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Outten Assumes Role as Dare Co. Manager

By The Independent ⋅ July 10, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

“With the variety and magnitude of services that Dare County provides its citizens, we could not afford to skip a beat,’’ commented Warren Judge, Chairman of the Dare County Commissioners. “That is why we were so fortunate to have a person of Bobby’s talents and background on staff and ready to go when Terry retired [...]

Space Station visible Mon. & Tues.

By The Independent ⋅ July 5, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The International Space Station will be visible to area residents three times Monday and Tuesday of the coming week.
* At 10:43 p.m. Monday evening, the space station will be visible for approximately 5 minutes. The Space Station will appear as a solid white light rising in the West and moving to the north-northeast approximately [...]

Body of missing swimmer recovered

By The Independent ⋅ June 29, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

The body of a missing Greenville woman has been recovered from the Currituck Sound northeast of Poplar Branch Landing, according to a report issued by the Currituck Sheriff’s Office.
Leah Kathleen Bland, age 26, was reported missing at approximately 8 p.m. on the evening of Sunday, June 28. Bland and her friend Rae [...]

Overnight Roadwork Scheduled on Knotts Island

By The Independent ⋅ March 19, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

An overnight work project will close NC 615 in Knotts Island from 8:00 p.m., Wednesday, March 25 until 5:00 a.m., Thursday, March 26. DOT crews will replace a drainage pipe underneath the road.
The location of the closure on NC 615 is 0.12 miles north of White Neck Road (SR 1390).
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Bomb Threats Phoned in On Two Local Banks

By The Independent ⋅ January 24, 2009 ⋅ Post a comment

Unknown callers made bomb threats within an hour of each other against two local banks Friday. The firs call came Friday around 10:00 a.m. to The Bank of Hampton Roads location just north of the NC/VA State line in Moyock. According to a press release from the City of Chesapeake, the caller demanded an undisclosed sum of money be placed in a car and driven to a location in North Carolina. The caller went on to state that if the bank did not comply, a bomb placed at the bank would be detonated.

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