Author: Matt Artz

Dare County Updates on 9 Most Recent COVID-19 Cases

The Dare County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has released updated details on the nine most recent cases of COVID-19 reported since Tuesay. The total number of positive COVID-19 tests in Dare...

Dare Reports 5 COVID-19 Cases on Aug. 7th; Next Testing Event Announced

The Dare County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has received five new positive COVID-19 test results today, bringing the total number now to 369 cases, as of Friday (8/7/20) afternoon, with the...

Dare Reports One COVID-19 Case on Aug. 6th; Two New Hospitalizations

The Dare County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has received one new positive COVID-19 test result today, and also two new hospitalizations, bringing the total number now to 364 cases, as of...

Nags Head Considering Renovations to YMCA Skate Park

The Nags Head Board of Commissioners agreed this week to approve an application for a National Endowment for the Arts grant that, if approved, could go toward designing and developing plans for a future...

Ocracoke Island has Reopened and is Welcoming Visitors

Ocracoke Island is open and welcoming visitors, as Hyde County has lifted the mandatory evacuation that was put into place in advance of Hurricane/Tropical Storm Isaias‘ landfall in the Carolinas. Ocracoke was spared any...

Dare County Reports 3 COVID-19 Cases on Aug. 5th; New Hospitalization

The Dare County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has received three new positive COVID-19 test results today, including a new hospitalization, bringing the total number now to 363 cases, as of Wednesday...

North Carolina Gov. Cooper Extends Phase 2 for Another Five Weeks

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper announced today (8/5/20) that the current “Safer At Home” Phase Two of reopening the state will be extended for at least another five weeks, as the state’s number of...

National Park Service Outer Banks Facilities to Reopen Aug. 5th

Closed since Sunday, Aug. 2, due to that anticipated impacts of Hurricane/Tropical Storm Isaias, the National Park Service announced today that its facilities on the Outer Banks will reopen on Wednesday, Aug. 5. National...

Dare Updates on 13 Most Recent COVID-19 Cases

The Dare County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has released updated details on the 13 most recent cases of COVID-19 reported since Friday. The total COVID-19 positive case count in Dare County...

Dare County Reports 2 COVID-19 Cases on Aug. 4th

The Dare County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has received two new positive COVID-19 test results today, bringing the total number now to 360 cases, as of Tuesday (8/4/20) afternoon. These most...

Hatteras Island Evacuation Order Lifted

The mandatory evacuation order issued for Hatteras Island in preparation for Isaias will be lifted today. Initial Damage assessments have been completed for Hatteras Island and with limited impacts from the storm, there will...

Dare County Reports 358th COVID-19 Case on Aug. 3rd

The Dare County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has received one new positive COVID-19 test result today, bringing the total number now to 358 cases, as of Monday (8/3/20) evening. This most...

Dare County Reports One New COVID-19 Case on Aug. 2nd

The Dare County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has received one new positive COVID-19 test result today, bringing the total number now to 357 cases, as of Sunday (8/2/20) evening. This most...

Dare County Reports 9 COVID-19 Cases on Aug. 1st

The Dare County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has received nine new positive COVID-19 test results today, bringing the total number now to 356 cases, as of Saturday (8/1/20) evening. These most...

Hurricane Isaias: All Cape Hatteras National Seashore Facilities Closed

As Hurricane Isaias approaches, the National Park Service has announced that all facilities on Cape Hatteras National Seashore will be closed starting tomorrow (7/2/20). Based on recent Hurricane Isaias forecasts, the Outer Banks is...

Mandatory Evacuation of Hatteras Island Ordered Ahead of Hurricane Isaias

A mandatory evacuation of Hatteras Island has been ordered for visitors starting at noon today, Aug. 1, and for residents and property owners starting at 6:00 a.m. on Sunday, Aug. 2, while a local...

Frenzy is Furious in ‘Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks’ Season 7 Ep. 6 Clip

The locally filmed National Geographic Channel (NatGeo) reality competition series Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks is back for its seventh season, and two new clip from this weekend’s episode have been released online, in which...

Dare Reports 2 COVID-19 Cases on July 31st; Updates on 12 Most Recent

The Dare County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has received two new positive COVID-19 test results today, and no current hospitalizations one day after a second local fatality, bringing the total number...

Outer Banks Residents, Visitors Advised to Prepare for Hurricane Isaias

UPDATE 11:40 a.m. 8/4/20: The evacuation order will be lifted today. Initial Damage assessments have been completed for Hatteras Island and with limited impacts from the storm, there will be unrestricted access for residents...

Dare County Reports 9 COVID-19 Cases on July 30th

The Dare County Department of Health and Human Services has received nine new positive COVID-19 test results today, all of which are local residents, as well as a second local fatality, bringing the total...