Dare County

Insurers learn to pinpoint risks -- and avoid them

2006-11-28 00:00:00

NEWARK, CALIF. — Hemant Shah is in the business of creating catastrophes. The computers at Shah's Silicon Valley company, Risk Management Solutions Inc., contain mathematical models of every U.S. disaster from the 1812 earthquake that toppled...

Bethlehem's Daniel Roebuck pays tribute to Andy Griffith

2012-07-09 16:26:10

Beloved Actor Andy Griffith Died of a Heart Attack

2012-07-24 15:41:00

MANTEO, N.C. -- Actor Andy Griffith, the man who played folksy Sheriff Andy Taylor in the fictional town of Mayberry, died Tuesday at the age of 86, his family said. Griffith died at about 7 a.m. at his home on Roanoke Island, according to Dare County,...

Andy Griffith dies at age 86

2012-07-03 08:59:00

Beloved actor Andy Griffith died this morning. Former UNC President Bill Friday says The Andy Griffith Show and Matlock actor died at his home in Dare County, North Carolina around 7 a.m. Friday, who is a close friend of the actor, confirmed the news to...

Beloved actor Andy Griffith dies at 86

2012-07-03 09:52:00

RALEIGH, N.C. (AP) - Andy Griffith, who made homespun Southern wisdom his trademark as the wise sheriff in "The Andy Griffith Show" and the rumpled defense lawyer in "Matlock," died Tuesday. He was 86. Griffith died about 7 a.m. at his coastal home, Dare...

Andy Griffith dies at the age of 86

2012-07-03 11:16:00

Andy Griffith has died at the age of 86.Griffith was the star of "The Andy Griffith Show" which airs weekdays on WDBJ7 at 5:30 p.m. Griffith also later went on to star in the long-running series "Matlock." He reportedly died in Dare County on Tuesday...

Andy Griffith dies at age 86

2012-07-03 21:45:11

Andy Griffith, who spent the better part of three decades in American homes as the star of "The Andy Griffith Show" and "Matlock," died at his home in Dare County, North Carolina this morning. Though he had a short-lived film and stage career, Griffith...

Hampton health advocacy group ranked second in nation

2012-02-22 07:23:00

HAMPTON Fifteen years ago, in a 10-by-10-foot room in Newport News, Nancy Davenport-Ennis went to work to help breast cancer patients get a fair shake from their insurance companies. She was motivated by the death of her friend Cheryl Grimmel, whose...

UPDATE: North Carolina counties tell thousands to leave as Hurricane Irene looms

2011-08-25 05:43:00

BUXTON, N.C. (AP) - Thousands were fleeing an exposed strip of coastal villages and beaches off North Carolina on Thursday as Irene approached, threatening to become the first major hurricane to hit the East Coast in seven years. Hours after a...

After Irene: Authorities readying to gauge damage

2011-08-28 05:45:00

KILL DEVIL HILLS, N.C. — Hurricane Irene fell short of the doomsday predictions of record-breaking storm surges in North Carolina and Virginia. But a slow-crawling storm that spread out hundreds of miles was still hurling heavy rain and high winds...

Risky Business (Part 1): Trusted investor's trail of misery and mystery

2010-11-07 00:00:00

Allen H. Whitehead III spent more than a decade building a successful career as a trusted financial adviser for one of Virginia's oldest and most-respected investment firms. He was a deacon in his Williamsburg church, a benefactor and volunteer for...

Home and garden calendar

2007-02-27 08:14:06

TAKE NOTE: Lots of special holiday events now listed here! Gardening radio. Noon Nov. 30 and Dec. 19. Call in your gardening questions to the "Hear/Say" public radio program hosted by Cathy Lewis. Daily Press gardening columnist Kathy Van Mullekom and...

Mark Roberts walks his dog Molly down a street littered with debris left behind in the wake of Hurricane Irene August 28, 2011 in Kill Devil Hills , North Carolina . Hurricane Irene hit Dare County , which sits along the Outer Banks and includes the vacation towns of Nags Head , Kitty Hawk and Kill

2011-08-28 00:00:00

Mark Roberts walks his dog Molly down a street littered with debris left behind in the wake of Hurricane Irene August 28, 2011 in Kill Devil Hills , North Carolina . Hurricane Irene hit Dare County , which sits along the Outer Banks and includes the vacation towns of Nags Head , Kitty Hawk and Kill

2011-08-28 00:00:00

People shield themselves from blowing sand and rain as they look over the beach during Hurricane Irene in Kill Devil Hills , North Carolina . Hurricane Irene hit Dare County , which sits along the Outer Banks and includes the vacation towns of Nags Head , Kitty Hawk and Kill Devil Hills, as a

2011-08-27 00:00:00