Voters residing within the town limits of Duck, Kill Devil Hills, Kitty Hawk, Nags Head, Manteo and Southern Shores are eligible to cast ballots in the upcoming election. Read about contested and uncontested races, registration repair and so much more: www.outerbanksnews.org/post/municip...

An aquatics center project ranked as the community’s top desired amenity, but it was not recommended to be prioritized due to its land and financial demands, according to a firm hired to complete a recreation needs assessment for Dare County. www.outerbanksnews.org/post/high-lo...

The Manteo Elementary School principal, a former principal of the year, will exchange leadership roles with one of First Flight High School’s assistant principals. The transfers are effective next Monday, Oct. 6, according to the district superintendent. www.outerbanksnews.org/post/manteo-...

Three Outer Banks leaders spoke in a virtual public meeting hosted by a Raleigh-based organization about challenges and opportunities they see in addressing the area’s housing crisis. www.outerbanksnews.org/post/home-va...

A Manteo couple jumped out of an airplane together 108 times on Monday, unofficially besting the 14-year-standing Guinness World Record of 105 tandem skydives in one day. www.outerbanksnews.org/post/manteo-...

Both Manteo High School’s junior varsity and varsity men's soccer teams reigned victorious over First Flight High School at the latter’s home field in Kill Devil Hills in the inaugural battle between the Dare County rivals for the Cobia Cup on Monday. www.outerbanksnews.org/post/manteo-...

Friday's KDH crash update: Four people were hospitalized, three have been released. The drivers have been named. www.outerbanksnews.org/post/dare-co...

A vehicle collision caused a serious injury on Friday afternoon in Kill Devil Hills, police confirmed to Outer Banks Insider. www.outerbanksnews.org/post/serious...

State agencies have issued two permits for the proposed Mid-Currituck Bridge project. www.outerbanksnews.org/post/propose...

Nearly 4,000 northern Outer Banks customers lost power on Monday morning as salt buildup—in one case, causing a power pole to catch fire—caused mostly short outages, according to a Dominion Energy spokesperson. www.outerbanksnews.org/post/salt-bu...

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Fatally stabbed by pirate sword in Stumpy Point: Dead man’s brother says state wants plea deal, but ‘7 years for killing somebody is not a lot of time’ www.outerbanksnews.org/post/fatally...

Two more teen suspects charged as adults in fatal Avalon Pier shooting www.outerbanksnews.org/post/kdh-pol...

No serious injuries, teen’s car likely totaled from officer-involved crash Saturday in Kitty Hawk, according to Highway Patrol www.outerbanksnews.org/post/no-seri...

‘I think we’re trying to build a community’: Development company says it can start planning now that Dare commissioners approved requested density increase for group of Colington lots www.outerbanksnews.org/post/i-think...

The Dare County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s assistance in providing information related to an incident last Monday, Aug. 25, in Manteo, that resulted in serious injuries to two people. www.outerbanksnews.org/post/dare-co...

The long-awaited new Dare County license plate agency will open in Kitty Hawk on Thursday, according to the North Carolina Department of Transportation. www.outerbanksnews.org/post/dare-co...

OUTER BANKS INSIDER EXCLUSIVE: An Outer Banks man already on the state sex offender registry was arrested in Charlotte for multiple alleged sexual crimes against children. www.outerbanksnews.org/post/outer-b...

Electric companies have applauded the new law sponsored by 10 Republican state senators, including the two representing the Outer Banks, that eliminates North Carolina’s goal of a 70% carbon dioxide emissions reduction from electric public utilities by 2030. www.outerbanksnews.org/post/outer-b...

Some children in Currituck County have a unique ride to school. www.outerbanksnews.org/post/start-o...

Beachgoers in Kitty Hawk and in Kill Devil Hills were making the most of the clear skies and much lighter winds than in recent days, as Hurricane Erin moved farther offshore. www.outerbanksnews.org/post/all-3-a...

The only full-day, year-round licensed child care facility on Hatteras Island is closing in October, to the dismay of residents and child care advocates. (This is not a Hurricane Erin story; the decision was made long beforehand.) www.outerbanksnews.org/post/hattera...

Sections of Hatteras Island began experiencing overwash from still-distant Hurricane Erin on Tuesday, and all of the Outer Banks is under a tropical storm warning and a storm surge warning. www.outerbanksnews.org/post/tropica...

A Kill Devil Hills bicyclist remained hospitalized as of early Monday afternoon following a Friday morning collision with a truck driven by a New Jersey resident. www.outerbanksnews.org/post/kdh-bic...

Dare and Hyde counties each issued a state of emergency declaration Sunday evening. The mandatory evacuations of visitors on Hatteras Island and Ocracoke Island begin Monday as potentially dangerous conditions from Hurricane Erin are expected to begin Tuesday. www.outerbanksnews.org/post/hurrica...

Three people across the Outer Banks contracted Vibrio infections from open wound exposures to sound water in July, including two people who were hospitalized, according to area health officials. www.outerbanksnews.org/post/three-p...

A grand jury on Monday morning indicted a Kill Devil Hills teen with one count of first-degree murder and with one count of assault with a deadly weapon with the intent to kill inflicting serious injury following the July 31 shooting at Avalon Pier. www.outerbanksnews.org/post/grand-j...

A Colington man arrested on a charge of forcible sex offense last week is on the state sex offender list for a prior conviction of indecent liberties with a child. www.outerbanksnews.org/post/colingt...

Last-minute changes made to legislation in the state Senate in June would have banned all shrimp trawling in the state’s inshore waters and within a half-mile of the shoreline for four years. This story is co-produced with The Assembly. www.outerbanksnews.org/post/the-rap...

A Kill Devil Hills teen is being charged as an adult with two felony charges, one of which is first-degree murder, in connection with Thursday’s fatal shooting at Avalon Pier, according to the district attorney. www.outerbanksnews.org/post/kdh-tee...

The suspect in a “critical incident” in Kill Devil Hills on Thursday afternoon was arrested in Kitty Hawk, a Kitty Hawk police spokesperson said. www.outerbanksnews.org/post/suspect...

A 40-year-old man from Whiteville pushed his wife out of a moving vehicle, ran her over, seriously injuring her, and kept driving on N.C. Highway 12 in Hatteras at the start of this month, court documents allege. www.outerbanksnews.org/post/whitevi...

NC leaders said the Trump administration reversed course and will release the public school funding it had frozen indefinitely. The decision came after NC Attorney General Jeff Jackson and 24 other Democratic leaders sued the Republican-led federal government. www.outerbanksnews.org/post/trump-a...

The Saving Lives Task Force has been at the forefront of addressing substance use and the opioid crisis in Dare County for the past 11 years. www.outerbanksnews.org/post/it-s-ju...

A Dare commissioner’s county-listed address is outside his elected district. He says his ‘primary’ is in the district. www.outerbanksnews.org/post/dare-co...

A Dare County man pleaded guilty to one count of indecent liberties with a child and had seven other charges of sexual crimes against a child dismissed, court documents show. He registered as a sex offender last week, providing a Southern Shores address. www.outerbanksnews.org/post/dare-co...

A person suffering from “severe burns” after a house in Manteo exploded and caught fire was airlifted to a hospital Friday afternoon, according to radio reports. www.outerbanksnews.org/post/person-...

Trump administration freezes over $750,000 in federal school funding across Outer Banks area Hyde County Schools is requesting community advocacy in the wake of its over $350,000 in frozen federal school funding. www.outerbanksnews.org/post/trump-a...

The 19-year-old man who was airlifted to a hospital the evening of Tuesday, June 24, following “a severe spinal cord injury” he suffered while skimboarding in Kill Devil Hills is making progress on a long recovery journey, according to his family. www.outerbanksnews.org/post/skimboa...

The July 4 week, typically considered the busiest week of the summer season on the Outer Banks, saw increased public safety agency work as anticipated, but some agencies reported fewer incidents than occurred during last year’s Independence Day week. www.outerbanksnews.org/post/outer-b...

Over $1 million in state Opportunity Scholarship funding was distributed to 195 Outer Banks students attending private schools during the recently concluded 2024-25 school year. www.outerbanksnews.org/post/over-1-...

What caused parts of the ocean along the Outer Banks to appear yellowish? An Outer Banks Insider exclusive explainer: www.outerbanksnews.org/post/what-ca...

EXCLUSIVE: A U.S. Army Corps of Engineers spokesperson confirmed to Outer Banks Insider that all five of Dare County’s formerly suspended dredging permits have been reinstated. www.outerbanksnews.org/post/all-5-f...

A Newport News, Virginia, woman was charged with “left of center” following a head-on collision Tuesday in Waves that ultimately resulted in her husband’s death, according to the North Carolina Highway Patrol. www.outerbanksnews.org/post/virgini...

A 19-year-old man was airlifted to an out-of-area hospital Tuesday evening after being pulled from the Atlantic Ocean near Avalon Pier in Kill Devil Hills and after being briefly sent to the hospital in Nags Head, according to a town press release. www.outerbanksnews.org/post/19-year...

Mayors of the six towns in Dare County co-signed a letter addressed to all the members of the North Carolina General Assembly sharing concerns over proposals they see as restricting local authority. Also: Other recent measures local officials have opposed. www.outerbanksnews.org/post/outer-b...

The intertwining of local and national history was shared during the fifth annual Juneteenth celebration at the Pea Island Cookhouse Museum in Manteo on Thursday evening. www.outerbanksnews.org/post/history...

A Moyock teen died at the scene in an early-morning collision Thursday in Currituck County, according to the North Carolina State Highway Patrol. www.outerbanksnews.org/post/teenage...

The Dare Community Housing Task Force at its Tuesday meeting unanimously voted to move forward with creating a housing nonprofit. It also heard a report by researchers on local housing attitudes. www.outerbanksnews.org/post/housing...

Outer Banks leaders and legislators have voiced opposition to an amended bill that they say would “irreparably damage” the Outer Banks’ shrimping industry. We followed the Senate proceedings today and included that in this article. www.outerbanksnews.org/post/outer-b...