The Cape Hatteras Secondary School’s (CHSS) Student Government Association is sponsoring a Holiday Decoration Donation Drive in order to spread some holiday cheer to the residents of Burnsville, a Western N.C. community that was devastated by 2024’s Hurricane Helene. Holiday decorations can be dropped off at the CHSS foyer during the school’s hours of operation […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com The N.C. Office of Recovery and Resiliency is seeking public comments through Dec. 14 on a proposed amendment to the action plan for administering HUD Community Development Block Grant-Mitigation funds. The proposed action plan amendment is intended to address homeowner mitigation needs, including establishing the Residential Property Elevation Fund, which will be used to […]
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Meet the Outer Banks SPCA pet of the week, courtesy of their latest video produced by Dare County’s CURRENT TV. For more information on this pet, and the many other Outer Banks pets currently up for adoption, visit the Outer Banks SPCA website at https://www.obxspca.org/, or their Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/obxspca/
The Dare County Parks & Recreation Department reminds residents and property owners to complete the Dare County Parks & Recreation needs assessment survey before Friday, November 22, 2024. The feedback gathered from the results of this needs assessment survey will be used to aid in the prioritization of future Dare County Parks & Recreation projects, programming and initiatives. Please […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com The National Parks Conservation Association has announced that Dave Hallac, Superintendent of the Outer Banks Group of National Parks, is one of two recipients of this year’s Stephen T. Mather Awards for unparalleled dedication to protecting unique national park resources at all odds. The Stephen T. Mather Award, first presented in 1984 and […]
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The only local election without an official result was decided over the weekend with the announcement that Hatteras Island resident Brian Harris had won the Dare Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor race in the 2024 General Election. The Dare County Soil and Water race was a write-in only race, which is rare when it […]
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Hyde County and the Ocracoke Mosquito Control Board are currently working with Local Assistance for Stormwater Infrastructure Investments Program (LASII) funding to find solutions to stormwater issues within the village of Ocracoke. The survey for priority areas on Ocracoke has been scheduled for the week of November 18th. The engineering firm, WithersRavenel, will fly a […]
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N.C. Highway 12 has reopened on Ocracoke Island as of 11:30 a.m. on Sunday, and Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry service has resumed, according to an update from the North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) and the North Carolina Ferry System. The highway has been periodically closed between the Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry terminal and the National Park Service pony […]
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A fundraising concert will be held on Friday, November 29, at the Hatteras Village Civic Center featuring the award-winning Songs From The Road Band, with proceeds to benefit Hatteras Island Meals (HIM) and Samaritan’s Purse for Western North Carolina. This is the second year in a row that the Songs From The Road Band has hosted […]
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As the 2024 hurricane season winds down, the Dare County Waterways Commission is already taking steps to be prepared before next June rolls around by making sure emergency access to and from Hatteras Island is maintained. “We were very fortunate to dodge a major bullet,” member Danny Couch said during the commission meeting held Tuesday […]
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