More than 60 parents, children and community members gathered at First Flight Middle School on Feb. 5 to listen to a powerful message on the dangers of teen vaping delivered by High Point, N.C.’s Luka Kinard, who shared his own story of nicotine addiction and the spiraling effects e-cigarettes had on his early years in […]

HHS director briefs Dare Board on coronavirus While there have been no documented coronavirus cases in North Carolina so far, Dare County Health and Human Services (DCHHS) Director Sheila Davies assured the county commissioners during their March 2 meeting that her department was taking the necessary steps to prepare for the potential spread of what […]

Nearly a year after the cameras started rolling during meetings of the Manteo Board of Commissioners, that board unanimously voted on Feb. 5 to begin airing town planning board meetings on the county-operated Current TV. That decision makes Manteo the first Dare County municipality to commit to regularly airing its planning board meetings. Ironically, when […]

With new leadership at its helm, the Kill Devil Hills Board of Commissioners is taking a look at addressing some longstanding concerns about the proliferation of large event homes along the town’s oceanfront – choosing to focus on possible incentives to offer developers in exchange for incorporating safety features into new structures. After a two-hour […]

Lennard Dulan Rampersad of Manteo has been arrested and charged with two felonies in connection with a Manteo Furniture & Appliance delivery truck that was stolen on Feb. 22 from outside the downtown Manteo store. The truck was located just after 12 a.m. on Feb. 24 in the parking lot of a Tarboro, N.C. motel […]

A stolen Manteo Furniture & Appliance delivery truck was located this morning, Feb. 24, in the parking lot of a Tarboro, N.C. motel. The truck was stolen from outside the downtown Manteo store shortly after 12 a.m. on Feb. 22, where it was parked with the vehicle’s key inside. Manteo Police Chief Vance Haskett told […]

2020 figure is 26 percent increase over 2019 With the revaluation of more than 43,000 Dare County properties now complete, notices of the new assessed values will be mailed out on Feb. 25 to all property owners. This marks the first revaluation done in the county since 2013. That year, the value of taxable property […]

Incumbent Steve House will face Kitty Hawk resident Paul Wright in the upcoming GOP primary race for the Dare County Board of Commissioners District 3 seat — the only primary fight for a commissioner’s seat. And while both candidates share a few priorities – such as addressing the local housing crisis – they differ on […]

  Meekins Field – one of Dare County’s first recreational facilities that dates back to the mid 1980s – may be in store for a facelift if the Town of Kill Devil Hills moves forward with recommendations from its Westside Recreation Group that include everything from new ballfields to a public art wall and spruced-up […]

In an effort to recruit new foster parents, Dare County will begin offering a 10-week training and informational class that begins in about a month, on March 16. The goal is to replenish what local officials say are the constantly changing numbers of volunteers in this crucial area of social services. In Dare County, there […]

I wasn’t expecting to feel the way I did when I walked into the Kmart in Kill Devil Hills the other evening. After all, I was only running an errand to replace a broken coffeemaker and ensure that I had a warm cup of coffee in the morning. Hearing the news of the store’s scheduled […]

A bald eagle remains in critical condition after being rescued in Camden County on Feb. 9 by Hatteras Island Wildlife Rehabilitation’s Lou Browning. Suffering from lead poisoning as well as dehydration and malnutrition, Browning said the raptor has little chance of survival, but is currently being treated in an ICU chamber at his Hatteras Island […]