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  • Cape Hatteras Lighthouse lens makes a temporary move during museum ...

    March 23, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist

    Wienermobile pays a visit to Hatteras Island

    March 20, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist

    Ocracoke’s Historic Island Inn & Commons Project gets a sec ...

    March 20, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist

    A Beachcomber’s View: Healing a broken heart

    March 20, 2023 | Island Features | By: Kristin Hissong | 1

    Coast Guard conducts sea turtle rescue in Hatteras

    March 17, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist
  • Cape Hatteras Lighthouse lens makes a temporary move during museum ...

    March 23, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist

    Wienermobile pays a visit to Hatteras Island

    March 20, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist

    Ocracoke’s Historic Island Inn & Commons Project gets a sec ...

    March 20, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist

    A Beachcomber’s View: Healing a broken heart

    March 20, 2023 | Island Features | By: Kristin Hissong | 1

    Coast Guard conducts sea turtle rescue in Hatteras

    March 17, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist
  • Cape Hatteras Lighthouse lens makes a temporary move during museum ...

    March 23, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist

    Wienermobile pays a visit to Hatteras Island

    March 20, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist

    Ocracoke’s Historic Island Inn & Commons Project gets a sec ...

    March 20, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist

    A Beachcomber’s View: Healing a broken heart

    March 20, 2023 | Island Features | By: Kristin Hissong | 1

    Coast Guard conducts sea turtle rescue in Hatteras

    March 17, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist
  • Cape Hatteras Lighthouse lens makes a temporary move during museum ...

    March 23, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist

    Wienermobile pays a visit to Hatteras Island

    March 20, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist

    Ocracoke’s Historic Island Inn & Commons Project gets a sec ...

    March 20, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist

    A Beachcomber’s View: Healing a broken heart

    March 20, 2023 | Island Features | By: Kristin Hissong | 1

    Coast Guard conducts sea turtle rescue in Hatteras

    March 17, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist
  • Cape Hatteras Lighthouse lens makes a temporary move during museum ...

    March 23, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist

    Wienermobile pays a visit to Hatteras Island

    March 20, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist

    Ocracoke’s Historic Island Inn & Commons Project gets a sec ...

    March 20, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist

    A Beachcomber’s View: Healing a broken heart

    March 20, 2023 | Island Features | By: Kristin Hissong | 1

    Coast Guard conducts sea turtle rescue in Hatteras

    March 17, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist

Ocracoke prepares for British Cemetery Commemoration; Volunteers a ...

March 17, 2023 | Island Features

The annual Ocracoke British Cemetery ceremony is scheduled for Friday, May 12, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. Immediately following the commemoration, attendees are invited to the Ocracoke Community Center for a light luncheon. This year marks the 81st anniversary of the sinking of H.M.T. Bedfordshire off the North Carolina coast on May 11, 1942. All are [...] Island Features |  Full Article

New Tri-Villages seasonal market will launch on April 10

March 16, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist

A new and seasonal artists market is coming to the Tri-villages, with its first-ever event scheduled for Monday, April 10, from 9:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m. The April “Tri Villages Market at Camp Hatteras” will feature more than 30 artists, craftsmen, and vendors, and will set the stage for a weekly summertime “Wednesday in Waves” [...] Island Features |  Full Article

Citizen Science Program needs volunteers to help with weather obse ...

March 15, 2023 | Island Features

Have you ever wondered how much rain fell during a recent thunderstorm? How about snowfall during a winter storm? If so, an important volunteer weather observing program needs your help! The Community Collaborative Rain, Hail, and Snow network, or CoCoRaHS, is looking for new volunteers across North Carolina. The grassroots effort is part of a growing national [...] Island Features |  Full Article

Hillbilly Run and Flip Flop Trop returns to Hatteras on April 1

March 13, 2023 | Island Features

The Hillbilly Run and Flip Flop Trot will be held this year on April 1 beginning at 3:00 p.m. at the Hatteras Civic Center. This fun and whimsical event was established in 2020 to fund the Monica F. Collingsworth Scarborough Memorial Scholarship but was initially canceled due to Covid. It was conceived to fund a [...] Island Features |  Full Article

Really, Really Free Market will be held in Avon on April 1

March 13, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist

The Really, Really Free Market in Avon is returning for its second market of 2023 on Saturday, April 1, from 9:00 a.m. until 12:00 p.m. at the Avon Fire Station. The Really, Really Free Market started more than a decade ago, and became a valuable resource for islanders in need after several historic storms, including [...] Island Features |  Full Article

Rocket Lab announces March 11 launch from NASA’s Virginia fa ...

March 11, 2023 | Island Features

NASA’s Wallops Flight Facility in Virginia will support a launch of Rocket Lab’s Electron rocket on Saturday, March 11. The two-hour launch window is set to open at 6 p.m. EST. The 59-foot-tall Electron rocket will lift off from Launch Complex 2 at Virginia Space’s Mid-Atlantic Regional Spaceport on Wallops Island. The mission, named “Stronger Together,” will [...] Island Features |  Full Article

Dare Arts now seeking artists for the 26th Annual Mollie Fearing M ...

March 8, 2023 | Island Features

Dare Arts announces a call for entry for the 26th Annual Mollie Fearing Memorial Art Show, which will open on Sunday, May 7 at their Gallery in downtown Manteo. Artists wishing to participate in this year’s exhibition can find a prospectus and sign up for a specific time to drop off their work online at DareArts.org/molliefearingshow. Ceramicist Ashley [...] Island Features |  Full Article

Local girl from Frisco heads to Capitol Hill for nonprofit

March 1, 2023 | Island Features

From OuterBanksVoice.com Ellie Hedgepeth, a nine-old-year Frisco resident who is a third grader at Cape Hatteras Elementary School, has been selected as a youth ambassador to head to Washington and Capitol Hill starting March 6 to advocate on behalf of the Tourette Association of America. Here is additional information from the Association. The Tourette Association [...] Island Features |  Full Article

Night Sky: Galaxies, visible planets, and more highlights for March

March 1, 2023 | Island Features | By: Gerry Lebing

An Interesting Pair These are M81 (on the right) and M82. If they look close together, that’s because they are! Currently, the centers of the galaxies are about 150,000 light years apart. A couple of hundred million years ago, they were even closer together. Both galaxies were discovered by Johann Bode in 1774. Charles Messier [...] Island Features |  Full Article

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Local girl from Frisco heads to Capitol Hill for nonprofit

March 1, 2023 | Island Features

Night Sky: Galaxies, visible planets, and more highlights for March

March 1, 2023 | Island Features | By: Gerry Lebing

Hatteras Village Waterfowl Festival draws a big wintertime crowd… WITH VIDEO

February 28, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist

Swammie Shuffle 200 is heading to Hatteras Island on a mission to end veteran suicide

February 26, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist

Hatteras Village Waterfowl Festival shares schedule of events for Saturday, Feb. 25

February 24, 2023 | Island Features

A Beachcomber’s View: It’s a Seaglass Coke Thing

February 24, 2023 | Island Features | By: Kristin Hissong

Ocracoke Fig Festival to host celebrated chef Bill Smith

February 23, 2023 | Island Features

Webinar to focus on best landscape plants for NC coast

February 22, 2023 | Island Features | From The: Coastal Review

Dr. Seuss Birthday Party to be held in Rodanthe on March 4

February 21, 2023 | Island Features

Ocracoke Preservation Society announces 2023 Art Auction; Nonprofit now accepting entries for annual fundraiser

February 17, 2023 | Island Features

Avon’s Free Community Dinners program, which feeds 300 islanders a week, celebrates 10 years in 2023

February 16, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist

St. John’s United Women in Faith host a “Thank You” luncheon for Hatteras Island Meals volunteers

February 14, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist

Dare Arts announces 45th annual Frank Stick Memorial Art Show award recipients; Ocracoke artist wins Best in Show

February 7, 2023 | Island Features

Dare County Master Gardeners offering free in-person and virtual gardening programs

February 4, 2023 | Island Features

72 sea turtles at STAR Center released back into the ocean

February 2, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist

Really, Really Free Market returns to Avon on February 4

February 2, 2023 | Island Features

Night Sky: The Green Comet, and more highlights for February

February 1, 2023 | Island Features | By: Gerry Lebing

Hatteras Village Waterfowl Festival returns Feb. 24-25; Tickets still available for Fin, Feather and Bourbon event

January 31, 2023 | Island Features

Dare County Schools Art Show opens this month at Glenn Eure’s Ghost Fleet Gallery

January 18, 2023 | Island Features

Sunday’s SpaceX launch visible throughout the Outer Banks

January 16, 2023 | Island Features | By: Joy Crist

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