Rock The Cape will return to Hatteras Island on Wednesday, June 2, for a full day of art and music at Kitty Hawk Kites’ Waves Village Watersports Resort in Rodanthe. “Kitty Hawk Kites is thrilled to welcome Rock the Cape to Waves Village Watersports at milepost 40,” said Kitty Hawk Kites’ Marketing Director Ben Saltzman. [...] Island Features |  Full Article

The Ocracoke Preservation Society Museum reopened to the public in April, 2021, after remaining closed for a 1 year and 7 months due to 2019’s Hurricane Dorian and the subsequent Coronavirus Pandemic. Take a closer look inside the museum, and discover this unique historic site in the heart of Ocracoke village.

Sometimes to change your beachcombing luck, you have to change your perspective, and discover new hunting grounds for shell and seaglass finds. This past week, a couple of shelling colleagues and I did exactly that, by embarking on an inshore shelling trip with Family Water Adventures. Inshore trips that focus on other activities besides fishing [...] Island Features |  Full Article

As we are finally beginning to enjoy the first bursts of spring, (and I mean bursts – it’s not a constant yet), we are also enjoying the fresh tastes associated with the season of hope and beginnings. Friends have been harvesting early treats from early gardens and sharing, so I am savoring some very special [...] Island Features |  Full Article

This is NGC 4631, the Whale Galaxy. William Herschel discovered NGC 4631 in 1787, but it wasn’t given a name until the 1990s. In a 1995 copy of Interstellarum, it was called “The Herring Galaxy,” but NGC 4631 had already been named “The Whale Galaxy” in “Supernova Search Charts and Handbook,” which was written and [...] Island Features |  Full Article

The Ocracoke community will celebrate the summer’s fig bounty at its annual Fig Festival with special guest chef and TV personality Vivian Howard. The 8th annual Ocracoke Fig Festival will take place at the Berkley Barn and on the grounds of the Ocracoke Preservation Society Museum. The three-day festival, which is sponsored by the Ocracoke [...] Island Features |  Full Article

Coastal Review Online is featuring the research, findings and commentary of author Kevin Duffus. Crafted in France, admired by millions at a New York world’s fair, stolen from its lighthouse, buried during the Civil War, recaptured, returned and repaired at Paris, stolen again, and exhibited again: America’s most historic, most traveled, yet most disrespected lighthouse [...] Island Features |  Full Article

Citizen scientists can now use a downloadable app to share with the North Carolina King Tides Project photos of the first king tide event of this year, which begins Monday and ends April 30. The North Carolina King Tides Project, an initiative to document extreme high tide events using photos, now uses the Coastal Observer app to report water [...] Island Features |  Full Article

Plans are in the works to add a new wave of improvements to the historic Salvo Community Cemetery, (also known as the Salvo Day Use Cemetery), which includes new landscaping, installing signage for visitors, and resetting a handful of dislodged headstones, per a recent update from project organizers. Situated along the Pamlico Sound on the [...] Island Features |  Full Article