Currituck News

Currituck commissioners have agreed to changes in a 146-lot subdivision in Moyock despite concerns over smaller lot sizes and the developer's plans to tie into an existing wastewater treatment plant.

The N.C. Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services is expanding a state quarantine for the imported fire ant in a continuing effort to monitor and address this pest.

Residents who live near five sites being studied for a possible U.S. Navy outlying landing field may have to wait until this summer to find out if their area is favored for the airfield.

Currituck County employees will be getting fit this summer, thanks to a $60,000 grant from the Health and Wellness Trust Fund.

Currituck commissioners approved amended plans Monday for South Ridge, a 146-lot subdivision on Survey Road adjacent to the Eagle Creek community.

Emergency workers at the scene where a truck struck a school bus carrying students from Pasquotank High School and Elizabeth City Middle School, Tuesday, Jan.

Merging all volunteer fire departments into one mainland department can be done without stripping each of its identity, the chairman of the Fire Advisory Board said at its recent monthly meeting.

Bodie Island Lighthouse rises 165 feet. In 1872, it started warning sailors of the dangerous coast between Cape Hatteras and Currituck Beach.

Wedgewood Lakes and Walnut Island have the highest number of arrests among Currituck County neighborhoods in 2009, but a closer look shows many incidents there were repeated calls at the same addresses.

Responding to a new state law permitting the use of golf carts on public roads and streets, the Currituck Board of Commissioners passed an ordinance last week regulating their use.

A proposed charter school in Corolla could be the 100th and last charter school approved in the state for some time if the N.C. Department of Public Instruction approves it in February, said Meghan Agresto, manager of the Currituck Beach Lighthouse and a parent who is spearheading the charter school effort.

Bartlett's clothing logo on a men's scarf shows his three legged dog, Tiny Tim. It's also on the store front, shirt sleeve and other items in the boutique.

Three new projects in the Currituck northern Outer Banks could attract more people to the habitat of the wild horses that are already trying to avoid the crowds.

Then Number of building permits for new construction in 2003 - a record high. Now Number of building permits for new construction last year - the lowest in 20 years of record-keeping. By Jeff Hampton The idea Currituck commissioners hope that eliminating building permit fees for a while would encourage home improvements, if not new construction.

Currituck County's 4-H Rural Life Center has been enjoying success since it's opening in October of last year, according to the director of the park, Terry Temple.

Deep-fried gizzards from Wilber's Barbecue in Goldsboro, North Carolina. [ Photographs: Chichi Wang ] I'm on a tour of the barbecue pits of North and South Carolina, in search of the finest chopped whole hog around.

The Currituck ABC Board agreed to table the controversial Moyock liquor store project last week after welcoming two county commissioners to the board and electing one of them chairman.

Area voters will spot many familiar names - and a few new ones - on the ballot this spring when they go to the polls for the May primaries.

Currituck Sheriff's Deputy Ernest Harris may not think of himself as a hero, but the group Mothers Against Drunk Driving thinks he is.

The Currituck County Board of Education is continuing to debate whether to charge all community groups that use school facilities.