A Roanoke, Virginia, couple whose original wedding plans were swept away with last week’s nor’easter, and for whom the Hatteras Island community rallied to throw a wedding, is now fundraising for the island’s Frisco-Buxton Pathway Project.

The DLI program’s first cohort just entered high school. But this year, Nags Head Elementary is the only school to offer an incoming DLI kindergarten class due to interest at Manteo, First Flight, and Kitty Hawk Elementary falling below the district’s recently set 20-student enrollment threshold. The district has also combined some upper elementary DLI classes for fourth- and fifth-grade students, with officials citing low enrollment as the reason.

The League of Women Voters of Dare County will sponsor a candidate forum for board of education candidates next month but will not hold candidate forums as anticipated for three other races “due to insufficient acceptances of our invitations,” according to the League spokesperson.

Outer Banks Insider received two awards at the North Carolina Press Association’s annual journalism conference, including the inaugural Center for Integrity in News Reporting statewide award in North Carolina.

A Camden County woman sentenced for embezzling from Lower Currituck Volunteer Fire Department while employed there was originally the whistleblower for improper use of funds by the department’s chief and his son, the battalion chief, according to both her lawyer and the state prosecutor.

Dare County Schools overhauled its elementary academically or intellectually gifted (AIG) program this summer, sparking parents’ concern over both the changes and the lack of official communication about them.

A parent involved in establishing a new nonprofit said Dare County commissioners providing up to $35,000 in funding for the planned Frisco child care center is "a huge step forward in restoring child care access on Hatteras Island."

Dominion Energy on Tuesday filed an application with the North Carolina Utilities Commission seeking to increase fuel rates in the amount of about $26 per typical customer per month, effective Feb. 1, 2027, according to a company spokesperson.

A March trial date was set for one of the three teens charged with murder following a fatal shooting at Avalon Pier in Kill Devil Hills last July, while the other two co-defendants each saw their bonds modified and cases continued to October during separate appearances in Dare Superior Court.

Currituck County High School’s former athletic director pleaded not guilty but was found guilty of and sentenced for misdemeanor “reckless driving causing serious bodily injury” in the case where his truck struck a high school student during track practice.

The Hyde County Board of Education is accepting applications through Monday, Aug. 17, to fill the vacancy created by the resignation of Dustin Nails.

Construction could begin by the end of this year for a teacher housing expansion project for which the Dare Education Foundation secured its initial large funding commitment three years ago.

Other states and local governments have enacted laws prohibiting intentional balloon releases. But in North Carolina, proposed legislation has sunk in committee in both the state House and Senate.

Outer Banks Insider won two awards in the North Carolina Press Association’s annual journalism contest for work published during the contest year.

A Dare County jury on Thursday found a Buxton resident not guilty after a four-day arson trial at the Dare County Justice Center in Manteo for a case in which investigators determined that a September 2024 fire in the Burger Burger restaurant in Avon was intentionally set.

The Kitty Hawk Police Department's humorous social media posts serve several purposes, according to the staffer who makes them.

The turbulent waters off the Outer Banks have claimed thousands of vessels and threatened countless lives throughout history. Fortunately, a steadfast supply of courageous souls have stood ready to dive into the fray.

Dare County Schools has run its own onsite after-school program, the After School Enrichment Program (ASEP), for decades, but the district will have a new after-school provider starting this coming school year.

Three years after Dare County commissioners allocated half a million dollars toward pickleball courts, the project is now moving ahead.

A convicted sex offender who is currently incarcerated on charges of felony second-degree forcible sex offense and misdemeanor sexual battery never lived at the address he provided to authorities when he was arrested last July, according to the Colington homeowner at said address.