Tag: Outer Banks

Confessions of a Journalist

Stacey Stanton, 28, was found dead in her second-floor apartment on Sir Walter Raleigh Street in downtown Manteo in February 1990. (Photo by J. Foster Scott)

A reporter thought he could trust the police narrative in a murder case. Now he wrestles with the aftermath.

Time and Tide Times Two

The Salvo Community Cemetery, which has been ravaged by years of erosion, in June 2017. (Photo by Justin Cook)

Two books take on the changing state of the Outer Banks. 

The Last Fish

The sun rises during the Dare Boat Builders Tournament July 29, 2023 in Manteo, North Carolina. The tournament is an event for recreational anglers and it helps raise scholarship money for students with parents in the marine industry. (Allison Joyce for The Assembly)

As competing interests vie for the state’s fisheries and coastal tourism, how can policymakers ensure a future for both?

The War After This One

David Wright Faladé's new book, Black Cloud Rising.

David Wright Faladé tells the story of a Black brigade attempting to weed out vestiges of the Confederacy.

Cast In a New Light

Illustrations by Abraham Matias

The Lost Colony, a play about North Carolina’s first English settlers, is in its 85th year. Can it be modernized to reflect a more contemporary perspective on race, history, art, and colonization?

Andy Griffith’s Real Mayberry

The North Carolina native and comedic actor who played TV sheriff Andy Taylor made his home in Manteo. Townspeople, who shared his belief in supporting flawed friends without judgment, embraced him.