Visitors to the Frisco Woods Campground over the summer of 2022 may have noticed a unique and turquoise-hued addition to the facility’s front yard, as a Blessing Box was installed as a small but welcome initiative to give back to the Hatteras Island community. A Blessing Box is basically a miniaturized free food pantry that [...] Island Features |  Full Article

The Bodie Island Lighthouse celebrated a milestone on Saturday, as the distinctive black-and-white striped tower was first lit on October 1, 1872, or exactly 150 years ago. “Today is the Day!” said John M. Havel of the Outer Banks Lighthouse Society in an online statement. “Standing 167 feet and 8 inches tall, from the tip [...] Island Features |  Full Article

What’s behind the Veil? Thousands of years ago, there was a massive super-nova explosion in the constellation, Cygnus. The remnants of that explosion formed a nebula called the Cygnus Loop. It looks like this: Cygnus Loop is about 120 light years across and has a magnitude of +5. It is believed to be about 20,000 [...] Island Features |  Full Article

A new Avon-based festival featuring live music, regional artists, and food vendors is being launched on Sunday, October 2, with proceeds going to a very worthy local organization – the Hatteras Island Cancer Foundation (HICF). The Fall in Love Festival will be held on Sunday evening at Kavon Park, (next to the Avon Pier and [...] Island Features |  Full Article

After a two-year shutdown due to the Coronavirus pandemic, the Wings Over Water Wildlife Festival, (which is celebrating its 25th year in 2022), is returning to the Outer Banks, and registration is currently open for any visitor or resident who wants to join in this Outer Banks-wide and multiple-day event. The festival will be held [...] Island Features |  Full Article

The wreck of the schooner Ada F. Whitney, which occurred on September 22, 1885, was a very difficult but somewhat routine event for the life-savers during a somewhat difficult time in America. In the year of this wreck, 1885, America had 38 states – yet to become would be the states of Washington, Idaho, Montana, [...] Island Features |  Full Article

After a four-year hiatus, the annual Day at the Docks festival made a triumphant return to Hatteras village, attracting a big crowd that was lured in by the event’s many activities, programs, and competitions that were stationed along the waterfront. Initially launched in 2004, Day at the Docks (DATD) was unexpectedly canceled in 2018 and [...] Island Features |  Full Article

The three lighthouses north of Ocracoke on the Outer Banks, Cape Hatteras, Bodie Island and Currituck Beach, built between 1869 and 1875, have withstood hurricanes, nor’easters and the harsh coastal environment, although the Hatteras light was moved landward in 1999 to spare it from the encroaching Atlantic. The trio all share design features that were [...] Island Features |  Full Article

  Hatteras Island Meals’ annual raffle is in full swing, and 2022 is already proving to be a banner year for the event, with a total of seven prize packages worth more than $1,000 each. “Last year, we had 30 businesses donate [to the raffle] and had six packages,” said VP for Hatteras Island Meals [...] Island Features |  Full Article