Oct 14
By Mark Jurkowitz | Outer Banks Voice
Everyone’s Playground opened at Kitty Hawk Elementary School on Monday, Oct. 12, marking the culmination of an intensive community-driven effort to install a “fully accessible inclusive playground for individuals of all abilities” at the school.
Early in-person voting for the 2026 General Election will take place between Oct. 15 and Oct. 31. Here is some key information for residents planning to cast an early ballot in Dare County.
The 2026 contest to elect the next Representative of District 1 in the North Carolina House of Representatives will be decided on Nov. 3. The two candidates competing for that seat are Republican incumbent Edwin (Ed) Goodwin and Democrat Miriam Rollin. The Voice sent questionnaires with the same questions to both candidates. Their unedited responses are posted below.
Town seeks public input on choosing replacement
The Town of Duck Police Chief Jeffrey Ackerman will retire effective April 1, 2027, following 29 years in law enforcement, including nearly 24 years with the Duck Police Department.
The Dare County Sheriff issued this alert on the morning of Tuesday, Oct. 13. A scam is currently circulating regarding missed jury duty. Scammers are calling with a "No Caller ID" contact and claiming to represent the Dare County Sheriff’s Office.
By Mark Jurkowitz | Outer Banks Voice
At the Oct. 7 Manteo Board of Commissioners meeting, Town Manager Kevin Brinkley identified the three eligible applicants to fill the vacancy on the board created by the resignation of Commissioner Eddie Mann.
The late September nor’ easter that smashed into the Outer Banks and isolated Hatteras Island triggered the first activation of emergency ferry service since 2013, when the then Bonner Bridge was closed due to severe sand scour and erosion around its support pilings. On Monday, Oct. 12, NCDOT released the final figures on how busy that route was between Sept. 27-30. Here’s the information.
By Brian Tress | Outer Banks Voice
For a generation of kids, the anticipation started with the billboards.
"Passing through Currituck on the way to the Outer Banks, there were all those billboards for Waterfall Park," said Chris Schroeder, 39, who now lives in Toano, Virginia, but spent his childhood summers driving down to Kill Devil Hills with his family. "When I was a kid, I would beg my parents, ‘please take me, I wanna go.’"
By Loring Spencer | Outer Banks Voice
Robin and Kevin Carey are selling Outer Barks, their dog-supply shop with an in-house bakery for canine customers. But they’re not abandoning the dog-loving community they’ve spent nearly three decades bringing together.
By Kip Tabb | Outer Banks Voice
Mandated by state law to place a toll on all North Carolina ferries, NCDOT Ferry Division Director Jed Dixon presented proposed tolls to the North Carolina Transportation board at a meeting on Oct. 8. As proposed, a one-way trip to Ocracoke from Hatteras will cost $10 beginning on Jan. 1, 2027. The one-way fare for the Knotts Island Ferry will be $7.
