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Election 2026: Currituck voters to decide if school board races switch from nonpartisan to partisan
Among other selections on Currituck County voters’ ballots this fall is a box to check to either “for” or “against” changing board of education elections from nonpartisan to partisan races.

Corinne Saunders
Oct 59 min read


Declining enrollment, fewer kindergarten classes, exiting teachers raise concerns over future of Dare County Schools’ Dual Language Immersion program
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.

Maggie Miles
Sep 3018 min read


League of Women Voters of Dare County to host school board candidate forum, cancels forums for 3 other races ‘due to insufficient acceptances of our invitations’
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.

Corinne Saunders
Sep 186 min read


‘A huge blow to our family’: Dare County Schools overhauls elementary AIG program, starts year with 2 educators, down from last year’s 5
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.

Corinne Saunders
Aug 2815 min read


‘A huge step forward in restoring child care access on Hatteras Island’: Dare commissioners allocate $35K to nonprofit opening facility
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."

Corinne Saunders
Aug 167 min read


Former Currituck athletic director sentenced for truck striking, causing serious injuries to high school runner. Student’s family sues him, Currituck school board
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.

Corinne Saunders
Jul 314 min read


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

Corinne Saunders
Jul 303 min read


Dare commissioners put $1M toward teacher housing 3 years ago. Now with additional funding secured, Dare Education Foundation project moves forward
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.

Corinne Saunders
Jul 299 min read


Dare County Schools names new administrators after 1 principal retirement announcement, 3 assistant principal resignations
Dare County Schools has filled four administrator positions following formal notice of one principal’s late August retirement and three assistant principals’ resignations effective this month.

Corinne Saunders
Jun 307 min read


‘It does away with the waitlist’: Dare County Schools to have new onsite after-school provider in coming year
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.

Corinne Saunders
Jun 267 min read


‘It’s a nightmare’: Parents of Currituck student-athlete seriously injured by vehicle during track practice speak out. Case against then-athletic director is continued
The parents of a Currituck County High School sophomore who was seriously injured when struck during track practice by a vehicle allegedly driven by the school’s then-athletic director said they are “hurt and sad” on many levels as they await a court date and more answers in the case that has profoundly affected their daughter’s life.

Corinne Saunders
May 156 min read


‘The state of North Carolina has failed in its duty to fund public schools’: Majority of Currituck board of education travels to Raleigh to advocate for higher teacher pay
In less than a two-week span, four of the five members of the Currituck County Board of Education traveled to Raleigh to advocate for increasing teacher pay, as they say the district continues to lose teachers to nearby, significantly better-paying jobs in Virginia.

Corinne Saunders
May 67 min read


Manteo High School students build a boat
A unique endeavor in its second year at Manteo High School ties into both local history and into the local workforce. Carpentry students in Greg Hathaway’s class are building a 21-foot center console boat from the ground up.

Staff Reports
Apr 283 min read


North Carolina Aquariums named finalist in global StoryMap competition for piece on sand tiger sharks in Graveyard of the Atlantic
“Sharks in the Graveyard: Spotting Sand Tiger Sharks in the Northwest Atlantic,” a StoryMap created by the North Carolina Aquariums, is one of 33 finalists in the global 2025 ArcGIS StoryMaps Competition.

Staff Reports
Feb 243 min read


Community voices concern after GOP 1st Congressional District chair, previously convicted of multiple sexual crimes against children, moderates Dare GOP board of ed candidate forum
Dare County residents have voiced concerns over the choice of the regional GOP leader—who formerly, during his time of employment as a police officer, was convicted of multiple counts of indecent liberties with a child—as the event moderator for the Dare GOP’s recent forum for board of education candidates.

Corinne Saunders
Jan 2911 min read


‘Predetermined outcome’: School workers fired after trespass incident withdraw appeal but reiterate objections. Meanwhile, man who pleaded guilty to school trespass is released from jail
The two Dare County Schools maintenance workers who were dismissed in November following the trespass incident at Manteo Elementary School submitted a letter to the school board and attorneys formally withdrawing their appeal, but also reiterating their objections.

Corinne Saunders
Jan 217 min read


Nags Head school resource officer arrests, charges parent with violating protective order
The school resource officer at Nags Head Elementary School on Tuesday arrested a parent attempting to pick up his child from school, charging him with a violation of a domestic violence protective order.

Corinne Saunders
Jan 63 min read


‘I can’t wait to see it in action’: Groundbreaking for Everyone’s Playground OBX set for June, after years of community fundraising
A milestone was officially celebrated earlier this month as plans were set for a $900,000 fully accessible playground—the region’s first—to be built at Kitty Hawk Elementary School in Kitty Hawk.

Corinne Saunders
Dec 23, 20257 min read


Nags Head school resource officer arrests parent in pick-up line on drug charges including possession of cocaine and methamphetamine
The school resource officer at Nags Head Elementary School arrested a parent in the school pick-up line on Thursday on four drug charges, including felony possession of cocaine and methamphetamine.

Corinne Saunders
Dec 12, 20252 min read


‘The badge policy has never been enforced’: A pair of school district workers said they were dismissed because of the Manteo Elementary trespassing incident. One said he was never issued a badge
Two men who said they were employed as maintenance workers for Dare County Schools until their recent dismissals because of the Manteo Elementary School trespass incident shared what they saw as concerning systemic issues.

Corinne Saunders
Dec 1, 20259 min read
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