Glam, Grace and Gratitude

The rising sun shines through the windows of the fellowship hall at Bethany Methodist Church on March 20, 2025. In a few hours, volunteers will arrive to make final preparations for the 10th [...]

Hatteras’ Best

While each area of the Outer Banks was well represented amongst our nominees and winners, Hatteras stood out, especially considering the island is more lightly populated and visited than its [...]

Outer Banks Jet-Setters

As countless cars whiz by on Highway 168 a few miles away, the two pilots chat at the counter of the Currituck County Regional Airport.

Change on the Horizon

Many legendary entertainment venues have graced the Outer Banks: The Casino in Nags Head of the ’40s-’60s, Kelly’s & Port o’ Call of the’80s-’00s and The Pit in Kill Devil Hills of the ’90s-’00s, [...]

Dr. Walter Holton

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 [...]

Pet Adoptions on the Outer Banks

They frolic on the beach and in the sound. They exude pure joy on boat rides and car rides. They strut up and down neighborhood streets like they own the place, sniffing every blade of grass and [...]

2024 Best of OBX Award Winners

Our inaugural Outer Banks Coastal Life BEST of OBX Awards are the result of an online nomination and voting process through OuterBanksCoastalLife.com and the publication’s social media channels, [...]

Safe Passages

A Day in the Life of a Bridgeman: the operators who tend the Alligator River bridge. What DO those folks do in that impossibly tiny bridge house?

Just Cathy

Most folks on the Outer Banks don’t know Cathy Johnston-Forbes. Not the person who spent 23 years competing against the best golfers in the world.