Posts Tagged "Kill Devil Hills"


Sturza and Davies square off for KDH mayor

Today, we look at the candidates for mayor of Kill Devil Hills: Ray Sturza, the incumbent, and challenger Sheila Foster Davies.
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NCMOM free dental care coming to Kill Devil Hills

North Carolina Missions of Mercy (NCMOM), a portable free dental program, is coming to the Outer Banks on Oct. 28 and 29.
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Lowe’s cutbacks will not affect local project

Lowe’s will close 20 locations in 15 states and scale back its construction program. Its plans do not effect construction of a store in Kill Devil Hills.
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Board orders quick action on faulty signals

A new Kill Devil Hills policy calls for police to quickly respond and direct or reroute traffic when a signal malfunctions at any intersection on U.S 158.
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Fatal crash puts spotlight on faulty signal

A number of residents have expressed frustration over a fatal crash at Colington Road and U.S. 158, saying 911 calls were made about the potential dangers of a faulty traffic light.
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Stakeout nets much more than police expected

A stakeout intended to nab a neighborhood prowler turned into a chase, the arrest of a suspect in a different string of break-ins and the discovery of a pot garden.
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Award to pay tribute to spirit of giving after Irene

Kill Devil Hills hopes to get nominations for people who went out of their way to help after Hurricane Irene, like the young man who pitched in on Bay Drive.
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Suspicious canister turned out to be part of a game

The U.S. Marines were called in Wednesday to blow up a suspicious canister that turned out to be a container for a game called letterboxing.
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Duck, Currituck beaches open at 10 a.m. Tuesday

Long lines of traffic were reported Tuesday as travelers headed to Duck and the Currituck Outer Banks to salvage what was left of a week’s vacation.
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Visitors begin to return, Hatteras still inaccessible

As the rest of the Outer Banks began returning to normal Monday, backup ferries were shuttling supplies and emergency workers onto Hatteras Island and offering service back to the mainland for people with special needs. Five breaches — at least one deep enough to resemble an inlet — have isolated the island and decimated N.Cfull story »


Soundside flooding described as worst in decades

Hurricane Irene pummeled the Outer Banks for almost 24 hours and delivered a parting shot Saturday with severe soundside flooding from Hatteras Village to Duck.
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Hatteras Island braces for onrush of sound water

Here we go again?The official hurricane flags were flying at Nags Head’s fire stations, along with the message “Go away Irene” on the outside chalkboard that usually shows water temperature, wave height and other information for beach-goers. full story » Hurricane Irene was almost due west of Cape Hatteras at 10 a.m. today, and highfull story »