Life & Wellness

The Abundant Benefits of Coastal Living By Steve Hanf Stroll among the booths at every craft show, browse the aisles of any beach store, or heck, walk into just about any house on the Outer [...]

A Birdseye View of Our Shifting Sands Photo Above: On September 18th, 2003, Hurricane Isabel hit Hatteras Island with wind speeds up to 105 mph. The storm surge produced a 2,000 ft. long and up [...]

The arts help heal. And three Outer Banks women are “living proof.”

Picture the Summer on the Outer Banks: Cars crowd the bypass, crosswalks bustle with families, umbrellas speckle the beach, and boaters buzz throughout the sound.

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 [...]

Like millions of dads around the world, Andrew enjoys spending time on the beach with his family. And just like many others, he’s got his preferred beach routine down pat.

The day Walter and Barbara Holton traveled to our infamous isolated strip of barrier islands off the coast of North Carolina with the potential of moving here, they were welcomed with open arms [...]

Fifty years later, that one grainy black-and-white photograph in the middle of the Winston-Salem Journal newspaper changed the course of history.

How many people do you know who work remotely from their home? I’m guessing you know at least one person working from home while living on the Outer Banks.

Beautiful sunsets over the water, riverfront boardwalk shops, restaurants, miles of hiking and paddling trails, historic buildings, great fishing and much more.

How do we best prepare the next generation to find success if they choose to remain here as adults to help continue caring for and maintaining this great and growing community?

When Hardy Peters asked James Eaton if he wanted to compete with him in the Worrell 1000, there was plenty that could have gone through Eaton’s mind.

Coffee. Cookies. Camaraderie. When chatting with some of the Outer Banks’ most avid runners, the cardiovascular benefits and challenge of it all rarely get mentioned as their “why.”

The Dare County Veterans Advisory Council will host for the first time here, ‘The Wall That Heals.’

There’s plenty to love about an OBX winter, early sunsets, frosty mornings and stormy seas.

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

At the intersection of love and loss sits a house perched on a forested dune in OBX.

One man who has set out to change this is Ken Stewart, founder of Diving with a Purpose.

Homes being claimed by the sea leads to confusing, complicated questions.

Buffalo City began shortly after the conclusion of the Civil War.

OBX is home to many rebirths, stay tuned for the latest incarnation of the building on East Baltic.

The Tillett site gets its current title from its private landowners, Gilbert R. “Moon” Tillett.

You got the beach house! Now you need to furnish the beach house with beach furniture.

There are many “Don’t be that Guy” moments that everyone should be mindful of while vacationing on the Outer Banks. Here are a few: 

Take a journey back in time to Jockey’s Ridge past with matters political and preservative, splendrous and sacked over the years. 

Fresh Catch: Micah Daniels bringing us the freshest seafood around from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pamlico Sound.

Most of these books allow you to get glimpses of how natives and locals have lived their lives and impacted our community.

The Pioneer Theater, resembling more a stout German cottage than the seaside theater, is one of the country’s oldest family-run movie houses.

Outer Banks Coastal Life Spring 2022: Some adjustments await many newcomers that are pulling up anchor and moving to the Outer Banks

WEVS is home to 43 kindergarten to 8th-grade students, run by a board of directors who are all closely involved and invested.