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A new day dawns for LOCAL news and information on the #OuterBanks and in northeastern North Carolina. Come join us at SamWalkerOBXNews.com youtu.be/9F0rX2kdngY?si… #obx #LocalNews

Sunday NOT fun day #obx 📍Duck #NCWX #yestv

✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅✅🔲🔲🔲🔲🔲🔲🔲 #SoundTheSiren FINALLY! A HOME ECF WIN!

Looking at a high rip current risk north of Cape Lookout for Sun, with a moderate risk for rip currents south of Cape Lookout. We will continue to see widely scattered showers and thunderstorms on Sunday as well, so stay weather aware if your heading to the beach tomorrow! #NCwx

Red flags going up in Duck, HIGH risk of rip currents north of Cape Hatteras. Moderate south. Foggy and warm today, but still cool waters. #yestv #ncwx #obx

The former gold standard of radio news in the United States has officially signed off tonight. I had the privilege of reporting on a Christmas Day Outer Banks snowfall a few years back on CBS News Radio. Here is the FINAL top of hour newscast: drive.google.com/file/d/16KljJh…

This HAS to be a first. Justice Earles with a Bojangles AND Cook Out reference in today's ruling! Sadly, Currituck has neither!

Justices ruled Friday that Currituck County can legally use occupancy tax revenues to fund public safety services tied to tourism, reversing a lower court decision in a long-running lawsuit brought by property owners and the Corolla Civic Association. patreon.com/posts/158979064

We are saddened and heartbroken to share the news of the passing of Kyle Busch, a two-time Cup champion and one of our sport's greatest and fiercest drivers. He was 41 years old. We extend our deepest condolences to the Busch family, Richard Childress Racing and the entire motorsports community.

Currituck High School student Shiloh Willingham writes in her AP Seminar research paper that policy reforms are essential to keeping the Outer Banks a sustainable and resilient place to live in the long-term. patreon.com/posts/analysis…

The advisory has been lifted off the old Buxton Navy base, where the beach has been closed for much of the last two and half years due to pollution left behind by the military, and the beach at the former site of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse has reopend. patreon.com/posts/158881481

Federal forecasters have joined their colleagues in academic circles who are calling for at or below normal activity during the Atlantic hurricane season that begins on June 1, thanks in part to strong El Niño conditions in the Pacific. patreon.com/posts/noaa-for…

Florida International University professor Stephen Leatherman, better known as “Dr. Beach,” released his 2026 Top 10 Beaches in America list ahead of Memorial Day weekend, with Poipu Beach on the Hawaiian island of Kauai claiming the top spot this year. patreon.com/posts/north-ca…

Manteo commissioners are expected to vote on a proposed budget that includes a property tax increase, employee raises and major infrastructure spending following a public hearing scheduled for Wednesday evening. patreon.com/posts/manteo-t…

Duck and Southern Shores are planning an education effort about the buildup of dead sea grass along the Currituck Sound, while the foul-smelling vegetation may actually be helping protect the shoreline and improve water quality. patreon.com/posts/soundsid…

New U.S. Census Bureau estimates show population growth across northeastern North Carolina remained uneven between 2024 and 2025, with Currituck County continuing to expand rapidly while Dare County remained essentially flat and Hyde County lost population patreon.com/posts/currituc…

Heavy equipment, dredge pipelines and construction crews are now moving into position along the Nags Head oceanfront as the town’s beach nourishment contractor prepares to begin active sand pumping operations later this week. patreon.com/posts/158612788

WATCH: As Dare County prepares for a major beach nourishment project in Buxton, the county has purchased and demolished one oceanfront home and is working to acquire another. Details: islandfreepress.org/outer-banks-ne…

BREAKING: The company that supplies electricity to much of northeastern North Carolina and the Outer Banks is set to merge with the largest electric utility and energy infrastructure company in North America under a massive all-stock deal announced Monday patreon.com/posts/158580764

Another Lionel Richie Day... 📍Duck NC #yestv

@CLead914 It's a Jeep, at least one good crack is required! (This is windshield #3, BTW)

@SamWalkerOBX I need to just move down there with you man....fix that windshield before you get a ticket. I know a guy if you need him

Happy final preseason Saturday #obx