Author: Matt Artz

Dare Provides Update on 31 Recent COVID-19 Cases

The Dare County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has released a new update regarding the most recent 31 cases of COVID-19 reported in the county since Tuesday (July 7). The number of...

Dare County Reports 10 New COVID-19 Cases on July 10th

The Dare County Department of Health and Human Services has received 10 new positive COVID-19 test results today, bringing the total number now to 181 cases, as of Friday (7/10/20) evening. These most recent...

Watch Hilarious ’80s Sitcom Style ‘Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks’ Promo

What if the locally filmed National Geographic Channel (Nat Geo) reality competition series Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks was a sitcom made in the 1980s? That’s a question you may have never considered, but we...

Tropical Storm Fay Forms Off Outer Banks Coast

Tropical Storm Fay has formed off the coast of the Outer Banks, with dangerous rip currents and thunderstorms with heavy rainfall expected into Friday (7/10/20). At 5:30 p.m. on Thursday, July 9, the National...

Dare County Reports 15 New COVID-19 Cases on July 9th

The Dare County Department of Health and Human Services has received 15 new positive COVID-19 test results today, bringing the total number now to 171 cases, as of Thursday (7/9/20) evening, making this the...

Kill Devil Hills Releases June 2020 Crime Blotter

The Kill Devil Hills Police Department has released their crime blotter for June 2020, including a number of arrests for assault. Arrests Assault: On June 10, 2020, officers received a call to the 2000...

It’s a Double Bite in Clip from ‘Wicked Tuna: Outer Banks’ Season 7 Ep. 3

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

Dare Reports 6 New COVID-19 Cases on July 8th; New Hospitalization

The Dare County Department of Health and Human Services has received six new positive COVID-19 test results today, including one new hospitalization, bringing the total number now to 156 cases, as of Wednesday (7/8/20)...

Dare Provides Update on COVID-19 Cases; Two in Critical Condition

The Dare County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has released a new update regarding the most recent cases of COVID-19 in the county, including two individuals who are hospitalized and currently in...

Dare County Reports 4 New COVID-19 Cases on July 7th

The Dare County Department of Health and Human Services has received four new positive COVID-19 test results today, all of which are under the age of 50, bringing the total number now to 150...

Netflix’s ‘Outer Banks’ is a Fun and Entertaining Fantasy [Review]

Netflix’s new young adult drama series Outer Banks, which was filmed in Charleston County, South Carolina and set locally, became a massive hit for the streaming network almost immediately upon premiering in April, and...

Dare County Reports 10 New COVID-19 Cases on July 6th

The Dare County Department of Health and Human Services has received 10 new positive COVID-19 test results today, eight of which are under the age of 25, bringing the total number now to 146...

Dare County Releases PSA Video on Mask Wearing

Dare County released a new PSA video today (7/6/20) urging everyone to wear a face mask or covering to help slow the spread of COVID-19 and to protect not only themselves and their loved...

Dare Will Now Classify Non-Resident Property Owners as Residents in Health Emergencies

The Dare County Board of Commissioners held a special meeting on Monday morning, July 6, to settle a lawsuit by agreeing to classify non-resident property owners as resident property owners in any future health...

Dare County Reports 3 New COVID-19 Cases on July 5th

The Dare County Department of Health and Human Services has received three new positive COVID-19 test results today, all under the age of 25, bringing the total number now to 136 cases, as of...

Two Drownings Reported in Croatan Sound Off Roanoke Island on July 5th

The bodies of two males who apparently drowned in the Croatan Sound at the Old Swimming Hole on Roanoke Island were found on Sunday morning, July 5. A call to 911 came in at...

Dare County Reports 7 New COVID-19 Cases on July 4th

The Dare County Department of Health and Human Services has received seven new positive COVID-19 test results on July 4th, bringing the total number now to 133 cases, as of Saturday (7/4/20) evening. These...

Local Graduates’ Petition Asks Manteo High School to Retire Mascot

A petition started by a group of Outer Banks high school graduates asking that Manteo High School and Manteo Middle School retire their schools’ mascot names because they are offensive to Indigenous people has...

Body of Drowning Victim Caught in Rip Current Found in Kitty Hawk

The body of Greenville man who went missing in the ocean last last night was found early this morning in Kitty Hawk. The Kitty Hawk Police Department reports that at approximately 3:15 a.m. on...

Dare Gives Update on Recent COVID-19 Cases and Testing Event

The Dare County Department of Health and Human Services (DHHS) has released some new details about the most recently diagnosed cases of COVID-19 in the county, as well as an update on the results...