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State Social Distancing orders still apply as Dare, Currituck and Hyde Counties ready welcome After two months of isolation, the Outer Banks is reopening to visitors. It will not quite be business as usual with restaurants available for takeout only social distancing rules still in affect. Kari Pugh, writing in OBX Today, has the details.… Continue reading outer banks to reopen may 16

Iconic story of first English New World colony casualty of COVID-19 Unable to gather actors or rehearse because of social distancing guidelines and uncertain about whether or not Waterside Theater would even be able to open this summer, for the second time in its history The Lost Colony has cancelled its summer season. Michelle Wagner… Continue reading lost colony loses 83rd season

Netflix original Outer Banks Takes On Location to a different place. Maybe it was the 250 mile ferry route across land that was the final straw. Maybe it was the jungle like growth of the palmetto palms. Maybe it was that the show was obviously filmed in Charleston. Whatever the reason may be, as Samuel… Continue reading National Press Admits Flaws in Netflix Outer Banks

Plan for Gradual Lifting of Restrictions on Entry to Dare County  Announced. Plan Details Dare County will open to non-resident property owners who have a valid entry permit with matching government issued ID according to the schedule below: Beginning Monday, May 4 at 6:00 a.m. – Entry begins and is ongoing for non- resident property owners whose last… Continue reading dare county takes first steps to reopening outer banks

Multiple steps and extraordinary measures will be needed No announcements seem imminent, but the Dare County Control Group who ordered the closure of the Outer Banks, has begun discussing what will be involved in reopening. There is cautious optimism that travel restrictions will be lifted by the summer although caution will still be needed. Michelle… Continue reading discussion begins on reopening obx

Sandbar appears at low tide off the Point at Cape Hatteras Is Shelly Island off the Point making a reappearance? Two years ago it rose from the sea to capture the nation’s attention. Then it disappeared–which is what cuspid foreshores (that’s the technical term for it) do. Sam Walker, writing for OBX Today, has the… Continue reading Shelly Island Reborn…Maybe

Nonresidents willing to hide in car trunks to sneak onto Outer Banks. Although there is a ban in place prohibiting nonresidents from being on the Outer Banks, out of state license plates are still common on Dare County roads. The lengths to which people will go to evade the checkpoints are remarkable, as Arabella Saunders… Continue reading effort to safeguard obx residents flaunted

Life Goes on for the Corolla Wild Horses Our world may be turned upside down, but nature continues on its own pace. Kari Pugh writing for OBX Today tells the story of the first foal born this spring to the Corolla Wild Horses. “The best news this morning from the Corolla Wild Horse Fund —… Continue reading 1st foal born to corolla herd

BuzzFeed News Cites Dare County Efforts to restrict seen as leading a national trend On March 17 when Dare County issued COVID-19 Bulletin #2 restricting access to the Outer Banks to residents only, it was controversial. Increasingly, though, it is being seen as a necessary proactive step as the nation grapples with the COVDID-19 pandemic.… Continue reading obx travel restrictions make national news