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Ask someone lucky enough to live on the Outer Banks what their favorite time of the year is and there’s a good possibility the answer will be fall.

Some of the best Outer Banks’ gatherings are the ones almost no one hears about. With mostly mild year-round temps, the lion’s share of our area bashes take place at outdoor venues.

Birds are the treasure of Mackay Island. In the summer, there are eastern kingbirds, blue herons, tri-colored herons and snowy egrets plus much more!

The story of the Lost Colony is once again unfolding. For over 400 years, the tale has been unveiling bits and pieces of meticulous research and careful excavation of newly discovered [...]

A Tale of Collaborative Ingenuity

The Outer Banks is much more than festivals—there’s great music, a shrimp cookoff, oyster roasts and so much more.

As the milder temps of spring are upon us, the Outer Banks community is gearing up for the approaching high-season.

There are five microbreweries on the Outer Banks. Well, six if 1718 Brewery on Ocracoke is included, to keep things manageable, there are five.

Run Hill State Natural Area is perhaps the most overlooked wilderness spot on the Outer Banks.

Well-known firsts on the Outer Banks, many of which make up lengthy chapters in history books.

Summer Music Series Gearing Up For 2023 at Roanoke Island Festival Park.

Shining a spotlight on organizations that make a profound impact on the Outer Banks community.

The turbines are more efficient and produce over twice as much power...

It seems like such a simple thing, turn the faucet on and water comes out. No priming of a pump, no one is in the backyard with a bucket waiting for water to appear. Just clear, drinkable water. [...]

Katherine McGlade is a farmer. An oyster farmer. But there isn’t all that much difference between how she raises oysters at her Slash Creek farm off Hatteras Village and any other land farmer.

Dare County crushes much of its glass. In many places crushed glass has become part of a vibrant market for the product. The uses are extraordinary and the market is vibrant. Locally, though, the [...]

Twenty years of age in human terms? That’s newly arrived as an adult and about to step out into the wider world. Twenty years as a home? That’s a completely different story. “In our (Outer Banks) [...]

Except for the award winning surf films, Logan Marshall is a pretty normal teenager. A senior at Manteo High School, he’s slim, nicely groomed and is very articulate. His grades? “Pretty good,” [...]

As the 300th anniversary of Blackbeard’s death nears, his tale still lives on among the residents and visitors of Ocracoke Island.

I’m sitting with Lorelei at Morning View Coffee, sipping a cappuccino and enjoying a muffin. Well, I’m sitting…Lorelei is looking at me with longing eyes waiting patiently for me to share [...]