Wednesday, April 30, 2025
Search here...
SHOP THE OBX
Search here...

Monthly Archives: January, 2023

State of the County 2023 focuses on five key topics, including housing, beach nourishment, and maintaining inlets

Local News Staff Reporter -
Dare County Board of Commissioners Chairman Robert L. “Bob” Woodard Sr. delivered the annual State of the County presentation at Captain George’s Seafood Restaurant...

New N.C. education program to advance shoreline protection is underway

Local News Staff Reporter -
A collaborative effort to protect North Carolina shorelines is underway. North Carolina Sea Grant, East Carolina University, and Carteret Community College are working together to...

Miss Katie arrives in Hatteras village for her first Hatteras Inlet dredging event

Fishing Joy Crist -
Dare County’s own dredge, the Miss Katie, arrived in Hatteras village on Thursday, January 26, in order to conduct a maintenance dredging event in...

New, longer turn lanes under construction at Bodie Island Lighthouse/Coquina Beach intersection on N.C. 12

Local News Sam Walker -
  Improvements to an intersection along N.C. 12 on Bodie Island are underway to add longer and new turn lanes, with crews scheduled to pave...

Wolfinger-Jones Family Fund Established at Outer Banks Community Foundation

Community News Brief Staff Reporter -
A new donor-advised fund has been established at the Outer Banks Community Foundation by Nags Head residents Tony and Tracy Jones. Grants will be...
Load more

Follow Us

Help Support Local News! Subscribe for Free, Upgrade to Premium, or Make a Contribution.

SUBSCRIBE

Sections

Latest news

Avon Fishing Pier reopens for the 2025 season on May 1

Fishing 0
The Avon Fishing Pier will open for the 2025...

Senate bill pushes for prohibiting, fining for balloon releases

Island Features 0
From CoastalReview.org Debbie Swick has been waging a single-handed campaign...

Rip Current Awareness Week: Rip risk forecasts

Local News 0
Story courtesy National Weather Service This week is Carolinas Rip...

DEQ selects 7 projects to improve state’s electric grid, including Ocracoke Island project to relocate power lines

Local News 0
The North Carolina Department of Environmental Quality’s (DEQ) State...

Popular news

Traffic lights in Hatteras Village will be replaced with stop signs

Local News 0
Due to deterioration and a high replacement cost, the...

Cora Lee O’Neal

Obituaries 0
Cora L. O’Neal was called home to be with...

Blackfin tuna catches close to shore are creating a buzz

Fishing 0
Hatteras Island is currently experiencing an unusual event in...

Rudy Leroy Austin

Obituaries 0
OCRACOKE -- Rudy Leroy Austin, a cherished native son...

© 2025 Island Free Press. All Rights Reserved. Website Design & Marketing by GCP