With an extensive beach nourishment project underway this summer, what will that mean for beachcombing and the probability of discovering...
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People & Community
From Rehab to Release: Frisco Rehabbers Take Wildlife Under Their Wing
Lou Browning, Hatteras Island Wildlife Rehabilitation. As I was driving home last week from Manteo, I encountered a turtle trying...
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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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50 Years of ESA
Surfing is once again a trendy thing that even the city kids want to learn. But it’s been a way...
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International Students: Working the OBX & Chasing the Dream
Nancy Bellantine, owner of Pathways to Well-Being, an Outer Banks organization that advocates for foreign student workers, estimates there will...
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Harvesting the Wind
The turbines on the windmills of Amazon Wind Farm U.S. East had barely started turning when controversy surfaced about whether...
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Lucky Us! It’s International Pay-it-Forward Day
Today isn’t just Friday… it’s International Pay-It-Forward Day! Last year, nearly 80 countries participated in the holiday, with U.S. participation...
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The Ripple Effects of Kindness
"Pay it Forward"..."Random Acts of Kindness" Recently, those phrases are familiar buzzwords. Hollywood has touted paying it forward with A-list...
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She is the Egg Mom
Evelyn Rollason slips on her colorful chicken boots and heads to the henhouse with a wire basket and a container...
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Finding Beauty in the Woods
Just minutes from the busy beach towns of the Outer Banks lies a wilderness that is cherished among locals and...
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Raising Bees by the Sea
Beekeepers come from all walks of life. They are coaches, teachers, artists. It doesn’t really matter what their profession is...
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Making a Sand Investment
A major beach nourishment project that will pump about four million cubic yards of sand onto the beaches of the northern...
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Young Gun on the Links
One of the area’s most notable golfers wants you to know that he’s the second-fastest kid at his school and...
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More than Red Kettles: The Salvation Army
Most people think of red kettles and bell ringers at Christmas when they think of The Salvation Army, but Captain...
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Reaching Out With Caring Hands
I will show you my faith by my works. John 2:18 Most people see retirement on the Outer Banks as...
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Friends or Foes?
Ghost tours, haunted houses, and newer attractions like PsychoPath flourish in an area rich with history — as if thousands...
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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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At The Edge of the Sea: Outer Banks Piers
Stepping out onto the pier, I feel the worn and weathered planks beneath my feet give just a little. The...
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Milk Street Soap Company
Kim and Roger Meacham weren’t looking to change the lives of their family, friends, and neighbors on Ocracoke – they...
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Living History: Bill Harris
Local icon, Bill Harris, reflects on his collection of memories and other research that adds to a multigenerational story about...
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Doors of Dare County
Doors of Dare County A pink door might signify that a home’s occupants are hopelessly romantic, while a blue door...
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The Lifesaving Tradition of the Outer Banks
Most visitors to the Outer Banks think of it as “my beach vacation.” Most residents the Outer Banks think of...
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Beautiful Swimmers
If you blink you might miss it: Driving through Colington Island, which lies just west of Kill Devil Hills, an...
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Around and Around We Go: Dowdy Park
When Erin Walters was a toddler, she would stand on the back of the sofa in her living room and...
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You might be an OBX local when…
It takes a special kind of person to live on the Outer Banks year-round. To make it work here you...
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The Restoration of a Rosenwald School
This dilapidated, four-room schoolhouse currently sits by the road at on Caratoke Highway in Coinjock and hardly looks like the...
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