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...
Randal Mathews’ open letter to the Ocracoke community
Editor's note: Randal Mathews was unopposed for Ocracoke's county commissioner seat in the primary this spring, is on the Nov. 3 ballot, and will...
A historic general election looms
Imelda Marcos was filmed saying something rather chilling in a 2019 documentary of her life: “Perception is real; the truth is not,” she says...
Joebell flowers on Ocracoke
By Pat Garber
One of the first things I remember from my early years at Ocracoke was the presence of joebells, lovely red and yellow...
‘The Socialists are coming! The Socialists are coming!’
By Robert F. Orr
Mitch McConnell texted me the other day with an urgent message! If Democrats are elected, particularly Joe Biden, then America will...
Flooded! Ten months of frustration
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Editor's note: This story was first published in the August print issue of the...
Ocracoke’s resiliency in the midst of many trials
Ocracoke’s County Commissioner Tom Pahl echoes other islanders when he says he hasn’t had much time to reflect on the coming anniversary of the...
COVID-19 will be on the island soon if not already; What...
There was good public health news last week when a mass testing event for COVID-19 in the National Park Service parking lot on Ocracoke...