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Water-related fatality reported off Salvo beach Thursday afternoon

A water-related fatality occurred off a beach in Salvo on the afternoon of Thursday, Nov. 5, according to Cape Hatteras National Seashore officials. National Park Service rangers, the Dare County Sheriff’s Office and Chicamacomico Banks Water Rescue responded to the incident and provided immediate assistance. Dare County Emergency Medical Services also responded and provided additional medical care to the adult individual.

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Dare County Board confirms repayment of $15 million Miss Katie dredge note

The Dare County Board of Commissioners voted Nov. 2 to formally acknowledge that a $15 million promissory note associated with the Miss Katie dredge has been satisfied in full, marking the completion of a financing arrangement established in 2019 to improve dredging capabilities at Oregon Inlet and Hatteras Inlet. The...

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Outer Banks meetings set about NC 12 changes after 2 storms damage key road

RALEIGH, N.C. (WNCN) — After two recent major repairs to N.C. 12 and many delays over the years accessing the Outer Banks, renewed attention is focused on improving the key road frequently damaged by high surf. The focus is on one area of N.C. 12 that was washed away — and repaired — twice in […]

Dare County, NC · 11h

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Current Alligator River bridge spans could become a 125-acre fishing reef in Albemarle Sound

The concrete lanes that have carried travelers across the Alligator River for decades could become fishing grounds in Albemarle Sound. State fisheries officials propose using 300 spans from the Lindsay C. Warren Bridge that carries U.S. 64 between Dare and Tyrrell counties to build an artificial reef about 3.5 miles northeast of the river’s mouth.

Tyrrell County, NC · 1d
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Dare, Currituck back in severe drought as northeastern N.C. loses summer gains

Dare and Currituck counties are back in severe drought, part of a worsening pattern across northeastern North Carolina and the Outer Banks just over three months after the region became the first part of the state to emerge from a nearly yearlong drought. The assessment released Thursday, shows severe drought...

Dare County, NC · 2d

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Guest Column: A Family’s Remarkable Record of Coast Guard Service

When I think of my family’s more than 400 combined years of service in the U.S. Coast Guard (USCG) and its predecessor, the U.S. Life-Saving Service (USLSS), I think first of the people behind that number. I think of my great-grandfather, Joseph Hall Berry, serving at Pea Island, and of my father and his twin brother, who enlisted at age 16. Their stories give a human face to a remarkable record of service.

Manteo, NC · 17h