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  • Our number one priority is workforce housing

    January 26, 2023 | Local News | By: Mark Jurkowitz | From The: Outer Banks Voice

    Rodanthe sand project unlikely, but new study to begin

    January 26, 2023 | Local News | By: Catherine Kozak | From The: Coastal Review

    Hatteras Islanders provide insight for the Visitors Bureau’s Lon ...

    January 25, 2023 | Local News | By: Joy Crist

    Dare County Fessenden Center closes at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday due ...

    January 25, 2023 | Local News

    Severe thunderstorms, high winds possible starting Wednesday afternoon

    January 25, 2023 | Local News
  • Our number one priority is workforce housing

    January 26, 2023 | Local News | By: Mark Jurkowitz | From The: Outer Banks Voice

    Rodanthe sand project unlikely, but new study to begin

    January 26, 2023 | Local News | By: Catherine Kozak | From The: Coastal Review

    Hatteras Islanders provide insight for the Visitors Bureau’s Lon ...

    January 25, 2023 | Local News | By: Joy Crist

    Dare County Fessenden Center closes at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday due ...

    January 25, 2023 | Local News

    Severe thunderstorms, high winds possible starting Wednesday afternoon

    January 25, 2023 | Local News
  • Our number one priority is workforce housing

    January 26, 2023 | Local News | By: Mark Jurkowitz | From The: Outer Banks Voice

    Rodanthe sand project unlikely, but new study to begin

    January 26, 2023 | Local News | By: Catherine Kozak | From The: Coastal Review

    Hatteras Islanders provide insight for the Visitors Bureau’s Lon ...

    January 25, 2023 | Local News | By: Joy Crist

    Dare County Fessenden Center closes at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday due ...

    January 25, 2023 | Local News

    Severe thunderstorms, high winds possible starting Wednesday afternoon

    January 25, 2023 | Local News
  • Our number one priority is workforce housing

    January 26, 2023 | Local News | By: Mark Jurkowitz | From The: Outer Banks Voice

    Rodanthe sand project unlikely, but new study to begin

    January 26, 2023 | Local News | By: Catherine Kozak | From The: Coastal Review

    Hatteras Islanders provide insight for the Visitors Bureau’s Lon ...

    January 25, 2023 | Local News | By: Joy Crist

    Dare County Fessenden Center closes at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday due ...

    January 25, 2023 | Local News

    Severe thunderstorms, high winds possible starting Wednesday afternoon

    January 25, 2023 | Local News
  • Our number one priority is workforce housing

    January 26, 2023 | Local News | By: Mark Jurkowitz | From The: Outer Banks Voice

    Rodanthe sand project unlikely, but new study to begin

    January 26, 2023 | Local News | By: Catherine Kozak | From The: Coastal Review

    Hatteras Islanders provide insight for the Visitors Bureau’s Lon ...

    January 25, 2023 | Local News | By: Joy Crist

    Dare County Fessenden Center closes at 5:00 p.m. on Wednesday due ...

    January 25, 2023 | Local News

    Severe thunderstorms, high winds possible starting Wednesday afternoon

    January 25, 2023 | Local News

Wind Advisory issued for Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands

January 24, 2023 | Local News

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

‘My goal is to find out where the struggles are’

January 24, 2023 | Local News | By: Mark Jurkowitz | From The: Outer Banks Voice

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

Strong cold front will bring high winds, severe weather to the Out ...

January 24, 2023 | Local News

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

N.C. Ferry Division to host four career events in February

January 24, 2023 | Local News

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 work to repair fencing at Salvo Community Cemetery

January 23, 2023 | Local News | By: Joy Crist

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

Extra federal food benefits due to COVID-19 will end in March, per ...

January 23, 2023 | Local News

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

Coast Guard assists sailing vessel during January Storm

January 23, 2023 | Local News

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 urges public to obtain 2023 reentry permits well befor ...

January 20, 2023 | Local News

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

Coast Guard assists vessel taking on water near Oregon Inlet

January 20, 2023 | Local News

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

Rodanthe beach nourishment discussed at packed public meeting

January 19, 2023 | Local News | By: Joy Crist | 1

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 Advisory Council to meet virtual ...

January 19, 2023 | Local News

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

OBVB to host public meeting on Long-Range Tourism Management Plan ...

January 18, 2023 | Local News

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 cold-stunned sea turtles rescued during recent cold spell

January 18, 2023 | Local News | By: Joy Crist

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

Hatteras Island Rescue Squad offering a public CPR class on Jan. 24

January 17, 2023 | Local News | By: Joy Crist

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 public meeting to discuss Rodanthe beach ero ...

January 15, 2023 | Local News

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

More Local News

Coastal Flood Advisory issued through Monday; Oceanside and soundside flooding possible

January 14, 2023 | Local News

Injured right whale spotted 20 miles east of Rodanthe, per NOAA update

January 13, 2023 | Local News

N.C. Division of Coastal Management introduces new online system for CAMA permits

January 13, 2023 | Local News

Removal of old N.C. Highway 12 pavement north of Rodanthe complete

January 12, 2023 | Local News | By: Joy Crist

North Carolina Aquariums save nearly 250 cold-stunned sea turtles

January 11, 2023 | Local News

Registration open for 2023 State of the County presentation on January 25

January 11, 2023 | Local News

Dare County releases video on Recovery Court program

January 11, 2023 | Local News

Critically endangered North Atlantic right whale spotted off the Avon Pier

January 10, 2023 | Local News | By: Joy Crist

Personal property and business personal property forms for Dare County due January 31, 2023

January 10, 2023 | Local News

Target, Marshalls, Rack Room slated to open in spring

January 6, 2023 | Local News | From The: Outer Banks Voice | 2

Captain Jack Scarborough named Dare County Employee of the Month for January 2023

January 6, 2023 | Local News

Dare County Board takes steps toward a new beach nourishment study in Rodanthe

January 5, 2023 | Local News | By: Joy Crist

North Carolina’s state employee health plan shifting to Aetna in 2025

January 5, 2023 | Local News | By: Sam Walker | From The: WOBX

What they’re saying about federal grant for Alligator River bridge replacement project

January 5, 2023 | Local News | By: Sam Walker | From The: WOBX

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