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Local Art for Charity and BBQ for You

By Michael Lay | Tuesday, September 2, 2014
It almost goes without saying that artists are, by nature, generous people. And Outer Banks artists are called upon regularly to benefit their community. The OBX Arts & Craft Festival, held Wednesday and Thursday, September 4-5 at the Hilton Garden Inn in Kitty Hawk, is just the latest manifestation of our artist... Read More

Tournament Fishing Returns To Avon Pier After 5-Year Absence

By Michael Lay | Tuesday, August 26, 2014
This November a fishing tournament will return to Hatteras Island's Avon Fishing Pier for the first time in five years. Koru Village has joined forces with sponsor Pabst Brewing Company to host the First Annual PBR Classic Red & Blue Fishing Tournament running Friday, November 7 through Sunday, November 9. The... Read More

In the Beginning There Was The Weeping Radish

By Michael Lay | Wednesday, August 20, 2014
While the genesis of the domestic craft beer brewing industry might be lost to the mists of time and to competing claims from all corners of the nation, it is well-documented that here in North Carolina it all began with The Weeping Radish. Prior to 1985 it was illegal for breweries to sell their beer directly to... Read More

Crabs, Pelicans and...Dinosaurs?

By Michael Lay | Tuesday, August 5, 2014
Locals and visitors alike are fortunate that the Outer Banks remains a place where people can co-exist with native wildlife. The list of wildlife one might run into, however - pelicans and sea gulls, hundreds of kinds of fish, crabs, jellyfish, dolphins, deer, fox, turtles, even alligators and bears as you head inland... Read More

Duck Island: A Geographical Matter

By Michael Lay | Wednesday, July 30, 2014
Geography matters. Especially as it concerns the delicately narrow sandbar we know today as the Outer Banks. Sitting as we are, nakedly exposed to whatever comes at us from the east and the passive recipients of whatever flows downhill towards us from the west, the Outer Banks is something of a geographical canary in... Read More