After a more than three-hour meeting poring over all potential options, the Dare County Board of Education voted to begin the 2020-21 school year in remote learning until Oct. 23, with the option to revisit sooner. Much of the board’s decision was based on uncertainty with COVID-19 numbers locally; training time for staff and teachers […]
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Dare County Schools on Wednesday released the results of staff and parent surveys regarding the start of the new school year next month, and the results showed 29 percent of parents prefer the year to begin with remote learning. The Dare County Board of Education will meet Monday afternoon to discuss options under Gov. Roy […]
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The N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission’s “Operation Dry Water” boating safety campaign over the Fourth of July weekend resulted in 467 contacts with boaters in eastern North Carolina from July 3-5. Of those, patrol officers wrote 39 citations and charged six with boating under the influence. The highest blood-alcohol concentration of the weekend was 0.14, said […]
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If you’re planning on boating over Fourth of July weekend, be prepared for increased enforcement from the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission. The commission’s law enforcement division’s “Operation Dry Water” runs from July 3-5. During the annual campaign, enforcement officers will conduct sobriety checkpoints and promote public awareness to deter impaired operation of vessels. In North […]
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You may have heard about the Saharan dust plume making its way across Puerto Rico and headed toward the U.S. this week. The mass of dusty air call forms over the Sahara Desert every year and moves westward across the tropical North Atlantic. The dust plume, which extends about 5,000 to 20,000 feet into the […]
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North Carolina emergency management officials have launched a new initiative for the state’s coastal counties as hurricane season gets underway — predetermined evacuation zones based on the most vulnerable areas. North Carolina Public Safety Secretary Erik Hooks and Emergency Management Director Mike Sprayberry said the state worked with 20 coastal counties, including Dare, Hyde and […]
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The Outer Banks Network for Endangered Sea Turtles has added another $2,500 to the reward leading the to the identity of the driver who ran over and killed a nesting loggerhead sea turtle in Frisco on Memorial Day. Along with the Cape Hatteras Access Preservation Alliance, the reward for information in the turtle’s death is […]
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Remains found at Cape Lookout National Seashore on May 31 have been positively identified as a Fort Bragg soldier who went missing during a camping trip over Memorial Day weekend, and Army investigators say his death has been ruled a homicide. Partial remains that washed ashore at South Core Banks, one of the islands that […]
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The National Park Service has called off the extensive search for a Fort Bragg soldier missing at Cape Lookout National Seashore since May 22 — and has not commented on whether remains found in the area May 31 might be those of 21-year-old Enrique Roman-Martinez. On May 23, active search efforts began at South Core […]
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A Virginia couple has filed a class-action lawsuit against local governments on the Outer Banks seeking damages for out-of-town property owners denied access to their homes due to the coronavirus pandemic. The suit in the U.S. District Court of Eastern North Carolina was filed May 15 by Joseph and Linda Blackburn of Richmond, Virginia, who […]
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