Watercraft Safety – What you don’t know can be dangerous! As we move into the heart of the busiest summer on record for OBX tourism, The Coast Guard Auxiliary has partnered with Kitty Hawk Kites on an innovative program to raise tourist awareness around boating and water safety. Every week, more than 200,000 visitors flock […]
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The word “Tarpon” conjures images from fishing lore of large, silvery fish making spectacular leaps out of the water when hooked. Atlantic tarpon are actually closely related to eels. They may not look at all like their cousins when adults, but their larval stages are considerably more similar. Also known as “the silver king,” tarpon […]
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Swim parallel to shore. Yell for help. Wave your arms. Ali Joy, from Ashland, Va., could do none of those things as she and her husband Austin struggled in a rip current off Atlantic Beach trying to save their twin 7-year-old daughters. She and the girls eventually made it out alive, but 46-year-old Austin Joy […]
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There’s a reason we often think of both sights and sounds when we recall a place. And if you think about it, the Outer Banks provides not just wonderfully beautiful and colorful things to see, but also sounds that will bring you right back to this place whenever you are reminded of them. There are […]
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In October of 2017, the North Carolina General Assembly voted to override Gov. Roy Cooper’s veto of a bill which had effectively banned single-use plastic bags along the Outer Banks. The law, which had been in place since 2009, had given locals and visitors a respite from the tumbleweed of bags blowing down the beaches […]
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The Outer Banks is breaking records when it comes to visitation, and this is a trend that has been going strong for months. The first six months of 2021 saw the highest number of visitors to Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands since data started being collected decades ago, and this popularity shows no sign of slowing […]
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MANTEO — Theresa Lynn (Terry) McDowell died peacefully in her sleep at her home on Agona Street in Manteo on July 14, 2021. Born in Morristown, New Jersey, Terry was the daughter of the late Wade E. and Loretta McDowell. She spent her childhood in Florida and Kansas, lived in Spain and Virginia before finding […]
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The St. John United Methodist Church (UMC) in Avon is hosting an all-day community bazaar on Thursday, July 22, starting at 8:00 a.m. The United Methodist Women will be selling homemade breakfast biscuits in the morning, and will also host a bake sale during the day, while the church’s youth will be fixing a BBQ […]
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The U.S. Coast Guard Station Hatteras Inlet received a phone call on Saturday night, July 17, about vessel Third Wave, who had lost power to one of their engines, and were unfamiliar with Hatteras Inlet. Coast Guard personnel instructed them to anchor for the night, as crossing the inlet during nighttime would have presented more […]
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May 31, 1936 – July 14, 2021 HATTERAS — Alonzo O’Neal Willis, 85, of Hatteras, NC died Wednesday, July 14, 2021, at Spring Arbor of The Outer Banks. A Hatteras Island native, Alonzo was born on May 31, 1936, to the late Lora O’Neal Willis and Josephus Willis. Having served his country honorably, Alonzo retired […]
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