A century after her late parents bought a 26,000-acre Chatham County island that she would love and protect for nearly as long, the late Eleanor “Sandy” Torrey West’s former home is set for an ...

During the 20-plus years that Eleanor “Sandy” West and her husband Clifford hosted the Ossabaw Island Project, hundreds of writers, scientists, composers, painters and photographers drew inspiration ...

Sea turtle nesting season has just about wrapped up and now, it’s time for hatches. There are more than 300 buried loggerhead, green, and Kemp's ridley nests on Ossabaw Island, the second-most ...

SAVANNAH, Ga. (WTOC) - Ossabaw Island has long been an inspiration for artists, and now members of the local art community are partnering on a two-week exhibition fundraiser to help continue that ...

TYBEE ISLAND, Ga. (WSAV) – The United States Coast Guard Station Tybee provided assistance to a disabled boat carrying two passengers Tuesday night near Ossabaw Island. Station Tybee was assisted by a ...

OSSABAW ISLAND, Ga. -- Like a Pied Piper, wherever Sandy West goes, she is followed by feral pigs. As she strolls outside her 15-bedroom, pink Spanish revival mansion, a half dozen of the ...

SAVANNAH, GA (WTOC) - A former meat processing on Ossabaw Island has been transformed into a field laboratory for scientists and students. The Ossabaw Island Foundation recently transformed the ...

OSSABOW ISLAND, Ga. (WSAV) — A day after a 71-year-old man was reported missing off of Ossabaw Island, officials found a body matching his description, the U.S. Coast Guard announced Wednesday. The ...

Getting there Book a private boat charter or take your own boat to this undeveloped island just south of Tybee Island. You can unload at a dock on Wassaw Creek, but must moor off the south or north ...