Author: Matt Artz

Dare County Reports Another Positive COVID-19 Case on June 18th

The Dare County Department of Health and Human Services has received another new positive COVID-19 test result today, bringing the total number of positive COVID-19 tests in Dare County now to 44, as of...

Nags Head to Require Masks at Possible 2020 Dowdy Park Events

The Nags Head Board of Commissioners met this week to approve the town’s $21.8 million budget ordinance for the upcoming fiscal year beginning on July 1, including funds allocated for possible 2020 events at...

Dare County Reports a New Positive COVID-19 Case on June 17th

The Dare County Department of Health and Human Services has received another new positive COVID-19 test result, bringing the total number of positive COVID-19 tests in Dare County now to 43, as of Wednesday...

One of Dare’s Positive COVID-19 Cases is Refusing Contact Tracing

The Dare County Department of Health and Human Services has received a total of 42 positive COVID-19 tests in Dare County, as of Tuesday (6/16/20), one of the most recent of which has so...

Dare County Reports Three New Positive COVID-19 Tests on June 16th

The Dare County Department of Health and Human Services has received three new positive COVID-19 test results, bringing the total number of positive COVID-19 tests in Dare County now to 42, as of Tuesday...

Dare County Reports Four New Positive COVID-19 Tests

The Dare County Department of Health and Human Services has received four new positive COVID-19 test results, bringing the total number of positive COVID-19 tests in Dare County now to 39, as of Monday...

Dare County Reports 35 Positive COVID-19 Tests

UPDATE: Two additional COVID-19 positive test results have been reported since this article was first published on Saturday. One is a female non-resident, 18-24 years of age, who has been transferred to their home...

Dare Chairman Strongly Encourages Wearing Face Masks to Fight COVID-19 Spread

Following a meeting yesterday (6/11/20) with the six municipal mayors of the Outer Banks, as well as the Superintendent of the Cape Hatteras National Seashore and the Dare County Sheriff, Dare County Board of...

Body of Missing Swimmer Found in Pamlico Sound

The body of an 18-year-old male who went missing yesterday (6/10/20) afternoon in the Pamlico Sound was found by a search and rescue team this morning. The 18-year-old from Ripley, West Virginia was last...

Hundreds Unite in Manteo for Protest Against Police Violence [Video]

Hundreds of people gathered in an inspiring show of unity at the Dare Minority Coaltion‘s peaceful protest against police violence in Manteo on Tuesday (6/9/20). Various speakers, including nationally renowned singer and Dare native...

NC Releases New Health Guidelines for Reopening Public Schools

The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services released new health guidelines on Monday (6/8/20) that represent a first step to help the state’s K-12 public schools find a safe way to open...

Kill Devil Hills Considering Mandatory Face Masks to Fight COVID-19 Spread

The Kill Devil Hills Board of Commissioners discussed the possibility of a mandatory requirement that everyone where a cloth face covering anytime they are in public within the town to help slow the spread...

UPDATE: R/C Theatres KDH Cineplex Sets (Tentative) Reopening for Aug. 7th

R/C Theatres has announced that all of their movies theaters, including the Kill Devil Hills cineplex, are tentatively scheduled to reopen on Friday, July 31 August 7. There will of course be new safety procedures...

National Park Service Requests Proposals to Lease Avon Fishing Pier

The National Park Service has issued a request for proposals to lease the Avon Fishing Pier in the village of Avon on Hatteras Island. Cape Hatteras National Seashore announced today (6/8/20) the opportunity for...

Jennette's Pier in Nags Head, NC (photo by OBXentertainment.com)

Jennette’s Pier Chosen as Final Test Site for U.S. Dept. of Energy Competition

Today (6/8/20), the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announced the winners of the second stage (DESIGN) of the Waves to Water Prize, and, in partnership with the Coastal Studies Institute (CSI), also announced that Jennette’s...

UPDATE: Dare County Reports 7 More Positive COVID-19 Tests This Weekend

UPDATE: Three additional positive cases have been reported since this article was first published, including two Dare County residents and one non-resident, bringing the total to 32. The Dare County Department of Health and...

Nags Head Considering Subscription-Based Recycling Program

The Town of Nags Head is asking its residents if they would be interested in a subscription-based curbside recycling program, after the Board of Commissioners heard numerous comments from homeowners complaining about the board’s...

Dare Minority Coalition Holding Moments of Silence March in Manteo June 9th

As protests in response to the killing of George Floyd and the larger issue of police violence against minorities rage across the country, the Outer Banks’ own Dare Minority Coalition has announced Moments of...

Two More Individuals Test Positive for COVID-19 in Dare County

The Dare County Department of Health and Human Services has received two more new positive COVID-19 test results this week, one of which is identified as a non-resident who acquired the virus from direct...

Outer Banks Visitors Bureau Welcomes Guests Back for Safe Summer 2020

“We’re wide open,” announces Lee Nettles, Executive Director of the Outer Banks Visitors Bureau, in a new press release citing several recent accolades supporting the OBX’s front position for travel this summer, powered in...