local News |  Full Article

As North Carolina’s numbers continue to show improvement and vaccine distribution increases, Governor Roy Cooper announced today that the state will carefully ease some of its COVID-19 restrictions. Executive Order No. 195 will take effect February 26th at 5 pm and will expire March 26th at 5 pm. “Today’s action is a show of confidence [...] Local News |  Full Article

Cape Hatteras Electric Cooperation (CHEC) will require a planned power outage in Avon and the Tri-villages on Thursday, February 25, in order to put Hatteras and Ocracoke island back onto transmission power The power outage scheduled for Thursday is as follows: Rodanthe, Waves, Salvo, and Avon will experience a 5-minute outage at 7:30 a.m. For more information [...] Local News |  Full Article

A virtual presentation and public meeting to discuss the proposed beach nourishment project in Avon will be held virtually by Dare County at 6 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 24, 2021. The meeting will provide Avon property owners with an opportunity to share their thoughts about the project before a final decision to move forward is [...] Local News |  Full Article

Dare County announced 4 new positive COVID-19 test results on Tuesday, February 24, bringing the total number of cases in the county since the pandemic began to 2,760. With Wednesday’s new cases, the current number of active cases in the county is now 39. The 4 additional cases consist of 3 residents and 1 non-resident, and [...] Local News |  Full Article

Dare County released the following update for Tuesday, February 23, which provides details on recent Coronavirus cases, current and future vaccine allotments, and more COVID-19 information. Dare County COVID-19 Case Update We are pleased to report Dare County’s COVID-19 data continues to trend in the right direction. Specifically, there were only 37 new positive cases [...] Local News |  Full Article