Category: Outer Banks News

When you’re soaking up the sun on the beautiful shores of the Outer Banks, staying vigilant about beach flags is crucial for your safety. At Joe Lamb Jr. & Associates, we want you to enjoy your beach time confidently. For more information on beach safety, visit our dedicated beach safety page. Here’s a guide to the different beach flags and their meanings.

The holiday season is over so so what do you do with your used Christmas Tree this year?We hope you were able to get out and enjoy some of the amazingly festive holiday events along the Outer Banks over the past few weeks.Residents of Dare County and its six towns are reminded that there are

Avangrid map showing Kitty Hawk WEA. Duck and Corolla are closest Outer Banks sites. Power would go to Virginia then back to North Carolina.There is energy production in the Outer Banks future. Clean energy, actually. Not oil, but a known resource just waiting to be exploited.It's wind energy.

A 155' piling being delivered to the Rodanthe side of the Jug Handle bridge project.If all goes as planned, sometime next year, probably close to summer, the Jug Handle Bridge that will by pass the S Curves just north of Rodanthe will have its ribbon cutting.The S Curves, just north of Rodanthe, is

One option for a new home for used Christmas trees.It's such a simple idea it's amazing that it works. After the holidays are done and all the trimmings come off the Christmas tree, create a new purpose for it. Place it at the base of a sand dune and let nature take its course.Here on the Outer

Stranded sea cow on a Core Banks barrier island.It's been an interesting week here on the Outer Banks. Right now there's the first of the true nor'easters of the season moving in and it looks as though it's going to be a heck of a storm.A great white shark pinged fairly far west of Oregon Inlet.But

Fire destroyed the Cotton Gin in Jarvisburg.The original Cotton Gin on the Currituck Mainland has been so much a part of Outer Banks life that it's hard to imagine what it will be like without it. After Saturday's blaze the left only charred remains of the store, we'll have to face that reality.We

Damaged Nags Head Pier. The last 10 yards or so of the pier have disappeared.Hurricane Dorian is gone, thank goodness, and the cleanup is going very well. The northern Outer Banks completely opened to visitors this afternoon and hopefully Hatteras Island will follow suit in a few days.Ocracoke,

Now part of local lore, Peanut Butter Falcon has just premiered nationally.Under the heading of "Local Lad Does Good" we present Peanut Butter Falcon.Co-written and co-directed by Tyler Nilson who was raised on Colington Island with Mark Schwartz, Peanut Butter Falcon tells a wonderful story of

First Flight High School, one of three high schools in Dare County.The kids are about to head back to school and just in time for their return to the classroom we got some great news about out schools. Niche, a research company that evaluates places to live, schools, neighborhoods and the workplace