Author: Matt Artz

Mandatory Evacuation of Hatteras Island Ordered Ahead of Hurricane Isaias

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

Dare Updates on 30 Recent COVID-19 Cases Reported July 25-27

Dare Updates on 30 Recent COVID-19 Cases Reported July 25-27

The Dare County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has released a new update regarding the most recent 30 cases of COVID-19 reported in the county on July 25-27. You can read the...

Dare Reports 16 New COVID-19 Cases on July 27th

Dare Reports 16 New COVID-19 Cases on July 27th

The Dare County Department of Health and Human Services has received 16 new positive COVID-19 test results today, matching the largest single day increase for the third time, bringing the total number now to...

Dare Reports 2 New COVID-19 Cases on July 26th; New Hospitalization

Dare Reports 2 New COVID-19 Cases on July 26th; New Hospitalization

The Dare County Department of Health and Human Services has received two new positive COVID-19 test results today, including a new hospitalization, bringing the total number now to 315 cases, as of Sunday (7/26/20)...

Ace Run Disc Golf Course Opens in Manteo

Ace Run Disc Golf Course Opens in Manteo

A new nine-hole disc golf course, Ace Run is now open at North End Park in Manteo at the northern end of Roanoke Island. Dare County Parks and Recreation operates the park and designed...

Dare County Reports 12 New COVID-19 Cases on July 25th

Dare County Reports 12 New COVID-19 Cases on July 25th

The Dare County Department of Health and Human Services has received 12 new positive COVID-19 test results today, bringing the total number now to 313 cases, as of Saturday (7/25/20) evening. These most recent...

Netflix’s ‘Outer Banks’ Officially Renewed for Season 2

Netflix’s ‘Outer Banks’ Officially Renewed for Season 2

Netflix’s young adult drama series Outer Banks, which was filmed in Charleston County, South Carolina and set locally, has officially been renewed for a second season. After becoming a massive hit almost immediately upon...

Dare County Updates on 24 Recent COVID-19 Cases in Last 3 Days

Dare County Updates on 24 Recent COVID-19 Cases in Last 3 Days

The Dare County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has released a new update regarding the most recent 24 cases of COVID-19 reported in the county in the last three days, since Tuesday...

Duck Town Manager Resigns After Assault Arrest

Duck Town Manager Resigns After Assault Arrest

Duck Town Manager Chris Layton has resigned after he was arrested earlier this month on charges of assaulting another town administrative employee. At the Duck Town Council meeting today (July 24), the Council voted...