The Long Way Home: Big Bend National Park
Editor’s note: Ocracoke Islanders Tom and Carol Pahl are on a trek around the United States (following 70-degree weather) and will report back from...
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.
Rudy Austin: An icon then and now
Editor's note: Rudy Austin died April 17, 2025, and we are reposting this story about him originally published Dec, 31, 2023. A celebration of...
Pigeons to race cross-country to Ocracoke
By Patty Huston-Holm
History buffs might know that pigeons were used to carry military messages during World Wars I and II.
Pigeons might be associated with...
Wounded Warriors cycle through Ocracoke
Wounded Warriors out of the Fayetteville, NC, office ride bicycles on Ocracoke.
Ocracoke Waterfowl Festival honors Mark Justice as featured carver
By Peter Vankevich
All it took was a Christmas gift from his wife to spark a lasting passion in the late Mark Justice, this year’s...
The Long Way Home: Native and Black Seminoles
Editor’s note: Ocracoke Islanders Tom and Carol Pahl are on a trek around the United States (following 70-degree weather) and will report back from...
Ocracoke’s WWII General Ira Thomas Wyche
By Philip Howard
Ocracoke Island, though small and isolated, has sometimes played an outsized role in the history of the United States. Visitors, and even...
80th birthday in the ‘Tank’ just another day for longtime referee
Text and photos by Peter Vankevich
When was the last time you saw a sports referee get a standing ovation?
This is exactly what happened before...
The Long Way Home: The New Urbanism in Seaside, Florida
Text and photos by Tom Pahl
Being in the business of designing and building, I can’t help but look critically at every little bit of...