Hurricane Danielle’s top winds were 110 mph this morning as the storm headed northwest well off the East Coast.
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Link here for the the latest bulletin from Dare County. You will find information on evacuations, emergency measures, closings and trash pickups.
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Dare County offers an extensive guide for preparing for a storm and planning for an evacuation. There are also some details on re-entry that you might need to know.
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Rental owners could generate a lot of goodwill and a lot less trash by signing on to a dirt cheap recycling program. Management companies can make it happen.
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Jean Wiley offers the astro forecast for fall, which she says will be a time of changes on the micro and macro levels in finance, business and family.

The unemployment rate dropped slightly in Dare County during July, standing at 6.3 percent. That is down from the 6.9 percent reported in June, but neither of those numbers are adjusted to take into account seasonal fluctuations.
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With the shorebird nesting season ending, the National Park Service has re-opened access to Oregon Inlet by off road vehicle and foot. Meanwhile, turtle nesting on the Cape Hatteras National Seashore continues at a record pace.
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Buying and warehousing paper bags does not appear to be a business the county’s tourism authority is interested in pursuing to mitigate the impact of the plastic bag ban.
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The county’s tourism authority plans to get together with fire chiefs in Kill Devil Hills and Nags Head to see what it would take to produce a fireworks show next year.
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Moving next to an undeveloped lot carries some risks, but who would have thought 10 years ago that Lowe’s would be moving onto the Outer Banks?

A couple from Littlestown, Pa., drowned Friday after stepping off a sandbar in South Nags Head, police reported. Nags Head police said Benjamin Howe, 54, and his wife, Debra Sue Greene, 56, were unable to return to shore, but there was no evidence of rip currents and waves were moderate.
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Before burning down Windmill Point, the county tourism authority will try to sell off as much of the old restaurant as it can. Meanwhile, the windmill behind the building was dismantled last week.
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