An oceanfront home at 23228 East Point Drive in Rodanthe collapsed at approximately noon on Monday. The home was unoccupied at the time of the collapse. Ocean overwash and debris extending past the Rodanthe Pier were reported on Monday afternoon, and the public is advised to avoid the area due to safety concerns. Click to…Read More from VIDEO: Oceanfront home collapses in Rodanthe
The company planning to build a wind farm just over the horizon off the northern Outer Banks has scheduled a pair of local open houses for this week. Avangrid wants to build the Kitty Hawk Wind Project in phases at least 24 miles off Corolla, with the first phase planned to have a capacity of…Read More from Open houses this week on wind farm proposed off northern Outer Banks
“It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.” – Edmund Hillary There are few better long-term indicators for the future of America than our investment in education at the national, state, and regional levels. Education is expensive, to be sure, but much less so than ignorance. While many of our current headlines talk about…Read More from Sound Strategy: Affordable, local education is our most important investment
Inspired by experimenting with homemade hard seltzer during the coronavirus pandemic, Audra Krieg (AKA Outer Banks Mom) has come up with an Outer Banks-branded hard seltzer that will be launching this May. Audra joined us to talk about the process from creation to distribution, their business model, her experiences blogging about life as a mom…Read More from VIDEO: Created by @OuterBanksMom Audra Krieg, Outer Banks Hard Seltzer launches in May
Leaders of statewide business groups told Outer Banks business leaders and government officials that despite concerns of at least a soft recession setting in by the middle this year, North Carolina is set up to weather the possible economic storm. But the biggest challenge across the business community in all sectors is still having enough…Read More from State leaders at OBX Regional Economic Summit say N.C. can weather pending economic storm
Elizabeth City leaders are moving forward with a project to upgrade the appearance and enhance Water Street and Mariners’ Wharf Park, but with a smaller budget than originally planned. Grants funded by the American Rescue Plan, signed into law last year by President Joe Biden, were awarded by Governor Roy Cooper in December to 42…Read More from Elizabeth City councilors approve changes to Water Street improvement project
Governor Roy Cooper, Federal Highways Administrator Shailen Bhatt, along with state and local officials, will gather Thursday morning along the Alligator River to celebrate a major federal grant that will fund replacement of the primary link between the Outer Banks and the rest of North Carolina. A $110 million federal Multimodal Project Discretionary Grant from…Read More from Gov. Cooper, federal highways administrator to celebrate major grant Thursday at Alligator River Bridge
Economic news at the national level continues to send remarkably mixed messages. On the one hand, proven economic indicators around the so-called “yield curve” suggest a reason for economic pessimism. On the other hand, still-strong labor news supports the idea that increasing wage growth will be linked to optimistic demand for goods and services. In…Read More from Sound Strategy: Despite mixed signals elsewhere, greater Outer Banks economy looks to remain strong
The Nags Head Board of Commissioners have delayed making changes to the zoning of the Historic Cottage Row district following a public hearing and discussion that lasted more than three hours on Wednesday. For more details on what happened during the hearing, scroll through our live blog: 3:25 p.m. After the board entered a lunch…Read More from VIDEO: Nags Head commissioners delay vote on Historic Cottage Row rezoning
The routes for the Coast Guard Marathon races this weekend will loop through downtown Elizabeth City, various residential neighborhoods, onto Base Elizabeth City, past one of the only remaining World War II dirigible hangars on the planet and down scenic roadways along the 26.2 mile, 13.1 mile and 5K routes. For the safety of runners…Read More from Coast Guard Marathon weekend is here, watch out for road closures around Elizabeth City
An oceanfront home at 23228 East Point Drive in Rodanthe collapsed at approximately noon on Monday. The home was unoccupied at the time of the collapse. Ocean overwash and debris extending past the Rodanthe Pier were reported on Monday afternoon, and the public is advised to avoid the area due to safety concerns. Click to…Read More from VIDEO: Oceanfront home collapses in Rodanthe
The company planning to build a wind farm just over the horizon off the northern Outer Banks has scheduled a pair of local open houses for this week. Avangrid wants to build the Kitty Hawk Wind Project in phases at least 24 miles off Corolla, with the first phase planned to have a capacity of…Read More from Open houses this week on wind farm proposed off northern Outer Banks
“It is not the mountain we conquer, but ourselves.” – Edmund Hillary There are few better long-term indicators for the future of America than our investment in education at the national, state, and regional levels. Education is expensive, to be sure, but much less so than ignorance. While many of our current headlines talk about…Read More from Sound Strategy: Affordable, local education is our most important investment
Inspired by experimenting with homemade hard seltzer during the coronavirus pandemic, Audra Krieg (AKA Outer Banks Mom) has come up with an Outer Banks-branded hard seltzer that will be launching this May. Audra joined us to talk about the process from creation to distribution, their business model, her experiences blogging about life as a mom…Read More from VIDEO: Created by @OuterBanksMom Audra Krieg, Outer Banks Hard Seltzer launches in May
Leaders of statewide business groups told Outer Banks business leaders and government officials that despite concerns of at least a soft recession setting in by the middle this year, North Carolina is set up to weather the possible economic storm. But the biggest challenge across the business community in all sectors is still having enough…Read More from State leaders at OBX Regional Economic Summit say N.C. can weather pending economic storm
Elizabeth City leaders are moving forward with a project to upgrade the appearance and enhance Water Street and Mariners’ Wharf Park, but with a smaller budget than originally planned. Grants funded by the American Rescue Plan, signed into law last year by President Joe Biden, were awarded by Governor Roy Cooper in December to 42…Read More from Elizabeth City councilors approve changes to Water Street improvement project
Governor Roy Cooper, Federal Highways Administrator Shailen Bhatt, along with state and local officials, will gather Thursday morning along the Alligator River to celebrate a major federal grant that will fund replacement of the primary link between the Outer Banks and the rest of North Carolina. A $110 million federal Multimodal Project Discretionary Grant from…Read More from Gov. Cooper, federal highways administrator to celebrate major grant Thursday at Alligator River Bridge
Economic news at the national level continues to send remarkably mixed messages. On the one hand, proven economic indicators around the so-called “yield curve” suggest a reason for economic pessimism. On the other hand, still-strong labor news supports the idea that increasing wage growth will be linked to optimistic demand for goods and services. In…Read More from Sound Strategy: Despite mixed signals elsewhere, greater Outer Banks economy looks to remain strong
The Nags Head Board of Commissioners have delayed making changes to the zoning of the Historic Cottage Row district following a public hearing and discussion that lasted more than three hours on Wednesday. For more details on what happened during the hearing, scroll through our live blog: 3:25 p.m. After the board entered a lunch…Read More from VIDEO: Nags Head commissioners delay vote on Historic Cottage Row rezoning
The routes for the Coast Guard Marathon races this weekend will loop through downtown Elizabeth City, various residential neighborhoods, onto Base Elizabeth City, past one of the only remaining World War II dirigible hangars on the planet and down scenic roadways along the 26.2 mile, 13.1 mile and 5K routes. For the safety of runners…Read More from Coast Guard Marathon weekend is here, watch out for road closures around Elizabeth City
