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 your ...

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 ...

Here's a little trivia for our residents and readers. When was the Ocracoke Island lighthouse first lit? Read on for the ...

Ocracoke Island will celebrate colonial life in the 1700s with a living history encampment and the Battle of Ocracoke during Blackbeard’s Pirate Jamboree Friday, Nov. 1 and Saturday, Nov. 2, on ...

The NTSB conducted their report on the fatal Kill Devil Hills plane crash in which the pilot was "high and fast" during his ...

The N.C. Department of Transportation’s popular Hatteras-Ocracoke route will be making the annual switch to its regular ...

Roanoke Island and Hatteras Island. You'll also find Ocracoke Island farther south, but it's not as accessible and less visited. Every area has sparkling stretches of beaches and affords plenty of ...

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 ...

According to the National Park Service’s website, 779 lighthouses remain standing across the United States. Though many say ...