OBX DAYZ

05/31/2024

The Avon Farmers Market is returning for the 2024 season on Tuesday, June 11, at their new-in-2023 location next to the Vacasa office along N.C. Highway 12. The market is sponsored by the Avon Property Owners Association, and will feature a variety of local artists, craftsmen, regional farmers, and....

05/18/2024

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05/18/2024

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If we know anything it's that OBX Dayz are the best days! Centrally located on Hatteras Island, you're never too far from the island's greatest adventures. Book your stay today!

05/13/2024

NCDOT officials are dropping the speed limit in parts of Currituck and Dare counties ahead of the anticipated peak travel season.

04/09/2024

Barrier Island Group (B.I.G.) is pleased to announce its first Hatteras Island event – “4 for the 4th” – a four-mile run/walk to kick off the Fourth of July weekend. Originally scheduled for the morning of July 4, the race has been moved to July 3 in order to lessen the Independence Day burd...

03/29/2024

NC12 on Ocracoke on March 24, 2024. NCDOT photo Editor’s note: NWS Newport/Morehead on March 27 issued another flood watch effective from 8 p.m. Wednesday night through Thursday (March 28) ev…

03/19/2024

Here we go for year #40! OPEN 10 - 5 Monday through Saturday.

03/13/2024

The Avon Farmers Market is returning for the 2024 season on Tuesday, June 14, at their new-in-2023 location next to the Vacasa office along N.C. Highway 12. The market is sponsored by the Avon Property Owners Association, and will feature a variety of local artists, craftsmen, regional farmers, and....

03/02/2024

02/28/2024

Get your tickets to The Beach Klub at Koru Village's 2024 Summer Concert Series at https://koruvillage.com

02/20/2024

The Ocracoke Express passenger ferry between Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands will begin service for the 2024 season on May 23, and online reservations will be available starting on February 23. The passenger ferry, which is now in its sixth season, transports passengers via a 70-minute trip between Ha...

02/18/2024

02/02/2024

The Avon Property Owners Association (APOA) recently announced that despite longstanding fears that the annual Independence Day fireworks display in Avon would be canceled in 2024 due to a lack of funds, the show will, in fact, go on. “After a season of uncertainty, two stories in the Island Free ...

01/27/2024

01/15/2024

ATTENTION IFP READERS:

It's that time of the year! We are working on our 2025 calendar, which will begin being sold this spring. The 2024 Calendar was a huge hit. Please email your best pictures of Hatteras and Ocracoke to [email protected]. They must be horizontal and high-resolution. If your photo is chosen to be in the calendar, you will receive 4 free calendars, photo credit, and bragging rights!

01/08/2024

January means Inventory and Tax time. We will not keep regular store hours until late January. We will check messages on the phone 252-995-4240 and are happy to do porch pickup. And our website is always open buxtonvillagebooks.com.

11/22/2023

Edward Teach, pirate better known as Blackbeard, met his end on November 22, 1718. He was killed during a battle led by Lieutenant Robert Maynard at Ocracoke Inlet.

To appear more menacing, it is believed Blackbeard would tie lit fuses under his hat to frighten his enemies.

09/27/2023

09/18/2023

Though the Annual Day at the Docks celebration was canceled in 2023 due to Hurricane Lee, three cornerstone events from the festival have been rescheduled for Friday and Saturday, September 29-30. The Seafood Under the Stars event will take place on Friday evening at 6:30 p.m., featuring a chef-prep...

09/15/2023

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‘Praying that God will spare your very life’ By Kip Tabb | Outer Banks Voice With as many as 300 people in attendance, the Town of Nags Head’s Ash Wednesday Storm documentary premiered at Jennette…

09/14/2023

With peak travel season on the Outer Banks coming to an end, N.C. Department of Transportation (NCDOT) crews are changing speed limit signs along sections of N.C. Highway 12 to higher, off-season speed limits. The speed limits in the Tri-villages of Rodanthe, Waves, and Salvo, as well as in Avon and...

09/06/2023

09/05/2023

Almost 400 college students from more than a dozen countries spent their summer vacation on the Outer Banks working in a variety of roles with the region’s largest grocery store chain. Food Lion operates six stores on the Outer Banks in Corolla, Southern Shores, Kill Devil Hills, Nags Head and Avo...

09/04/2023

Birdwatchers at the Pea Island National Wildlife Refuge were surprised to encounter a flock of rare visitors over the weekend – a group of pink flamingos that paid the Outer Banks a visit after Hurricane Idalia. Flamingo sightings have been reported in various states all along the East Coast over ...

08/31/2023

08/23/2023

The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Hatteras-Ocracoke vehicle ferry route is expanding its summer departure schedule to meet demand on peak midweek days through Sept. 21. From Tuesday through Thursday, the number of scheduled departures will increase from 36 to 52. Between Aug. 22 and Sept. 21...

08/10/2023

Mark your calendars! The Perseid meteor shower will be at its peak Saturday night into the early hours of Sunday morning (August 12-13th). There’s no better place to catch the shower than Cape Hatteras, as we have some of the best stargazing on the East Coast.



Photo via NBC News

08/10/2023

“It’s not a mystery. It has never been a mystery.” Hatteras Island native Scott Dawson is on a mission to debunk a globally accepted version of history that has been perpetuated for nearly 100 years. In 1587, roughly 115 men, women, and children, led by Captain John White, arrived on Roanoke I...