Individuals and businesses in Dare County are required by North Carolina law to list their personal property for taxation during the month of January each year. This includes all personal property and business personal property owned as of January 1, 2025. Property tax listing forms will be mailed to all taxpayers who previously owned and […]
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Following a recent interim response action by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), and consultations with the Dare County Department of Health of Human Services (DHHS), the Cape Hatteras National Seashore (CHNS) has reopened an approximately two-tenths-of-a-mile section of beach starting at the southernmost jetty in Buxton and continuing to the south, also known […]
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The William B. Umstead Bridge, locally known as the Old Manns Harbor Bridge, will remain closed through February, as work continues on a $33 million bridge preservation project. Critical work remains before the 70-year-old bridge can safely be reopened to traffic: workers must complete the overlay on the bridge deck and install new, elastomeric concrete […]
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The North Carolina Division of Marine Fisheries is hosting a series of public outreach meetings to train fishermen on the Observer Trip Scheduling System ahead of its launch next year. The OTSS is an automated system that will be used to schedule observer trips for Estuarine Gill Net Permit holders in North Carolina. NCDMF has […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com UPDATED, Wednesday 1 p.m.: A project to place massive sandbags alongside N.C. 12 at the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge Visitor Center will begin around the middle of January. A North Carolina Department of Transportation request to the state Coastal Resources Commission for the sandbags was approved Monday at a special meeting. NCDOT spokesperson […]
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The Dare Community Housing Task Force met on December 16, and voted unanimously to adopt a final report documenting their research, findings and recommendations. The final report includes statistical information on home values and local salary information as well as a set of recommendations that the group will focus on in 2025. Following the vote […]
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The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division will be adopting a temporary ‘phone only’ reservation system on Wednesday, as it transitions to a new enhanced online reservation system that is expected to be in place by early February. During the transition period, all reservations for the Cedar Island-Ocracoke and Swan Quarter-Ocracoke ferry routes will be […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com The North Carolina Aquarium on Roanoke Island has rehabilitated and released 399 sea turtles with the aid of several long-standing community partnerships on the Outer Banks. The turtles were initially brought to the Sea Turtle Assistance and Rehabilitation (STAR) Center at the Aquarium because of cold-stunning, a hypothermia-like condition that occurs when the water temperature drops quickly […]
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The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Coastal Management (DCM) has been selected as a host for the 2025-2027 class of NOAA Coastal Management Fellows. The project goal is to enhance the accessibility of GIS data produced by North Carolina’s communities through the Resilient Coastal Communities Program (RCCP), ensuring the data is available to residents […]
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A federal grant awarded Monday will enable state transportation officials to create a program that better guides the agency’s use of drones when it responds to natural disasters like Hurricanes Helene, Dorian, and Florence. The U.S. Department of Transportation announced the award of a $1.1 million grant to the N.C. Department of Transportation’s Division of Aviation. NCDOT was one […]
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