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.

Bond was increased for the man arrested for allegedly trespassing inside Manteo Elementary, and the Dare school board has set a Tuesday evening special meeting on school safety.

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.

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

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