The non-profit organization Friends of Felines Hatteras Island will be hosting its annual yard sale on Saturday, June 3, and Sunday, June 4, from 9:00 a.m. until 4:00 p.m. on both days. This year, the yard sale will be held in the parking lot of the former Outer Beaches Realty Office in Avon at 40227 Tigrone [...] Island Features |  Full Article

After a successful Easter weekend event that featured 32 artists and makers, the new-in-2023 Tri Villages Market is returning on Memorial Day Weekend for another opportunity for the public to shop with local artisans. The Tri Villages Market will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Sunday, May 28, at the Camp Hatteras [...] Island Features |  Full Article

Kick off the summer season on Hatteras Island at the 11th Annual Rock The Cape, which will take place June 1-2. The Rock The Cape art show and concert will be held on Thursday, June 1 at Kitty Hawk Kites’ Waves Village Watersports Center at Milepost 40 in Rodanthe from 2 p.m. to 7 p.m. [...] Island Features |  Full Article

A group of Cape Hatteras Elementary third-grade students made a remarkable and unexpected discovery of a 17th-century wedding ring while on a field trip to the new Lost Colony Museum and Gift Shop in Buxton. Scott Dawson, museum owner and author of The Lost Colony and Hatteras Island, engaged the 18 students and their teacher Jordyn [...] Island Features |  Full Article

The Old Lighthouse Beach in Buxton was packed on Tuesday morning, May 16, as six sea turtles that had completed their rehabilitation at the Sea Turtle Assistance and Rehabilitation (STAR) Center at the NC Aquarium on Roanoke Island were released back into the ocean. The released sea turtles included four green sea turtles, one juvenile [...] Island Features |  Full Article

Ocracoke Preservation Society (OPS), a non-profit, community-based organization dedicated to the preservation of Ocracoke Island’s heritage, recently announced that it is one of 44 institutions in the United States selected to participate in the Collections Assessment for Preservation (CAP) program. CAP helps museums improve the care of their collections by providing support for a general conservation assessment [...] Island Features |  Full Article

by Maggie Miles Keeper James Charlet seeks to learn their untold stories After quitting his job following 25-years as a classroom teacher and relocating his family from Charlotte, NC to Hatteras in the late ’80s, Keeper James Charlet—known then simply as James Charlet—had an epiphany. Despite teaching North Carolina history and even writing a state-adopted [...] Island Features |  Full Article

The Hatteras Island Ocean Center recently announced its line-up of summertime programs, which begin on Monday, May 29, 2023. All programs repeat weekly throughout the summer months, and provide insight into the landscape and natural environment of Hatteras village and miles beyond. This is the first year that the Hatteras Island Ocean Center is operating [...] Island Features |  Full Article

Two annual ceremonies are returning in 2023 to honor the World War II British and Canadian sailors who lost their lives off the Outer Banks 81 years ago. In mid-May, representatives of the U.S. Coast Guard, Coast Guard Auxiliary, U.S. Navy, British Royal Navy, and National Park Service will come together at the British cemeteries [...] Island Features |  Full Article