Outer Banks, NC - After years of enduring cold temperatures while camping outside to ensure a booth space with electrical outlets, Outer Banks Wedding Association vendors said goodbye to long lines and added stress. In an effort to improve the current system, as well as to make it more feasible for other companies and organizations to host events here on the Outer Banks, the Wedding Association partnered wi ...

Manteo, NC October 26, 2012 - The U. S. Fish and Wildlife Service is requesting assistance with an investigation involving the suspected illegal take of a second radio-collared red wolf that was recently found dead. The wolf was found with a suspected gunshot wound on October 12, 2012, east of Belhaven, in Beaufort County, N.C. Anyone with information that directly leads to an arrest, a criminal conviction, ...

A Fundraising Dance sponsored by… Friends of the Museum of the Albemarle, TowneBank of Currituck, and Wells Fargo Bank Elizabeth City, NC - On Saturday, September 29 (7 pm – 11 pm) the Friends of the Museum of the Albemarle look forward to presenting an evening filled with fun and entertainment as we host a fundraising dance themed “Pirates’ Jamboree Remembering the Nags Head Casino.” As the Museum works to ...

Charleston, SC - College of Charleston hospitality and tourism management majors are turning Kiawah Island’s Ocean Course into a classroom during the 2012 PGA Championship. Nearly 30 students in associate professor Wayne Smith’s Managing Corporate Events course are working hand-in-hand with corporate event planners to supervise dozens of hospitality suites. “This is really a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity f ...

“I’m Safe” feature lets people alert their loved ones with a push of a button Eastern NC, August 1, 2012 — The American Red Cross today launched its official Hurricane App, putting lifesaving information right in the hands of people who live in or who visit hurricane prone areas. This free app is the second in a series to be created by the American Red Cross, the nation’s leader in emergency preparedness, f ...

By Christopher D. Roberson Nags Head, NC - Tethered by 65 ft. of flying lines while strapped to a five-foot board, their parachute-shaped kites whisk them across the surf. Then suddenly, they leap into the air, fly without wings and land like cats. They call themselves kiteboarders. Chris Moore, kiteboarding operations manager of Kitty Hawk Kites in Nags Head, N.C., explained that kiteboarding brings with i ...

OBX Outer Banks, NC - Yesterday, leftover swell from the recent string of NE wind remained on the east facing beaches providing some really fun summer time surf!  The standard surfing crew had it in the morning when the swell was up and the tide was pushing near low with very light offshore W wind.  By late afternoon, the wind switched SSE and increased to perfect "Light Air Wavesailing" strength hovering a ...

OBX Outer Banks, NC - Yesterday, fun TS Ophelia long period swell rolled in complemented by cool WNW winds to provide perfectly clean standard surfing conditions! The north side of Nags Head Fishing Pier saw a nice outer sandbar setup and shallow inside courtesy of the summer beach nourishment sand which has begun the migration back to the ocean.  Many surfers were in the water donning full suits to protect ...

Outer Banks, North Carolina - Labor Day saw the arrival of long period SE swell from Hurricane Katia. Building surf though the afternoon provided FUN conditions with the perfect setup at Coquina Beach (just south of Nags Head) of SSW wind and long period (14 sec) swell in the 6 ft range. In the wave zone, the surf was very nice with meaty peaks and soft rights as the sets rolled in. In between the sets, the ...

Outer Banks, North Carolina - The next Outer Banks Eastern Surfing Association (OBESA) contest will be held at Jeanette's Pier in Nags Head, this coming Saturday, September 10th at 12:00 noon. Plenty of parking is available at the pier location. We are making this contest one that will allow us to "give back" to the community - Many of our Dare County families are in need of cleaning supplies and rubber con ...