By Anderson Sullivan Associate Editor When most students think of summer, the beach, jobs and time with friends come to mind. For one senior, this summer will hold much more. Senior Amanda Slowikowski will be spending six weeks of her summer in China through the National Security Language Initiative for Youth program. Just two weeks after graduation Slowikowski will leave for the Jilin Province of China to ...

MANTEO - North Carolina AT State University returns to Roanoke Island Festival Park with the production, “Songs I have Always Wanted To Sing” on July 2-6 at 7 p.m. in the Indoor Theatre. Have you ever wanted to sing like Celine Dion or Garth Brooks or even Diana Ross? This musical odyssey is full of some our favorite songs and music styles. From gospel to pop to classical to disco this will be a night of ge ...

ROANOKE ISLAND – The exhibit, Workboats and Watermen in the Civil War, honors the State of North Carolina’s Sesquicentennial Commemoration of the Civil War. It can be seen daily at Marshes Lighthouse located on the Manteo Waterfront through September 4, 2012. The Battle of Roanoke Island, fought on February 8, 1862, was part of the Burnside Expedition. Confederate and Union forces quickly realized the impor ...

From Staff Reports Winning a total of 43 awards, First Flight High School was one of the big winners in the state last week at the North Carolina Scholastic Media Association’s Summer Institute at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Among the awards were three Tar Heels, making First Flight one of only two schools to accomplish this feat. The FFHS newspaper (Nighthawk News), Nighthawk News Onli ...

ROANOKE ISLAND - East Carolina University will present the production in the Indoor Theatre at Roanoke Island Festival Park June 26, 27, 28 at 10:30 a.m. Seven in One Blow is a contemporary fantasy based on the old Grimm Brothers’ fairy tale. Tickets are $5 for all 6 years old and older. 5 and under are free and may be purchased in advance at the Visitors Center or the day of the event. Seven In One Blow or ...

By Jose Valle Advertising Editor In several months, the stork will be making visits to a couple of teachers’ homes. Several teachers at this school are expecting children in upcoming months, though for many it is not their first. In a similar cradle, many just recently had children. Among the expecting are wife of World History teacher Brandon Wall, EC teacher assistant Jessica Davis, Civics teacher Cassidy ...

MANTEO - East Carolina University returns to Roanoke Island Festival Park with the well-known production “Our Town” on June 26, 27, 28 at 7 p.m. in the Indoor Theatre. First produced in 1938, the Pulitzer-Prize winning play has become an American stage treasure and is Thornton Wilder’s most renowned and frequently performed play. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for children 6 to 12 years old. Children 5 a ...

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 ...

By Zach Smith Opinion Editor While some are waiting on the world to change, teachers and students are ready to embrace those changes. Whether it is coming or leaving, adding or cutting, change is coming to this campus for the 2012-2013 school year. Beginning July 1, current administrative assistant Steven Blackstock will take a new position as principal at Jarvisburg Elementary (JES) in Jarvisburg, North Ca ...

OBX Outer Banks, NC - Now that the spell of NE winds have subsided on the OBX, we begin to look at the upcoming SW opportunities and wavesailing potential for the east facing beaches. However, one dark stain on opportunity to enjoy the best breaks on the islands is the current state of access ramp closures along the east facing beaches. Basically every ramp is closed except for Ramp 30. The following is a g ...