Currituck News

The second-place finisher in the Republican primary for Currituck register of deeds is backing the Democratic incumbent for the job over her primary election opponent.

Just two months after claiming North Carolina's sixth highest unemployment rate in the month of February, Ashe County continued consecutive months of improving unemployment, falling to 12.1 percent, according to data released by the N.C. Department of Commerce on May 25.

Democrat John Flora III has withdrawn his candidacy for county commissioner in Currituck's District 4, Currituck elections and Democratic Party officials confirmed Friday.

Although the issue of black hiring was raised during the recent election campaign, current census and job data show Currituck's minority population is fully represented among county jobs.

Currituck's proposed $65 million budget for next year holds the line on property taxes and awards a 2 percent cost of living adjustment to the county's 363 workers - their first pay raise in several years.

Currituck County schools will restore some positions lost last year and make $1.4 million in capital improvements through a combination of spending cuts and reserve funds.

Property owners in Currituck's Shingle Landing subdivision have found themselves responsible for the community's crumbling roads and sidewalks, though they were not properly informed that they must maintain the infrastructure.

At least one person is in custody following a 20-mile high-speed chase that began in Camden County and ended in Currituck County, according to Camden County Sheriff Tony Perry.

The parents of an autistic child have appealed their case against Johnston County Schools after a judge ruled April 12 that the school system did not fail in providing an appropriate education to their then 10-year-old son.

Paul O'Neal speaks with voters Rick and Carol Bell outside the Moyock polling station.

Currituck's Register of Deeds has not faced a challenge at the polls for the last two decades.

The Employment Security Commission of North Carolina , released unemployment figures for November last week, showing an unemployment rate increase in 60 of the 100 counties in the state.

Although their election ballot was full of choices for county commissioner, register of deeds and state representative, the issue most voters in Currituck wanted to talk about in today's primary election was the marriage amendment.

Beach driving fees in Hatteras and a new global advertising campaign pitching Corolla's wild horses could send thousands more this summer to the Currituck Outer Banks, where beaches are already teeming on summer weekends.

Even though it means her school district could end up losing some revenue, Dare County's schools chief says she supports the new charter school in Corolla.

Jessica Matherson recently completed a social work internship under the guidance of Shirley Godfrey, director of Social Services and Admissions at the Sentara Nursing Center in Currituck.

A critic raising questions about a Currituck candidate for register of deeds says he was not influenced by payments he received from her opponent's campaign.

Three area teachers were among the 44 selected for a fellowship this year to learn and come up with ways to bring that knowledge back into the classroom.

A group of wild horses cools off in the ocean breeze on the beach in Corolla on Monday, July 25, 2011.