Dare County released the following COVID-19 update for Tuesday, August 11, which details the county’s most recent active cases, testing efforts, and additional community information. The total COVID-19 positive case count in Dare County is 384, of which 25 are considered active cases in Dare County. Of the 384 cases, 210 are residents and 174 [...] Local News |  Full Article

Board nominates Jackie Tillett to replace her The Dare County Board of Elections has named Jackie Tillett as interim elections director in the wake of the resignation of former director Michele Barnes, whose last day in that post was Thursday, Aug. 6. According to Board of Elections Chair Sandy Semans Ross, the board accepted Barnes’ [...] Local News |  Full Article

Dare County District Attorney Andrew Womble issued a statement Monday regarding the death of 38-year-old Kitty Hawk resident Amanda LeeAnn Fletcher Hartleben, who died last month after being last seen with her boyfriend. “In light of the recent public scrutiny surrounding the death … I have decided to release a statement regarding the continued investigation [...] Local News |  Full Article

Per a recent update from the Hyde County Health Department, Hyde County is currently experiencing an uptick in COVID-19 cases. As of 10:00 a.m. today, August 10, the Health Department reported 46 cases, of which 9 are active. Though some of these cases are associated with an outbreak in a long-term care facility, not all [...] Local News |  Full Article

Dare County announced 9 additional positive COVID-19 test results over the weekend, bringing the total number of cases in the county since the pandemic began to 378. The 9 additional cases consist of 2 residents and 7 non-residents, and include the following: 1) non-resident, 25-49, male, transferred isolation 2) non-resident, 25-49, male, transferred isolation 3) [...] Local News |  Full Article

Atmospheric and oceanic conditions are primed to fuel storm development in the Atlantic, leading to what could be an “extremely active” season, according to forecasters with NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, a division of the National Weather Service. Today, the agency released its annual August update to the Atlantic Hurricane Season Outlook, initially issued in May. [...] Local News |  Full Article

Dare County released the following COVID-19 update for Friday, August 7, which details the county’s most recent active cases, testing efforts, and additional community information. The number of positive COVID-19 tests in Dare County is 369, 19 of which are considered active. Of the 369 cases, 207 are residents and 162 are non-residents. Three individuals [...] Local News |  Full Article

Dare County announced 5 additional positive COVID-19 test results on Friday, August 7, bringing the total number of cases in the county since the pandemic began to 369. The 5 additional cases consist of 2 residents and 3 non-residents, and include the following: 1) non-resident, 65 over, female, isolating in Dare 2) resident, 25-49, female, [...] Local News |  Full Article

In the wake of Governor Roy Cooper’s Aug. 5 announcement that North Carolina would remain in its “Safer-at-Home” Phase Two of re-opening, North Carolina High School Athletic Association (NCHSAA) Commissioner Que Tucker, issued the following Aug. 6 statement indicating that any timetable for starting high school sports remains uncertain. “At his press conference on Wednesday, [...] Local News |  Full Article

Dare County Board of Commissioners Chairman Bob Woodard provides an update on the work being done to keep the community as healthy and safe as possible as we near the height of the hurricane season during COVID-19. Chairman Woodard reminds the public to stay prepared and stay vigilant, and discusses ways to remain healthy during [...] Local News |  Full Article

Dare County is partnering with Mako Medical Laboratories out of Raleigh, NC to host a diagnostic and antibody COVID-19 testing event in Dare County. The event will be held on Tuesday, August 11, 2020 starting at 1:00 p.m. at Dare County Parks and Recreation located at 602 Mustian St, Kill Devil Hills, NC.  Appointments are [...] Local News |  Full Article

Colorado State University Tropical and Climate Research has issued a mid-season update on Atlantic basin tropical weather this year, and the news isn’t good. The university now estimates 2020 will have an additional 10 hurricanes, 15 named storms and five major (Category 3-4-5) hurricanes. The Atlantic has already had nine named storms and two hurricanes through Aug. [...] Local News |  Full Article

In order to ease travel to and from Ocracoke Island this upcoming weekend, the N.C. Ferry System will be adding a night run to and from Swan Quarter this Saturday and Sunday only. The schedule for those two days will be as follows: Ocracoke to Cedar Island: 7:30 a.m. Cedar Island to Ocracoke: 10:30 a.m. [...] Local News |  Full Article

The Hatteras-Ocracoke vehicular ferry, as well as the Ocracoke Express passenger ferry, resumed full service on Thursday after the departure of Hurricane Isaias, per an update from the N.C. Ferry Division. Hyde County’s re-entry restrictions were lifted for visitors on Wednesday, however, the Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry had to run on a reduced schedule in order to [...] Local News |  Full Article

Dare County announced 3 additional positive COVID-19 test results on Wednesday, August 5, bringing the total number of cases in the county since the pandemic began to 363. The 9 additional cases consist of 2 residents and 1 non-resident, and include the following: 1) resident, 25-49, male, home isolation 2) non-resident, 65 older, female hospitalized [...] Local News |  Full Article