Outer Banks Link Love: 1.20.12 – Lots o’ Local News

Posted on January 20, 2012

Outer Banks Link Love

Here’s this weeks love for all of the links I couldn’t get to. A bunch of local OBX news to pass on.

Enjoy the link love…

Congrats to local Outer Banks surfer, Kim Diggs for landing a full-page spread in the new Surfing magazine. Always great to see an OBX local hit the big time.
New Outer Banks bridge one step closer to being a reality. The final environmental impact study was just released for the Mid-Currituck bridge. What do you think, does the OBX need another bridge?
The Bodie Island Lighthouse restoration is back on! After almost a year in hiatus, the additional funding for the project has been approved, and work should start at the Lighthouse by late February. Hopefully we’ll be climbing to the top come fall!
The Coast Guard earned their pay this week, and hauled in a sailor from a sinking sailboat off of Hatteras.
There’s no doubt Lowe’s is on the OBX. And now that they are here, they are bringing 125 jobs with them.
Looks like NatGeo is going to do a feature on the Outer Banks. We have to wait until June to see it, but pretty cool.
Are you aware that the Outer Banks has some fantastic golf courses? And you can setup an OBX golf package so you can play them all! Sweet.
Check out this awesome story about a horse trainer working with the Outer Banks wild horses. The wild horse whisperer?!
Got any OBX Civil War artifacts? The Outer Banks History Center is on the hunt for OBX Civil War memorabilia for an upcoming exhibit.
Any country music fans out there? How about Randy Thompson fans? Seems that good ol’ boy Randy enjoyed New Year’s on the Outer Banks. Love OBX celebrity sightings!
We’ve been sharing a lot of Outer Banks Everyday Magic stories recently, and here’s a great OBX story that wasn’t so magical…then again, maybe an adventure that turns into a lifelong family story is magical.
I’m not sure if the OBX needs saving, but just in case, here’s your chance to save the Outer Banks.

Stuck Boat Rescued Along the Outer Banks

Posted on January 4, 2010

The news surfaced this morning that a 77 foot fishing vessel Sheila Rene was rescued from being stuck on a Sandbar. The vessel was rescued yesterday afternoon by the Coast Guard. The boat ran aground on a sandbar Friday evening and the passengers/crew were rescued Saturday morning. It is also being reported that the vessel will be returned to the docks of Wanchese this afternoon! A big thanks to the Coast guard for the amazing rescue!

Remembering a Brave WWI Rescue at Chicamacomico Lifesaving Station

Posted on August 20, 2009

Chicamacomico lifesaving station has a storied history, as does the entire oceanic lifesaving occupation on the Outer Banks. Chicamacomico was part of the United States Life-Saving Service (1871-1915) which would eventually become today’s U.S. Coast Guard, and was the first such station built in NC dating back to 1874. The men of the United States Life-Saving Service were the original rescue heroes, the “storm warriors” who made dramatic and heroic rescues of shipwreck victims whose lives were in peril from the sea.

A TV news station recently highlighted one of the brave rescues made 91 years ago at Chicamacomico. This clip recalls a particular instance in WWI when the rescuers saved a group of British naval men in the heat of battle.

Coast Guard Comes to the Rescue on the Outer Banks

Posted on October 20, 2008

Three crew members of a small sailboat, Noah’s Ark II, were stranded in their craft just south of Nags Head, NC on Sunday afternoon. The crew called 911 when the sailboat’s propeller malfunctioned and the boat was stuck in rough, choppy seas in Oregon Inlet on the Outer Banks. The Oregon Inlet Coast Guard crew members could see the sailboat, but the craft was stuck in an area that was too shallow to access with the Coast Guard’s lifeboat. Instead, a helicopter from the Coast Guard Air Station in Elizabeth City was called in to hoist the sailboat’s crew to safety. The crew was deposited safely at the nearby Coast Guard station.