A helicopter crew saved two people and their cat and dog from a disabled catamaran off the Hatteras coastline.
The company blamed for the Outer Banks blackout that sparked the evacuation of about 50,000 people, mostly tourists, from Hatteras and Ocracoke islands will have to pay a lawsuit settlement of more than $10 million.
The latest object to wash ashore on the Outer Banks is still a mystery. The white metal object about 15 feet long and nine feet wide washed up on a Hatteras beach on Sunday.
Potential unexploded military ordnance washed up Monday on a beach in Avon on the Outer Banks.
It's not all bad news for those people who had their vacations ruined because of a power outage at Hatteras Island and Ocracoke earlier this month, thanks to an insurance company with a heart.
As the power outage provoked a mass exodus, the re-energized Outer Banks on Friday welcomed a heavy influx of tourists ready to get their vacation on.