Reflecting on 50 years on Ocracoke
By Ann Ehringhaus
A beautiful natural harbor greeted me and captured my heart a long time ago. There were approximately 550 people living on Ocracoke...
Can Ocracoke solve its affordable housing problem?
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By Sara Teaster
Last year, a group of concerned Ocracoke residents began discussing affordable housing. ...
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...
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...
Something’s in the air, not just the hair
By Kelley Shinn
Ocracoke, we need to have a serious conversation—about hairspray, and other things.
Given everything we have collectively been through since Hurricane Dorian struck...
To sleep, perchance to dream
Ask a Mental Health Professional No. 10
By Earle Irwin
Question: I don’t sleep. It’s been so long since I had a good night’s sleep, I’ve...
Divisiveness, derisiveness, indecisiveness and duress
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Ask a mental health professional No. 9
By Earle Irwin
Question: The world does not seem...
A call for leadership: Why I’m voting for Tess Judge
Editor's note: Tess Judge (D-Kitty Hawk) is challenging incumbent Bob Steinburg (R-Edenton) in the general election Nov. 3 for the N.C. state Senate District...
Anger is a most convenient tool
By Traci DeVette Griggs
It’s a food fight. The two rowdy instigators are on either side of a large crowd. As they hurl their refuse...