Oceana to hold Shark Week online event on Thursday
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This week is the ocean’s top predator’s special week – Shark Week -- and Oceana, the Georgia Aquarium, El Porto Shark and the Great...
Junteenth is an important step toward ‘a more perfect union’
June 19 became a new national holiday -- Juneteenth -- honoring the oldest known commemoration of the abolition of slavery in the United States.
In...
Ocracoke: An appealing destination then and now
In his acclaimed book, “Ocracoke,” first published in 1956, Carl Goerch writes about meeting John G. Perry, a lawyer from upstate New York.
He asked...
To help you, the Ocracoke Volunteer Fire Department needs help
The cancellation of the Firemen’s Ball due to the continued COVID-19 pandemic was sad news.
This popular and fun event has been a much-needed...
The fencing of Ocracoke
Editor's note: A North Carolina Court of Appeals has reversed a February 2020 decision from a Camden County Superior Court judge, ruling on Tuesday...
A whale of a sighting
Editor:Just last week, an aerial survey team from the Clearwater Marine Aquarium spotted a North Atlantic right whale mother and her newly born calf...
Beauty and the Beach: The case for carbon pricing
Editor:
The NYT article in Sunday's (March 14) paper, "Tiny Town, Big Decision: What Are We Willing to Pay to Fight the Rising Sea?" reminds...
High time for N.C. to open state and local government personnel...
Sunshine Week was launched in 2005 by the American Society of News Editors — now News Leaders Association — and has grown into an...
The sun will come up again tomorrow
Ask a Mental Health Professional No. 11
By Earle Irwin
Question: I thought that putting 2020 behind us would be a tremendous relief. But I don’t...
Those who condoned and committed insurrection Wednesday must be held accountable
Some reporting courtesy of the Outer Banks Voice
The nation watched, mostly in horror, Wednesday afternoon as a mob burst into the U.S. Capitol while...