KITTY HAWK, N.C. — Spending a month during the holiday season in the Outer Banks is nothing new for Ashe County residents Ricky Hurt and Abel Warner. For the past six years, Hurt has been selling fresh western North Carolina Christmas trees here, and this is the second year that Warner has joined him.

WTKR News 3's Outer Banks reporter Will Thomas first met the two in 2024 . Hurt and Warner continued this holiday tradition in 2024 just a couple of months after Hurricane Helene devastated their and many communities in western North Carolina.

"It's one of those things you really can't put words to, because there's so much feeling behind it," said Warner.

"It really holds dear to my heart. The OBX is just full of a bunch of good people," said Hurt.

Hurt says they have always felt the su

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