A group that manages herds of wild horses in coastal North Carolina is warning drivers to watch out for the animals taking advantage of unseasonably warm weather by sleeping on the sand at night.

Shipwrecks off the coast of North Carolina have long drawn divers and even treasure hunters. Now, species of tropical and subtropical fish are showing up, driven there by the impacts of climate change.

Two storms have merged off the coast of North Carolina, causing ocean water and sand to rush across lanes on the only highway connecting the barrier islands of the Outer Banks.

Ocracoke Health Center CEO Cheryl Ballance estimates that anywhere from 8,000-10,000 people visit Ocracoke Island on any given summer weekend. Many visitors catch a ferry back to Cape Hatteras after less than a day, but hundreds of vacation rentals and hotel rooms are consistently filled from late spring to early fall. During those months, the […]

Scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration discovered a methane seep field off the coast of Bodie Island in 2012, but they didn’t get a look at it until this year.

Environmental groups have filed a lawsuit challenging plans for a toll bridge on the Outer Banks. The complaint filed Tuesday from the Southern Enviornmental Law Center questions state and federal approval of the Mid-Currituck Bridge.

The state Department of Transportation has the first of many approvals it needs for a new toll bridge to the northern Outer Banks.

Dare County officials are seeking suggestions for a new name for the bridge that spans the Oregon Inlet. The current bridge is named for Herbert C. Bonner, a U.S. Congressman from North Carolina who served from 1940 until 1965. Bonner was instrumental in getting the bridge project off the ground.

Traffic is flowing again all along the Outer Banks' NC 12 for the first time since Hurricane Florence hit.

More than two years after breaking ground, PCL Contruction crews have connected both portions of the Bonner Bridge Replacement Project. The 2 1/2-mile bridge will allow motorists to cross Oregon Inlet on North Carolina Highway 12 in the Outer Banks.

Each spring, local residents over the age of 50 are invited to participate in the Outer Banks Senior Games. Achievement is recognized with gold, silver, and bronze awards and the privilege of representing Dare County in the statewide North Carolina

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When Alice Kelly was diagnosed with Hodgkin’s Lymphoma, instead of retreating inward, she turned her focus to her community. “The people who knew her say her premise was: If you see a need, fulfill it,” Maxwell says. And that she did.

Loismary Hoehne, CDCF board president and CDWF co-chair, thanked the community for its continued support of the Currituck-Dare Community Foundation. “We are proud to support these nonprofit programs that are so vital to the community,” she said.

All Saints After Dark Course is free to the public.  Senior drivers and their families and friends are invited to attend, but also staff and members of various community organization. I

The NAACP Chapter of Currituck County is hosting a Celebration of Martin Luther King Jr Birthday on Sunday, at 2:30 PM – 4:30 PM, at the Corinth Church  7300  Carratock Highway, Jarvisburg. 

The Martin Luther King Jr. Birthday Celebration Committee invites the Dare County community to celebrate the rich legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. during a community-wide program.  This year marks the 29th year the celebration has gone on in Dare County.   The program will feature re-enactments of Dr. Kings I Have a Dream Speech, songs […]