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06/21/2025

How To Pronounce NC Towns (Like a Local)

1. Beaufort: NOT Ba-you-furt or Bo-Fort, it’s Bofurt.
2. New Bern: NOT New BORN, it’s NEW Burn.
3. Bertie County: NOT Birdy County, it’s BerTEE.
4. Wilson: NOT will-SON, it’s Wultzun or WILT-son.
5. Conetoe: NOT Cone Toe, it’s Ku-knee-ta.
6. Bodie Island: NOT BO-Dee, it’s Body.
7. Iredell County: NOT Ire Dell, it’s Iredull.
8. Roanoke Rapids: Not Row-a-Noke, it’s RoanoKRAPids.
9. Edenton: NOT Edinton; it’s Eden-ton.
10. Corolla: NOT Corolla (car), it’s Ka-raw-la.
11. Duplin County: NOT Dublin, it’s DOO-plun.
12. Tyrrell County: NOT TIE-Rell, it’s Tair-uhl.
13. Kure Beach: NOT Curry, it’s Cure-y.
14. Camp Lejeune: NOT Lee-June, it’s Luh-shzoon.
15. Rodanthe: NOT Rode Anth, it’s Roe Dan Thee.
16. Manteo: NOT MAN-tee-oh, it’s MannyO.
17. Cashiers: NOT an actual cashier, it’s KASH-erz.
18. Currituck: NOT Curra-tuck, it’s CurrY-tuck.
19. Durham: NOT DUR-ham, it’s Der um or Durm.
20. Mebane: NOT Me Bain, it’s Meh-Bin.
21. Tarboro: NOT Tar-Borough; it’s Tarber.
22. Garner: NOT Gardner, it’s GarrrNer.
23. Angier: NOT An-Jeer, it’s An-jur.
24. Wendell: NOT Wendle, it’s Win-DELL.
25. Castalia: NOT CAST-A-LEEAH, it’s CAST-ALE-YAH.
26. Raleigh: NOT Raw-Lee, it’s Rah-Lee.
27. Kinston: NOT Kin-STON; it’s Kin-sten.
28. Fuquay-Varina: NOT ; it’s Few-kway Va-REE-na
29. Salisbury: NOT Sals-berry, it’s Sawls-Berry.
30. Appalachian: NOT Appa Lay Chun (university and mountains), it’s Appa Latch Un.
31. Cherryville: NOT Cherry Ville, its chur vull.
32. Hickory: NOT Hick-Kory, its hick ree.
33. Rocky Mount: NOT ROCKY mount, it’s rocky MOUNT.
34. Pembroke: NOT Pem-Broke, it’s pem-brook.
35. Burgaw: NOT burGAW, it’s Burr-gaw.
36. Mt. Airy: NOT Mount Airy, it’s Mounairy.
37. Topsail: NOT TOP-sail, it’s Top-sul.
38. Williamston: NOT William-Ston, it’s Wim-stun.
39. Shallotte: NOT Sha-lot, it’s Sha-loat.
40. Carteret: NOT Car-turret, it’s Carter-it.
41. Wanchese: NOT WAN-chessy, it’s Won CHEESE.
42. Zebulon: NOT Zeb-yoo-lon, it’s Zeblin.
43. Fayetteville: NOT Fay-ETT-ville, it’s Fed Vul.
44. Lucama: NOT Loose-ama, it’s loo-KAH-ma.
45. Nashville: NOT Nash-VILLE, it’s Nash-vul.
46. Varina: NOT Va-Rine-Ah, it’s Va-Reena.
47. Scotland Neck: NOT Scotland Neck, it’s Scotluneck.
48. Moyock: NOT Moy-yock, it’s Mow-yock.
49. Greenville: NOT Green-VILLE, it’s Greenvuhl.
50. Neuse River: NOT New See, it’s Noose.
51. Ahoskie: NOT A-hose-key, it’s ah-Ha-ski.
52. Farmville: NOT Farm-ville, it’s Fahmvuhl.
53. Whiteville: NOT White-ville, it’s Wide-vulh.
54. Albemarle: NOT Alba-Marley, it’s alba-marl.
55. Bahama: NOT Ba-ha-ma, it’s Bu-hey-muh.
56. Bethel: NOT Beth-El, it’s Bethul.
57. Washington: NOT WashingTON, it’s LITTLE Washnun.
58. Plymouth: NOT Ply-mouth, it’s Plumuth.
59. Vanceboro: NOT Vance-Borough, it’s Vants-burr.
60. Beulaville: NOT Beulah-ville, it’s Byoo-la-vul.
61. Ocracoke: NOT Okra-Croak, it’s Ocra-coke.
62. Rutherfordton: NOT Ruth-er-ford-Ton, it’s Ruff-ton.
63. Hampstead: NOT HAM-stead, it’s ham-STEAD.
64. Selma: NOT Sell-ma, it’s Sail-muh.
65. Windsor: NOT Wind-Sore, it’s Wun-Suh.
66. Snow Hill: NOT Snow-Hill, it’s Snow-HEEL.
67. Forsyth: NOT Four-Syth, it’s Fur-SYTH.
68. Leland: NOT Lee-Land, it’s LEE-lan.
69. Chowan: NOT Ch-WON, it’s CHO-Juan.
70. Goldsboro: NOT Golds- Burrough, it’s golds-burra.
71. Henderson: NOT Hender-son, it’s Henna-Sun.
72. Cashie (actually a River): NOT CashEEE, it’s Cash-Eye.
73. King: NOT King, it’s Kang.
74. Denton: NOT Den-ton, it’s DEN-TUN- sounds like didn’t.
75. Mooresville: NOT Morres-VIL, it’s Mors-vuhl.

You’re welcome.

06/04/2025

This month marks the 50th anniversary of Jockey's Ridge State Park, so we thought It was only fitting to share of photograph of Carolista Cabell Fletcher Golden for this week's .

in 1973, Carolista stepped into the path of a bulldozer that was destined to turn the long beloved dunes of Jockey’s Ridge into an apartment complex. Baum refused to move, and when the driver left the machine, she took the distributor cap to keep it from its intended purpose.
What followed was a burgeoning effort to preserve the dunes, spearheaded by Baum herself, which rapidly gained support from around the Outer Banks and beyond. Baum helped form the People to Preserve Jockey’s Ridge which raised money and organized petitions to get state lawmakers to recognize Jockey’s Ridge as a unique natural feature to the area. After a year of tremendous pressure and frequent visits from Baum herself the N.C. Division of Parks and Recreation issued a report in favor of saving the dunes, and a year later it was declared a National Natural Landmark with funds being set aside to create the park in 1975.

AV.5137.0508 - Carolista Cabell Fletcher Golden on Jockey's Ridge, 1989 - Drew Wilson Photographs, OBHC

03/22/2025

Wow !!!

A killer whale was spotted off the coast of Kitty Hawk, catching researchers by surprise! Officials say orcas are rarely seen in North Carolina waters, even well offshore.

The confirmed sighting is the first among the survey team since efforts began in the area five years ago.

Read more: https://www.13newsnow.com/article/tech/science/environment/orca-spotted-outer-banks-coast/291-8129aa05-b242-4b87-9878-de94ff3f3f9c?utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook_13News_Now_-_WVEC

03/10/2025

12/30/2024

Route 101
That's what the Outer Banks locals called the multitude of roads, or paths, that permeated the sandy barrier islands from Nags Head down to Buxton and beyond. It was named such because there were 101 different paths to take to get from here to there. The recommendation was to take the freshest looking set of ruts, as they were most likely to be made newer in order to avoid the problems of yesterday.
Seen in this picture not only is the old Oregon Inlet ferry, but the Manteo Hatteras Bus line, which was started, just barely, by Stockton Midgett, who bought the bus and created the business in 1938, only two months before he passed away. Families had little time to grieve, and his three sons, Harold, Anderson, and Stocky had to carry on with the business. The fact that Stocky was only ten at the time and couldn't see over the dash without sitting on a stack of catalogs didn't matter much. Then, as now, a family had to eat, and the bus route made money for the family.
The sons drove the buses, wore them out, and bought replacements. People used the service greatly, even though they occasionally were terrified as Stocky or another brother plowed over a dune at breakneck speed. They ran the route up until paved roads allowed locals to get their own transportation. The drive from Hatteras to Oregon inlet took four and a half hours through the occasionally flooded spider web pattern of roads, and cost $2.50, but it allowed a regular contact between the coast and Manteo, as the boys ran the route seven days a week on a regular timed schedule.
If you would like to know more about what it was like to drive up and down the coast on the sand, I highly recommend Kinnakeet Adventure, by Stanley Green. It tells a more intimate description of the adventures people had in the not too distant past on the coast of the Outer Banks as they drove up and down the shore, with different measures of success. www.joesledge.com/books-1/kinnakeet-adventure

12/03/2024

Did you know that the shad boat is the Official State Historic Boat of North Carolina?!

Today's shows two shad boats being built in 1936.

PC.5126.30 - Lee Dough working on shad boat, 1936 - D Victor Meekins Papers, OBHC copy

12/01/2024

11/20/2024

They did it again! Another award winning dish!
Captain Crunch encrusted chicken tender with a molé sauce topped with Bull’s Blood garnish won the Chefs Challenge First Place🏆

09/26/2024

09/14/2024

Wow !!

08/26/2024

Very neat story!!