North Carolina automobile owners will see an average 5% auto insurance increase starting Oct. 1 following the settlement North Carolina Insurance Commissioner Mike Causey negotiated with the North Carolina Rate Bureau.

A total of four prospective Republican candidates have publicized plans to run for Dare County sheriff in 2026. Official candidate filing has not yet taken place.

Two hopeful Republican candidates recently announced plans to run for Dare County sheriff in 2026. Official candidate filing has not yet taken place.

The consultant for a company that proposed a zoning text amendment to remove the 1988 multifamily density cap for a roughly 7-mile-long area of Frisco and Buxton said the plan is to wait, even though the Dare County Board of Commissioners’ tabling of the amendment Monday for 90 days does not prevent the applicant or anyone else from building in the “Zone of Influence” area in question, according to county staff.

Local governments across the Outer Banks are pushing back on what they view as North Carolina General Assembly’s continuing movement toward consolidating more power at the state level. County governments also have resolutions of opposition to proposed ferry tolls on next week's agendas.

The replacement of the 65-year-old Lindsay C. Warren Bridge, locally known as the Alligator River Bridge, is ongoing despite nearly a quarter of the project’s funding currently being frozen by the federal government, an NCDOT spokesperson confirmed.

Nearly 300 voters from Currituck, Dare and Hyde counties appear on the list of over 65,000 votes that Jefferson Griffin, the 2024 Republican candidate for a North Carolina Supreme Court Seat 6, continues to challenge in court.

North Carolina Gov. Josh Stein appointed Jennifer “Jenny” Wells of Kitty Hawk to the district court judge seat vacated by Edgar L. Barnes.

The four Republican legislators representing the Outer Banks in Raleigh sponsored 106 bills in less than two weeks. Residents react.

OBX homeowners will see insurance increases the next two Junes following a statewide settlement. Auto insurers in NC now seek an increase.

Dare County commissioners plan to try to purchase a Wanchese parcel on which site work began last week for a contested cluster home project.

Longtime Judge Edgar L. Barnes will retire on Jan. 1, 2025, and five area nominees hope to fill his seat for the next two years.

A state Senate bill containing a provision Outer Banks government officials oppose became law late Wednesday afternoon.

Four pages of Dare County voters, representing nearly 200 ballots, are among the thousands GOP candidate Jefferson Griffin seeks to purge.

Dare County will continue its nearly decade-long relationship with a Raleigh-based lobbying firm.

The results of select local races in the 2024 presidential election for Currituck, Dare and Hyde counties are as follows.

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

Four of the seven Dare County Board of Education seats came up for election this year. Three will be decided in the November election.

Language granting the right of naturalized citizens to vote—currently enshrined in the NC constitution—is missing in the proposed amendment.

Five of the seven Dare County Board of Commissioners' seats came up for election this year. Three will be decided in the November election.