Featured Stories
Hyde officials work on addressing NC12 overwash, South Dock, ferry funding
By Connie Leinbach
As the north end of Ocracoke continues to be overwashed during King Tides and nor’easters, the Hyde County Board of Commissioners has...
‘Lights of Love’ will honor loved ones present and past
The Ocracoke Health Center wants to light up the Pony Island Inn lawn for the holidays.
They plan to do that with a special luminaria...
Coming soon to Ocracoke: Big help to lower your energy bills
By Sally Robertson, co-creator of EnergyFundsForAll.org
Installing more energy-efficient appliances can save you money on your energy bills, but those purchases can be costly.
Starting in...
Winter is coming; activity ideas sought
Ocracoke Alive is in the process of planning the Winter Activities Community Calendar, which will be running mid-January through the end of March.
Last year,...
General Island Information
The Ocracoke lighthouse was 200 years old in 2023. Photo: C. Leinbach
Island Images
A Snowy Owl over the Ocracoke dunes. Photo: P. Vankevich
South Point. Photo: P. Vankevich
Martin Garrish, Dallas Mason and Josh Goforth in concert. Photo: C. Leinbach.
The Island Inn Commons in bloom. Photo: C. Leinbach
The Ocracoke ponies. Photo: P. Vankevich
Ocracoke summer surf. Photo: C. Leinbach
Catamaran race stops on Ocracoke, May 2024. Photo: Peter Vankevich
Sunset cruise on the Pamlico Sound. Photo: C. Leinbach
The December 2025/Winter 2026 print issue.
The Ocracoke Observer website won first place in the 2020-2021 NCPA contest Online Division, plus four other awards. It has won more than 60 awards, many in first place, since joining the N.C. Press Association in 2015 and entering the contest starting in 2016.
