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Outer Banks Coastal Life Features

Outlandish Festival Venues
Arts & Culture Fall 2024 Features

Outlandish Festival Venues

Some of the best Outer Banks’ gatherings are the ones almost no one hears about. With mostly mild year-round temps,...
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Outer Banks Jet-Setters
Fall 2024 Features OBX Spotlight

Outer Banks Jet-Setters

As countless cars whiz by on Highway 168 a few miles away, the two pilots chat at the counter of...
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At Alligator River, Adventures Await… for Those Who Seek Them!
Features Outdoors Species Spotlight Summer 2024

At Alligator River, Adventures Await… for Those Who Seek Them!

The speed limit on all of the gravel roads of the Alligator River National Wildlife Refuge is a modest 35...
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2024 Outer Banks Coastal Life Cutest Pets Winners
Community Cutest Pets Features OBX Community Summer 2024

2024 Outer Banks Coastal Life Cutest Pets Winners

Our competition featured your pets from all along the famous beaches of the Outer Banks. With strong participation it was...
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Fresh Pond
Features History Spring 2024

Fresh Pond

Picture the Summer on the Outer Banks: Cars crowd the bypass, crosswalks bustle with families, umbrellas speckle the beach, and...
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2024 Best of OBX Award Winners
Best Of Community Features OBX Spotlight Spring 2024

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...
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The Flyingest Flying There Is
Coastal Life Community Features Winter 2024

The Flyingest Flying There Is

Fifty years later, that one grainy black-and-white photograph in the middle of the Winston-Salem Journal newspaper changed the course of...
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2023 Teacher of the Year: John Buford
Education Features People Winter 2024

2023 Teacher of the Year: John Buford

In Dare County, there exists a harmonious symphony—conducted by the skilled hands and impassioned heart of John Buford, the 2023...
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2024 Giving Back Awards
Community Features Giving Back Awards Winter 2024

2024 Giving Back Awards

The 2024 Giving Back Awards shine a spotlight on organizations that make a profound impact on the Outer Banks community.
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Inner Banks Fall Getaway: Edenton, North Carolina
Features Travel

Inner Banks Fall Getaway: Edenton, North Carolina

Spend a weekend this fall in Edenton, the well-loved scenic town in the Inner Banks. On the agenda: a warm...
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Outer Banks Flotilla 16-07
Community Features OBX Spotlight

Outer Banks Flotilla 16-07

U. S. Coast Guard Auxiliary Making Waves
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Just Cathy
Features OBX Spotlight Outdoors People

Just Cathy

Most folks on the Outer Banks don’t know Cathy Johnston-Forbes. Not the person who spent 23 years competing against the...
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The Worrell 1000: Team Outer Banks
Coastal Life Features Outdoors

The Worrell 1000: Team Outer Banks

When Hardy Peters asked James Eaton if he wanted to compete with him in the Worrell 1000, there was plenty...
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Spruce Up For Spring!
Features Home & Garden

Spruce Up For Spring!

There’s something special about spring on the Outer Banks as it comes to life with vibrant flowers, first-class fishing, breezy...
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Delia D’Ambra: Investigative Journalist, Podcaster & Manteo Native
Features OBX Spotlight People

Delia D’Ambra: Investigative Journalist, Podcaster & Manteo Native

We humans have been fascinated with crime for centuries, and true crime podcasts are a modern extension of that fascination....
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Run Hill State Natural Area
Activities & Events Features Outdoors

Run Hill State Natural Area

Run Hill State Natural Area is perhaps the most overlooked wilderness spot on the Outer Banks.
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A Winter Enjoyed
Coastal Life Features OBX Nature

A Winter Enjoyed

There’s plenty to love about an OBX winter, early sunsets, frosty mornings and stormy seas.
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2023 Faces Of
Community Faces Of Features OBX Spotlight

2023 Faces Of

Recognizing the 2023 Faces Of Outer Banks Coastal Life
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2023 Giving Back Awards
Community Contests & Events Features Giving Back Awards OBX Spotlight

2023 Giving Back Awards

Shining a spotlight on organizations that make a profound impact on the Outer Banks community.
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Houses Claimed by the Sea
Coastal Life Features Something to Talk About

Houses Claimed by the Sea

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