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Wanda M. Fergusson Petrey

March 29, 2023 Submitted

Wanda M. Fergusson Petrey of Grandy, NC, passed away at her home on March 17, 2023. Wanda was born May 23, 1951 in Norfolk, VA [Read More]

UPDATED: Celebration of the life of Edward Greene to be held at later date

December 5, 2021 OBX Today

By Bryan Jones Edward Greene, “Eddie” to thousands, made his last exit in Manteo, North Carolina, on November 29, 2021, at 96. He passed peacefully [Read More]

UPDATED: Boil advisory for Avon lifted following weekend water main break

June 13, 2021 Island Free Press

By Joy Crist, IslandFreePress.org UPDATED, Monday 2 p.m.: The boil advisory for Avon customers of the Dare County Water System has been lifted, following testing [Read More]

VIDEO: Introducing Z 92.3, ‘The Rock of the Outer Banks’

May 28, 2021 Kari Pugh

For those of you asking all week “what’s going on with 92.3 FM?” — we finally have the answer. As of noon today, the JAM [Read More]

Gov. Roy Cooper lifts all social distancing, most mask requirements

May 14, 2021 Kari Pugh

Effective immediately, Gov. Roy Cooper has lifted all mandatory capacity and gathering limits, social distancing requirements and most mandatory mask requirements. “That means in most [Read More]

LIVE COVERAGE: Gov. Cooper calls Trump supporters storming U.S. Capitol ‘terrorism’

January 6, 2021 Sam Walker

Supporters of President Donald Trump and his unproven claims of widespread election fraud flooded the streets of Washington on Wednesday, clashed with police outside the [Read More]

Gov. Cooper orders statewide curfew beginning Friday

December 8, 2020 Kari Pugh

Gov. Roy Cooper today announced a statewide curfew from 10 p.m. to 5 a.m. beginning Friday in an attempt to slow the rampant spread of [Read More]

Dare County students returning to remote only instruction

November 13, 2020 Kari Pugh

The Dare County Board of Education voted 6-1 Friday night to return all grades to virtual learning as COVID-19 cases and quarantines within the school [Read More]

Governor announces N.C. will move into ‘careful’ Phase 2.5

September 1, 2020 Kari Pugh

Gov. Roy Cooper on Tuesday announced that North Carolina will move into pandemic reopening “Phase 2.5” beginning Friday, Sept. 4 at 5 p.m. “Because of [Read More]

Outer Banks traffic cameras

August 2, 2020 Sam Walker

For updated traffic conditions and cameras from across North Carolina, visit https://drivenc.gov/ The N.C. Department of Transportation maintains all of the cameras below. Some images [Read More]