Aug 19
As a number of coastal officials voice their opposition to the ferry tolling plan in the new state budget, NCDOT’s Ferry Division has announced it will hold five public listening sessions in September as it moves to put the plan in effect.
Nags Head Board of Commissioners will conduct a public hearing on Wednesday, September 2, 2026, beginning at 9:00 a.m. in the Board Room of the Municipal Complex, 5401 S Croatan Highway, Nags Head, NC to consider and take action upon the following request.
Dominion Energy has announced that it recently filed a request with the North Carolina Utilities Commission seeking approval to update fuel costs for customers in northeastern North Carolina.
By Mark Jurkowitz | Outer Banks Voice
Update: At their meeting on Aug. 10, the Dare County Board of Commissioners approved spending $20,000 on an outreach plan to support the quarter-cent sales tax increase on the November ballot that is earmarked for County Parks and Recreation facilities. County Manager Bobby Outten said the money would come from the county contingency fund.
Ending an impasse that jeopardized health coverage for many area patients, ECU Health and UnitedHealthcare have reached a multi-year agreement restoring in-network access to care “for more than 100,000 UnitedHealthcare-covered patients and supporting rural health sustainability in eastern North Carolina,” according to the statement from ECU Health.
By Mark Jurkowitz | Outer Banks Voice
Lately, there hasn’t seemed to be much cause for optimism among those advocating for building the long-delayed Mid-Currituck Bridge.
By Kip Tabb | Outer Banks Voice
Voting unanimously at their Aug. 3 meeting, the Dare County Commissioners passed an ordinance “prohibiting the sale of any non-compliant Kratom product” in Dare County. The ordinance also prohibits the sale of all Kratom products to anyone under 21 years of age.
Beginning Aug. 17, Cape Hatteras National Seashore will close the Billy Mitchell Airport (HSE) to accommodate a runway pavement rehabilitation project. The closure will occur earlier than the previously announced Sept. 8 date, due to an accelerated construction schedule.
As the debate over centers heats up, coastal locations may not be desirable
With the dramatic expansion of U.S. data centers becoming a major public policy issue, the Currituck County Board of Commissioners held an informational work session on July 20 with the Timmons Group, a civil engineering and design firm.
By Kip Tabb | Outer Banks Voice
In the wake of Live From OBX’s decision not to return, several promoters who host musical events at RIFP told the Voice that putting on shows at the venue is now unprofitable.
Dare County’s occupancy and meals collections numbers for May 2026 continue to point to a year that looks very similar to 2025. With data from the first five months of 2026 now released, both occupancy and meals revenue are up less than 2% from the same period in 2025.
Update: Roanoke Island Festival Park has now issued this statement on the decision not to bring back Live From OBX in 2027.
Update: On Thursday, July 16, the Town of Manteo issued a statement regarding Big Spring Entertainment's announcement that the Live From OBX Concert Series at Roanoke Island Festival Park will not return in 2027. The statement noted that the Park is owned and operated by the State of North Carolina. Here is the statement.
Big Spring Entertainment, the Promoters behind the Live From OBX Concert Series, announced today that it will not present a concert series at Roanoke Island Festival Park in 2027, bringing an end to its run of shows at the venue.
Southern Shores officials are asking residents to oppose a potential NCDOT project at the intersection of NC 12 and US 158 in Kitty Hawk that proposes converting the existing at-grade intersection into an interchange to improve safety and mobility.
Ripple Fiber®, a leading 100% fiber-optic internet provider and network operator, has completed its fiber infrastructure project in the Outer Banks of North Carolina.
With Coastal Studies Institute (CSI) Executive Director Reide Corbett accepting a post at the Thomas Harriot College of Arts & Sciences on the main ECU campus, CSI has named Michael Muglia as the Institute’s Interim Executive Director.
By Kip Tabb | Outer Banks Voice
Hoping to add stronger enforcement measures to a proposed ordinance regulating the sale of enhanced or synthetic Kratom products, the Dare County Commissioners, at their July 7 meeting, postponed action on that ordinance until Aug. 3.
By Brian Tress | Outer Banks Voice
When you walk into the newly renovated Nags Head Fishing Pier, which is set to open at the end of July, you'll experience a wave of seriously upgraded nostalgia. There'll be a new soaring ceiling overhead, a fishing counter with a digital display, a coffee and ice cream shop — and through expansive windows, an immediate view of the same Nags Head Fishing Pier that's stretched out over the ocean for nearly 80 years.
The Sanderling Resort, the iconic oceanfront destination nestled between the Atlantic Ocean and Currituck Sound on North Carolina's Outer Banks, is pleased to announce the appointment of Robert Muehlich as General Manager.
The NC Department of Environmental Quality's Division of Coastal Management (DCM) is accepting applications for FY2027 funding through the North Carolina Boating Infrastructure Grant (BIG) Program. The BIG Program provides competitive grant funding to construct, renovate and maintain boating infrastructure serving transient recreational vessels 26 feet or longer.
