The Manteo High School principal of almost two decades is retiring.

The Manteo Elementary School principal, who is a former district 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.

State officials created the Currituck-Knotts Island ferry route in 1962 for the safety and convenience of school kids in an isolated community.

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.

North Carolina leaders announced Friday afternoon that the Trump administration reversed course and will release the nearly $7 billion in public school funding across the nation it had frozen indefinitely the day before its scheduled July 1 release.

The Trump administration’s recent freeze of federal public school funding totals over $750,000 across Outer Banks area public school districts.

Over $1 million in Opportunity Scholarship funding was distributed to 195 Outer Banks students attending private schools during the recently concluded 2024-25 school year, state records show.

The Dare County Board of Commissioners at its Monday meeting stressed that no county taxpayer funding will be used in the upcoming construction of the Dare Early College in Manteo, addressing community concerns that board members indicated were voiced recently.

A Moyock woman was arrested Friday on three misdemeanor charges: Trespassing/impeding a school bus, communicating threats and disorderly conduct. The arrest warrant for Samantha Spoor, 35, did not mention her alleged racial slur.

First Flight Middle School and First Flight High School students earned top honors at this year’s North Carolina Renewable Energy Challenge.

A hack of the PowerSchool system formerly used by Currituck, Dare and Hyde school districts could compromise student and teacher data.

The Dare County Board of Commissioners approved significant increases in compensation for county board of education members on Monday.

Civil Rights icon Ruby Bridges through her foundation is creating a new weeklong summer camp in Columbia for children ages 8-12.

The small sailboat students at Manteo Middle School are building is almost ready for its launch in the Atlantic Ocean.

A new PBS North Carolina Weekend episode, “Salt and Seas,” features two Outer Banks sites connected to U.S. Life-Saving Service stations.

State legislators representing the Outer Banks all voted last month to further expand North Carolina’s Opportunity Scholarship program.

The Dare County Board of Commissioners approved allocating $415,000 to implement a universal meals program for Dare County Schools students.

Two classes of students at Manteo Middle School will soon begin building a small sailboat that the whole community can track online.

The Dare County school board voted 6-1 in Thursday night’s special meeting to request universal meals funding from county commissioners.

The Dare County Schools Board of Education in a 5-2 vote authorized using fund balance money to cover student meals for the next 30 days.