Author: Matt Artz

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...

Dare County Reports 2nd COVID-19 Fatality

Another Outer Banks resident has died from COVID-19, marking the second local fatality since the pandemic started in March, according to updated information from the Dare County Department of Health and Human Services. This...

Dare County Reports New COVID-19 Hospitalization on July 29th

The Dare County Department of Health and Human Services has received one new positive COVID-19 test result today, a local woman who is currently in the hospital, bringing the total number now to 336...

Outer Banks Short Film ‘Night of the Fluffet’ Released Online

Filmed entirely on the Outer Banks and a 2018 Official Selection at our Halloween International Film Festival, the independent short film Night of the Fluffet is now available to watch for free online. Directed...

Three Arrested for Shooting in Kill Devil Hills

The Kill Devil Hills Police Department reports that three people were arrested earlier this week following a shooting that left a local man in the hospital. On Tuesday, July 28, at approximately 1:45 a.m.,...

Art Mural Honors Local Mom and Son Lost to Fire

A new mural recently completed at Dowdy Park in Nags Head celebrates the life of a beloved local mom and her young son who were lost to a fire earlier this year, honoring them...

Dare County Reports 4 New COVID-19 Cases on July 28th

The Dare County Department of Health and Human Services has received four new positive COVID-19 test results today, bringing the total number now to 335 cases, as of Tuesday (7/28/20) evening. These most recent...

NC Gov. Cooper Orders Restaurant Alcohol Sales to Stop at 11pm

North Carolina Governor Roy Cooper announced today (7/28/20) that alcoholic beverage sales in all restaurants is prohibited after 11:00 p.m. starting this Friday, as the state’s number of COVID-19 cases continues to increase. The...