Kip Tabb

2 weeks ago | outerbanksvoice.com | Kip Tabb

By Kip Tabb | Outer Banks Voice on June 9, 2025 By Kip Tabb | Outer Banks VoiceAfter learning that the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM) is considering opening the waters of the East Coast to offshore drilling for gas and oil, the Dare County Commissioners unanimously passed a resolution opposing “the inclusion of any exploration…oil and gas leasing off the coast of North Carolina” at their June 9 meeting.

2 weeks ago | outerbanksvoice.com | Kip Tabb

By Kip Tabb | Outer Banks Voice on June 9, 2025 Ann-Cabell Baum, daughter of Carolista Baum, is now the Vice Chair of the Friends of Jockey’s Ridge. (Photos by Kip Tabb)Kites filled the sky on Friday and Saturday during the 43rd Annual Rogallo Kite Festival. (Photos by Kip Tabb)Kites filled the sky on Friday and Saturday during the 43rd Annual Rogallo Kite Festival. (Photos by Kip Tabb) 2Gov. Josh Stein takes a hang-gliding lesson.

2 weeks ago | outerbanksvoice.com | Kip Tabb

By Kip Tabb | Outer Banks Voice on June 7, 2025 Celebrating 50 years in the sky, part of the first ever Outer Banks drone show. (Photos by Kip Tabb)North Carolina Governor Josh Stein introducing the Connells. (Photos by Kip Tabb)The Connells helped celebrate the 50th birthday of Jockey’s Ridge State Park. (Photos by Kip Tabb)The top of the low sand hill formed a natural amphitheater.

3 weeks ago | outerbanksvoice.com | Kip Tabb

By Kip Tabb | Outer Banks Voice on June 4, 2025 By Kip Tabb | Outer Banks VoiceFrustrated that their concerns about the actions of wild horse tour guides in their Swan Beach and North Swan Beach neighborhoods in the 4WD area of the Currituck Banks are falling on deaf ears, residents have become increasingly vocal in calling for additional regulations.

3 weeks ago | coastalreview.org | Kip Tabb

Second in commentary photo-essay series, Tabb’s Trails, with coastal reporter, photographer and hiking enthusiast Kip Tabb. It was a close thing, whether Jockey’s Ridge would be leveled for a development five decades ago. If you find yourself at what is now the 426-acre Jockey’s Ridge State Park in Dare County, head north out of the parking lot and up one of the steepest dunes there.