N.C. officials urge vaccinations to combat COVID-19
By Connie Leinbach
With a massive fourth wave, this week the U.S. death toll from COVID-19 hit 675,000, surpassing that of the 1918 influenza outbreak...
Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry runs reduced due to COVID-19 cases among Hatteras Ferry...
HATTERAS – Because five employees with the North Carolina Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division assigned to the ferry route between Hatteras and Ocracoke have tested positive...
COVID-19 booster shots available on Ocracoke and mainland Hyde
Both the Ocracoke Health Center and the Hyde County Health Department can now provide a third dose of Moderna or Pfizer COVID-19 vaccination to...
Hyde County COVID-19 cases increase to 11
By Connie Leinbach
As the highly contagious Delta variant of COVID-19 is spreading rapidly throughout the state, Hyde County’s cases have also increased.
As of Friday,...
COVID-19 cases rising again in Hyde County
From our news services
As of Monday (Aug. 9), Hyde County has four active cases of COVID-19, according to a press release from the Hyde...
Two COVID-19 cases pop up in Hyde County
The Hyde County Health Department reported Friday that the county has two new COVD-19 cases, up from zero cases in the last several weeks.
“This...
State offers cash incentives to get vaccinated against COVID-19
As part of North Carolina’s effort to encourage more North Carolinians to receive COVID-19 vaccines, Governor Roy Cooper announced $4 Million Summer Cash and College...
NC’s light-colored COVID map is good news
By Mark Jurkowitz, Outer Banks Voice, published by permission
The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services’ (NCDHHS) new COVID-19 County Alert Map update...
N.C. lifts indoor most mask mandates, ends social distancing, mass gathering...
From our news services
While noting that the COVID-19 pandemic is not over, Gov. Roy Cooper at 1:30 p.m. today lifted social distancing and indoor...
State lifts more COVID-19 restrictions
As of today (April 30), the state of North Carolina will lift the outdoor mask mandate, but indoor masks are still required in the...