Roberta, sister Nancy and their mother Geraldine at the Manteo airport in 1961. Photo by James E. Nordheim By Roberta Nordheim-WallacePhotos by James E. Nordheim My family visited the Outer Banks ...

Take the time to be a traveler, not a tourist on Ocracoke Island. Make the journey more than just checking off those souvenir photos. It’s about letting the destination you’re in seep into ...

Fish-fry fundraisers help those in need The ‘staff’ at the cook shack behind the Ocracoke Volunteer Fire Department serve up plates for the fund raiser for John Simpson. From left are Alex ...

The story of Ocracoke Island, North Carolina is rich in tales of pirates, Native American fishing and English sailors, but one of its greatest legacies is a very unique dialect. Due to the island ...

Easter Island is home to more than 900 giant Moai, with more still being discovered. The statues average about twice the ...

The first Ocracoke lighthouse was built on Shell Island and was destroyed by lightning in 1818. The oldest operating lighthouse in North Carolina, the present Ocracoke Lighthouse sits on a ...

The National Weather Service shared more photos of flooding being seen on ... urging travelers to avoid the north end of Ocracoke Island during high tide and to use caution on the beach today.

Once home to the pirate Blackbeard, Ocracoke is loved by modern-day beachcombers looking to find buried treasure of their own. With Oahu’s iconic Diamond Head volcano in the distance ...

Civic Association will be hosting a holiday pet photo fundraiser on two Sundays in November, Nov. 17 and Nov. 24. The ...

It’s exceptionally rare for the aurora borealis, or northern lights, to be visible as far south as Long Island, but thanks to yesterday’s severe geomagnetic storm where around one billion tons ...