Friday, May 7, 2021
Stories by Michelle Wagner | Outer Banks Voice
The Manteo Board of Commissioners on May 5 unanimously voted to return to the Manteo Planning Board a zoning text amendment application by SAGA Construction that would allow the company to build a 72-unit apartment complex…
May 6
Plans for a boardwalk at the Soundside Event Site in Nags Head took a step forward on May 3 when the Dare County Commissioners unanimously agreed to award a $90,000 contract to Albemarle & Associates for…
May 4
In an effort to retain staff as the county continues to pursue the $2.9 million sale of its Home Health & Hospice Agency to national healthcare provider BrightSpring, Dare County Commissioners on May 3 unanimously approved…
May 3
Labor crunch may impact everything from hours to service Mark Ballog, owner of Lucky 12 Tavern in Nags Head for the past 16 years, remembers working summers on the Outer Banks some 30 years ago. âWe…
Apr 24
After sitting empty and derelict for more than a decade, the Duke of Dare Motel on U.S. 64 in Manteo is undergoing a facelift and is expected to open by the end of May under a…
Apr 20
About a dozen local residents made impassioned pleas to the Dare County Board of Commissioners during an April 19 public hearing, asking it to reconsider its plan to sell Dare Home Health & Hospice (HH&H). The…
Apr 20
Money for staff, programs to remedy COVID âlearning gapâ The Dare County School District is slated to receive an estimated $7.5 million in federal dollars aimed at student learning losses caused by the COVID pandemic â…
Apr 14
During its April 7 meeting, the Nags Head Board of Commissioners unanimously endorsed a series of recommendations from a working group created last fall to explore solutions to the growing parking and traffic problems along W.…
Apr 9
Retired U.S. Army officer Phil Dee to lead 26-mile trek When the COVID-19 pandemic turned the annual Bataan Memorial Death March at the Sands Missile Range in New Mexico into a virtual event, Retired U.S. Army…
Apr 13
Due to high demand, the book signing Friday at OBX Brewing Station to be delayed. Update: This is the news from an April 11 Facebook post. âSebi the Colt – A New Lifeâ is now available on Amazon.com!!!  https://www.amazon.com/Sebi-Colt-Brandi-L…/dp/0578872536/…
Mar 30
Bob Hovey, the Duck business owner who filed a lawsuit arguing that a beach access in the Sand Dollar Shores subdivision is in the public trust, says he plans to challenge an April 6 Court of…
Apr 9
By a 6-1 margin, The Dare County Board of Education voted today to offer four days of in-person learning for all students in Pre-K through 12th grade beginning on April 13. The vote was taken at…
Apr 1
