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Every August 7th, we celebrate National Lighthouse Day. And our beautiful Northern Outer Banks is home to five lighthouses, all of which can be visited in a single day.

If you’re one of those Martha Stewart types who’ve spent the last year carefully and creatively hand making gifts for each person on your holiday list, from your children down to the UPS delivery [...]

I will show you my faith by my works. John 2:18 Most people see retirement on the Outer Banks as an opportunity to brush up on their golf skills or spend leisurely days on the beach reading [...]

Kim and Roger Meacham weren’t looking to change the lives of their family, friends, and neighbors on Ocracoke – they were just looking for a way to help their son. A Company Is Born  Four [...]

How often during this time of year is one reminded of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol and that most miserly of characters, Ebenezer Scrooge?  When asked how much he will give for a [...]

  If you’ve ever seen a quilt made from old t-shirts, a rug knitted from plastic bags, candles poured into wine bottles that have been cut in half, or jewelry beads made from magazine pages, [...]

How many times have you stopped to consider an enticing commercial promising positive cash flow on a rental property? It sounds like easy money up for grabs. But before you jump into the role of [...]

Any traveler to the Outer Banks knows famous landmarks such as the Wright Brothers National Memorial, but there are so many other monuments off the beaten path that even locals cannot place where [...]

After finishing a lap at the Nags Head YMCA swimming pool, the athlete’s team members await him, arms raised to give high fives and pats on the back. “Good job!” is shouted out all around. A [...]

Turn an Ordinary Day into Something Special Our world gets busier and larger by the second. Technology moves us at such a frantic pace, we can hardly catch our breaths. Often we’re advised to [...]

Stepping into the office of Terri Kirby Hathaway is like catching a very laidback college professor during office hours. Located in the new Coastal Studies Institute building on Roanoke Island, [...]

Two years ago, Kelly Tobin and her husband, Jeff, with the help of their two sons established OBX Project Purple. Never did they dream of what it would become.

To meet John Graves and Lisa Sharp is to meet two dedicated animal lovers. John and Lisa have spent over twenty years combined helping shelter animals and are now bringing in a new era for the [...]