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Three people across the Outer Banks contracted Vibrio infections from open wound exposures to sound water in July, including two people who were hospitalized, according to area health officials.

A Kill Devil Hills teen is being charged as an adult with two felony charges, one of which is first-degree murder, in connection with Thursday’s fatal shooting at Avalon Pier, according to the district attorney.

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.

The Bodie Island Lighthouse opens for climbing on Friday, April 18, and will be open daily through Monday, Oct. 13.

The Outer Banks will lose over $227,000 from the cancellations of two USDA programs that purchased from local farmers and seafood producers.

The 34th annual Kelly’s St. Patrick’s Day Parade in Nags Head took place Sunday afternoon.

Parts of the Outer Banks on Wednesday saw a second significant snowfall in less than a month.

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

The Outer Banks has seen its first significant snowfall in seven years, almost to the day.