The Coast Guard rescued four people on Monday, Oct. 7, near Oregon Inlet. Coast Guard Sector North Carolina watchstanders received a report of four people aboard a disabled 27-foot vessel at anchor and taking on water due to the rough sea state. Coast Guard Station Oregon Inlet launched two 47-foot Motor Life Boat crews, due […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com A hearing began Monday in Raleigh on a request by homeowners insurance companies to raise rates between 34 and 45 percent in Currituck and Dare counties. The hearing is expected to last several weeks with witnesses, evidence and arguments by attorneys for the state Department of Insurance and the North Carolina Rate Bureau, […]
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Frisco Native American Museum announces the FIRST “Thrills & Chills Hatteras Museum Halloween Tour.” On Wednesday, October 30, 2024, come and experience a myth-filled scary ride through your favorite Hatteras Island Museums! Chicamacomico Life Saving Station, Frisco Native American Museum, Graveyard of the Atlantic Museum, and The Lost Colony Museum will be sharing tales full […]
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The Chicamacomico Life-Saving Station Museum in Rodanthe will host a special commemoration on Saturday afternoon during the two-day 150th Anniversary of the U.S. Life-Saving Service celebration on October 12-13, and Rear Admiral John “Jay” Vann, Commander, Fifth Coast Guard District, will deliver the keynote address at this significant event. The U.S. Life-Saving Service played a vital […]
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The Cape Hatteras Electric Cooperative (CHEC) recently presented grants to two local Hatteras Island nonprofit organizations that were made possible through the CoBank Sharing Success Grant Program. CoBank is a national cooperative bank that serves rural areas. CHEC gave $2,500 to the Hatteras Island Cancer Foundation (HICF), which was met with an additional $2,500 from […]
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Outer Banks Hotline will once again host “Ribbon on the Ridge” on Purple Thursday, October 17, at 10 a.m. on Jockey’s Ridge in Nags Head to increase awareness about domestic violence. Ribbon on the Ridge began in 2014, but the event was paused temporarily during the COVID-19 pandemic. This year, as in previous years, a […]
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From SamWalkerOBXNews.com Dare County commissioners have approved funding of up to $415,000 to provide school meals for all students at the Manteo and Northern Beach schools at no charge for the rest of the 2024-25 academic year. The decision comes in the wake of community outcry over students at middle and high schools reportedly being […]
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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 results of the Coast Guard’s year-long investigation at Buxton Beach found no “actionable levels” of contaminants from the Coast Guard’s use of the site. The National Park Service is reviewing these findings. On Friday, October 4, the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) released the findings of a Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA) investigation […]
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At approximately 8:02 p.m. on October 6, 2024, deputies from the B-District of the Dare County Sheriff’s Office were called to the Detention Center for a person arrested for probation violation. During a more thorough search of the individual an amount of Methamphetamine was located and seized. Jack B. Goodwin, M/39, of Frisco, NC, was […]
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