CURRITUCK — Currituck County Manager Dan Scanlon said the county Travel and Tourism Office continues to operate the Whalehead Club at Heritage Park at a lower cost than a nonprofit did a few years ago.

CURRITUCK — Cur­rituck County prop­erty own­ers wouldn’t pay any more in prop­erty taxes if next year’s proposed $50.1 mil­lion county bud­get is approved. They would, how­ever, pay be­tween $20 and $36 more a year, de­pend­ing on where they…

CURRITUCK — The N.C. Court of Appeals has turned back a New England woman’s attempt to operate a massive ocean-side rental house in the off-road area of the northern Currituck Outer Banks.

CURRITUCK — For the first time in nearly two decades, Currituck County has a new sheriff.

CURRITUCK — Currituck commissioners have approved a new firefighting district tax in Corolla that will fund paid firefighters and paramedics at the Outer Banks community’s two fire stations.

The Board of Commissioners voted 5-2 last week to both create a new firefighting district and…

CURRITUCK — Starting today, non-county motorists wanting to park on the beach along a heavily traveled strip of the Currituck Outer Banks will have to have a paid permit to do so.

The Currituck Board of Commissioners approved the parking permit system in March in response to concerns about…

Currituck Sheriff

Kristyn Cheyenne Champlin, 21, of the 100 block of Reeds Road, Knotts Island, was arrested May 1 and charged with felony possession with the intent to manufacture, sell or distribute schedule VI of a controlled substance, possession of less than 1 and 1/2 ounces of schedule VI of…

CURRITUCK — Currituck commissioners will hear from the public tonight on a county proposal to pay for full-time firefighters in Corolla by raising the property tax rate in the Outer Banks community by 5 cents.

A hearing on the proposal, which seeks to raise the tax rate in Corolla from 48…

COROLLA — Currituck emergency services personnel rescued a teenager from the Currituck Sound on Saturday after his Jet Ski lost power offshore.

According to a press release, Currituck emergency crews were dispatched about 6:49 p.m. after learning about an overdue Jet Skier. The person…

CURRITUCK — Currituck school officials are asking for $1.4 million for capital projects in next year’s school district budget.

The figure is $400,000 more than the $1 million the school district has been getting annually from the county for capital outlay costs the past several years.…