Did radio begin on Hatteras Island?
By Peter Vankevich
On the North Carolina license plate is “First in Flight,” noting the remarkable achievements of the Wright Brothers in the early years...
David Tweedie: a man of many talents
By Patty Huston-Holm
On a morning nearing the first day of spring, a lingering winter chill evident outside the kitchen from where he sat, David...
New edition of McAllister’s ‘Ocracoke’ book adds recent history
By Peter Vankevich
The second edition of Ray McAllister’s "Ocracoke: The Pearl of the Outer Banks" (Beach Glass Press) is out.
First published in 2013, the...
Voices of Ocracoke: Where language meets island life
By Peter Vankevich
"Language and Life on Ocracoke: The Living History of the Brogue" (UNC Press 2025), a new book by Jeffrey Reaser, Walt Wolfram...
Another book of colorful Ocracoke characters
Book Review
By Peter Vankevich
Philip Howard is on a high-energy creativity roll.
In 2024 he published “Ocracoke Island Eccentrics, Innovators and Free Spirits,” a collection...
Pat Garber’s latest book traces her family’s Southwest roots
By Peter Vankevich
Pat Garber’s goal as a young girl was to grow up and have lots of stories to tell, and that she has...
An islander’s memoir of loss, hope and redemption
Ocracoke Islander Kelley Shinn has spent the last 32 years exploring that harrowing ordeal, which has now been turned into a memoir, “The Wounds That Bind Us,” published by West Virginia University Press and available at Books to Be Red.
Ocracoke Community Multicultural Celebration to be held on Nov. 1
The Ocracoke Community Multicultural Celebration, a new event celebrating the rich cultural diversity of Ocracoke Island, will take place from 1 to 3 p.m....
For Ocracoke on the eve of Earl
By Sarah Shellow
We mounted our bikes: hers, cotton-candy pink; mine, a scratched and dirty blue. She had on pedal pushers which showed her calves,...
Book review: ‘Save Our Sand Dunes’
By Peter Vankevich
Picture this movie-worthy scene.
On the morning of Aug. 15, 1973, Carolista Baum stood in front of a bulldozer at Jockey’s Ridge in...