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.

The United States Court of Appeals for the Fourth Circuit on Tuesday upheld a prior district court decision to dismiss the lawsuit against the Dare County sheriff and a deputy. The lawsuit challenged the use of force in a 2023 encounter that ended with the death of a Manteo man.

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 Cape Hatteras Lighthouse in Buxton was originally expected to reopen this summer following a planned 18-month historic restoration project, but the National Park Service announced that the timeline has been set back by about a year after unexpected structural support issues were uncovered in its top section.

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

A Dare County commissioner with a court date later this month for a January arrest in which he was charged with driving while impaired, speeding and displaying an expired license plate, in a three-month span since was charged with two more expired plate misdemeanor charges and three seat belt infractions, court records show.

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.

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.

The Dare District Court judge who found a Virginia man guilty of illegally shooting to death an American alligator in Stumpy Point this spring said of his sentencing: “It was a little unusual; it’s an unusual case.”

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Savannah District team identified the former heating oil plant as a secondary source of petroleum contamination at the Buxton Naval Facility Formerly Used Defense Site.