By Mark Jurkowitz | Outer Banks Voice
  While no action was taken when it came up for First Reading at the April 17 Dare Board of Education meeting, the board could soon approve a new policy that would allow school employees to administer the opioid overdose rescue drug Naloxone to those experiencing an overdose. Full story

By Mark Jurkowitz  | Outer Banks Voice
Local officials on the frontlines of the fight against the opioid epidemic welcomed the March 29 announcement that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Narcan, 4 milligram (mg) naloxone hydrochloride nasal spray, for use without a prescription. Full story

Plan could be in place by April 7 First Friday event By Mark Jurkowitz | Outer Banks Voice With the April 7 First Friday event as a target date, Manteo officials are moving quickly toward the establishment of a downtown “social district” where alcoholic beverages in designated containers are permitted on the street. Full story

By Mark Jurkowitz | Outer Banks Voice In July 2022, Outer Banks Hospital President Ronnie Sloan announced plans to renovate the property housing the Outer Banks Family Medical Practice in Manteo and to build a 2,500- square-foot addition adjacent to that building in order to eventually incorporate more medical staff. Full story

Will retain staff, keep business going as is  By Mark Jurkowitz | Outer Banks Voice. According to outgoing Outer Banks Brewing Station co-owner Eric Reece, the sale of the iconic restaurant and entertainment venue was really clinched when the new owners agreed to retain all the existing employees and keep operating the business as it had been run. Full story

Outer Banks Brewing Station is sold By Mark Jurkowitz  | Outer Banks Voice. Another iconic Outer Banks eatery and entertainment venue is changing hands. Full story

By Mark Jurkowitz  | Outer Banks Voice While a discussion and vote on a special use permit for a 60-unit Wanchese cluster home project were not on t Full story

By Mark Jurkowitz | Outer Banks Voice   In a Feb. 23 decision, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit upheld a December 2021 U.S. District Court ruling against a Southern Environmental Law Center (SELC) suit, thus paving the way for the Mid-Currituck project to move ahead. (Read the decision here 221103.P.pdf (uscourts.gov) Full story

Dozens at meeting voice opposition to cluster home plan
By Mark Jurkowitz | Outer Banks Voice. At a Feb. 7 Dare County Planning Board meeting that included roughly two hours of public comment, the board concluded that a special use permit for a cluster home project in Wanchese “was reasonable and appropriate for the proposed use” and moved the project forward to the county commissioners. Full story

By Mark Jurkowitz | Outer Banks Voice. By a unanimous vote at its Feb. 6 meeting, the Dare County Board of Commissioners approved a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with the Dare County Board of Education that allows the county to share some school athletic fields in order to help meet the growing demand for playing facilities in the county.   Full story

By Mark Jurkowitz  | Outer Banks Voice The three suspects charged with theft from a Manteo ABC store on the night of Jan. 27 are also facing charges involving larceny from the Ulta store in Nags Head as part of a reported spree that included a high- speed getaway attempt, responses from multiple law enforcement agencies and, ultimately, their being taken into custody around the OBX Bowling Center in Nags Head, according to police sources. Full story

By Mark Jurkowitz | Outer Banks Voice A Jan. 25 decision by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit has ruled against plaintiffs who were seeking compensation from Dare County for denying non-resident property owners access to their homes during the 45-day COVID closure in 2020. Full story