We see them up on the lifeguard stands, making water advisories and responding to emergencies. Occasionally we even talk to...
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Life & Wellness
Unplug: Disconnect to Reconnect
Several years ago, I harbored some pretty dark fantasies regarding my young son’s cell phone. His text messaging was out...
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Coming Home to the Outer Banks Within
As a 22-year-old, ignorance was bliss when I landed a job at a modest, little 3,000-watt radio station carved into...
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GEM Offers A Little Harmony
GEM Day Service, Inc., Executive Director Gail Sonnesso says a blessing. "No one prepares you for this – being a...
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Winter on the Outer Banks
This is the seventeenth winter I’ve spent on the Outer Banks. I recall that first one being particularly brutal as...
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On Your Mark, Get Set, Tidal Waves!!
The Outer Banks has more children experiencing the joy of swimming now than ever before with the creation of the...
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Be Resolute
There are two things that rank high on my list of things I dread about the holidays. One is dragging...
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Meeting Santa For The First Time; A Rite Of Passage
You’ve managed to dress your child in an adorable Christmas outfit, complete with Mary Janes and a Pinterest-inspired hairdo, and...
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Tough Boot Camps – Tight Friends
The cold December wind whips up against houses, the chilling rain patters on rooftops at 5 a.m., and most of...
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Gift vs. Grit: J.P. Knapp Early College High School
J.P. Knapp’s principal, Steve Basnight The bell-towered, red brick school building in Currituck has been misunderstood since it opened its...
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Guide to Stress-Less Holidays on the Outer Banks
The holiday season is one of the best times of the year, but with parties to plan, family to entertain,...
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Healthy Meals for Strong Minds
More than a decade ago, Southern Shores residents Helen Ford and Ed Hazlett began discussing ways they could help the...
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The Greatest Gift Of All
If you’re one of those Martha Stewart types who’ve spent the last year carefully and creatively hand making gifts for...
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The Streak
You can talk to 100 runners, and get 100 different reasons as to why they run and why they set...
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Buried in Time
The barely discernible path veers off the dirt road in Nags Head Woods, up along a high ridge. Felled trees...
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A Pirate’s Life for Me
Blackbeard’s Crew is a nonprofit dedicated to historical preservation, a relatively dry description that could apply to many organizations. However,...
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It’s Turtle Season
With record number of sea turtle nesting this year, please be mindful and respectful of their locations. It is mostly...
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Lifesaving Traditions of the Outer Banks
Saving lives at sea has been a tradition on the Outer Banks since the first European settlers arrived here more...
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The Thing with Feathers
“Hope is the thing with feathers,” as poet Emily Dickinson famously wrote more than a century and a half ago. ...
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Species Spotlight: Turtles
May 23 is World Turtle Day, and what better way to celebrate than to talk about some of the awesome...
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Into the Deep: Shipwrecks That Shaped Our Coast
The history of the Outer Banks can be told many ways, from the stories of free spirits and explorers to...
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Doing Business with Heart
How often during this time of year is one reminded of Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol and that most miserly...
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Medicine on the Move
Known as the Health Coach, every inch of this 39-foot vehicle’s interior space is maximized to allow thorough, efficient medical...
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Odyssey Of The Mind
Q: What international competition tests the mental mettle of Dare County students with other students from such far-flung countries as Singapore,...
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Campers Catch a Wave
Photo suziandpam.com This summer marked the third year that two local businessmen have been able to bring the gift of...
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Where Learning is Child’s Play
Carole Dawn Emerson often refers to herself as a “Director of Play” and it’s clear to see that the title...
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