It’s been a surprisingly quiet start to the 2022 Atlantic Hurricane Season. This is the first year since 2017 that a hurricane has not...

A short 3 mile boat ride from Harkers Island or Beaufort brings you to the three barrier islands of Cape Lookout National Seashore. In...

The United States has ten protected areas known as national seashores. One of these protected seashores is located in Carteret County. ...

Recently, the Town of Emerald Isle announced that after extensive data analysis by Town task forces and Town leadership it will combine...

Emerald Isle was the first town on Bogue Banks to institute a beach flag warning system. This system provides daily information about the...

Why do we celebrate the 4th of July? What does it mean? Well, this day is incredibly significant in American history, as it marks the day...

It is Late-Spring/Early-Summer and the days are getting warmer and the Crystal Coast fishing season is getting just as heated. Most of...

Only a handful of Outer Banks visitors ever make the ambitious trek to Portsmouth Island, North Carolina but those who do tend to return...

The 2022 hurricane season is fast approaching, and it looks to be another active one. Many of the indicators that help us predict the...

Along the coast of North Carolina, the arrival of May means the start of billfish tournament season. Billfish are predatory fish that are...

Since 1982, the North Carolina Coastal Federation has worked with people to safeguard the coastal rivers, creeks, sounds and beaches of...

If you are in the market to purchase a home, you have probably already started looking into how you will pay for it. Most buyers are...

Household hazardous waste (HHW) if not disposed of properly, can and does pose a threat to human health and the environment. The key to...

The town of Emerald Isle does much to prepare for the Sea Turtle nesting and hatching season. Even before the first members of the...

If you google ‘bike the banks,’ you’ll discover a plethora of events that have hijacked the name for their own purposes. Some of these...

Most homes in North Carolina in excess of 10-15 years old will have some evidence of wood-destroying insects and could well have been...

If you live in a single family home or operate a small business in Carteret County, chances are very good that you have a septic system...

Long a world-class destination for visitors and vacationers, the Crystal Coast is now recognized as a great place to live full-time. I...

A Tree Grows in Brooklyn is a 1943 semi-autobiographical novel written by Betty Smith. The story focuses on an impoverished but...

Recently, I was Down East and I stopped in at the Lookout Grocery in Marshallberg for a bag of Morris Family Shellfish Farm clams. No big...