H2O
‘Ocean Pursuit’ shipwreck removal remains high priority, seashore says
It’s been a year since the “Ocean Pursuit,” a commercial scallop boat, wrecked in Oregon Inlet. The 73-foot-long steel-hull ship ran into shallow water along [Read More]
Articles by Kari Pugh
Coronavirus
Dare County accepting COVID-19 vaccine appointments for ‘Phase 3’
Dare County is now accepting COVID-19 vaccine appointments for individuals in “Phase 3,” which includes grocery store and restaurant workers, postal workers, veterinarians, elected officials, [Read More]
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UPDATED: “Cotton candy cloud” produced by sounding rocket from NASA Wallops
A three-stage suborbital sounding rocket was launched Wednesday around sunset for the Department of Defense from NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility on the Virginia Eastern Shore, [Read More]
Obituaries
Marlene Slate, ‘Carova’s queen’ dies at 88
Carova Beach on Currituck’s Outer Banks is mourning the loss of Marlene Slate, a longtime fire department volunteer and fixture in the community, who died [Read More]
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Sleepy seal visits Cape Hatteras National Seashore
Spring’s approaching but some winter visitors to the Outer Banks are still popping up on beach. On Friday, a harbor seal took a quick break [Read More]
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NPS launches website for updates on Cape Hatteras Lighthouse renovations
The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse will undergo a complete makeover beginning this spring, and the National Park Service has launched a website to keep the public [Read More]
Coronavirus
Dare County health officials report 14th COVID-19 death
Dare County Health and Human Services on Thursday reported a 14th COVID-19 death on its daily pandemic dashboard, the seventh over the past month. Health [Read More]
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VIDEO: Scientists exhume whale skeleton buried at Cape Lookout
A team of scientists last weekend exhumed the remains of a minke whale found dead on the beach at Cape Lookout more than two years [Read More]
Coronavirus
Governor lifts curfew, eases some pandemic restrictions
Gov. Roy Cooper is lifting North Carolina’s 10 p.m. curfew starting Friday and easing pandemic restrictions on everything from bars and taverns to amusement parks [Read More]