Year: 2020

Midnight Call to Action. Lifesaving Service crew prepares for a late night rescue. [photo courtesy Bryan Cultural Series] An Exhibition and Sale of Works by Read More >>

By Crystal Wasley, shot with a telephoto lense. [National Park Service] A fall foal has been spotted among the wild horses at Cape Lookout National Read More >>

Monitor Merrimac Memorial Bridge Tunnel. [Courtesy VDOT] If you’re traveling to or from the Outer Banks this weekend from north/west of Richmond, don’t take Interstate Read More >>

[NCDOT Ferry Division photo] After a successful Bigfoot Slough dredging effort by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, the N.C. Department of Transportation’s Ferry System Read More >>

The number of positive COVID-19 tests in Dare County as of Friday afternoon is 584, of which there are 21 active cases among residents of Read More >>

[Photo courtesy North Carolina Department of Public Instruction] The Dare County Board of Education voted unanimously Thursday to allow parents to send elementary school students Read More >>

A ship trails an array of seismic air guns. [photo courtesy Ocean Conservation Research] Permits needed to conduct seismic exploration for oil and natural gas Read More >>

Another vehicle lost to the overwash, in Buxton on Oct. 12, 2019. [Don Bowers/Island Free Press photo] Four storm-related repair projects at Cape Hatteras National Read More >>

[image courtesy OBSE] Organizers have announced this year’s TowneBank Outer Banks Marathon will now be a virtual race, but they are hopeful the Southern Fried Read More >>

[image courtesy CDC] Gov. Roy Cooper today announced that North Carolina will take a “careful step” into COVID-19 “Phase 3” restrictions beginning Friday, Oct. 2, Read More >>