To catch up on Ocracoke news, click here By Connie Leinbach Angie Todd hopes 500 runners will descend on Ocracoke for this year’s 5K/10K/half-marathon next weekend April 28 and 29. This year […]
Editor’s note: We will provide regular updates on Ocracoke’s youth baseball season. Home games on Saturday (April 21) at Ocracoke Community Park will start at 1 p.m. for the Marlins and 3 p.m .for the Orioles. By Jim […]
By Peter Vankevich Ocracoke voters will not have a lot of choices in the upcoming primary election May 8, but they are important ones. Only offices with more than one candidate will […]
Sixty Ocracoke School students in grades three to 12 achieved honor roll for the third nine weeks of the 2017 to 2018 academic year. Of those, 31 students made all As. The […]
All re-entry passes for Ocracoke residents will expire this year, and Hyde County Public Information Officer Donnie Shumate has set up a schedule to renew these passes in May. These tags that […]
Cape Hatteras National Seashore is honoring Ocracoke’s Ruth Fordon for her commitment to its sea turtle nesting program during National Volunteer Week, April 15 to 21. Fordon, a full-time Ocracoke resident since […]
The simpler times of days gone by will be the theme of this year’s Portsmouth Island Homecoming Saturday, April 21. Sponsored by the Friends of Portsmouth and hosted by Cape Lookout National […]
Two Outer Banks classics about Ocracoke, almost impossible to find, by the late Ellen Fulcher Cloud, will be published as one new book, “Ocracoke Lighthouse and the Old Salts,” and will be available […]
The Ocracoke Community Library will host a reception from 6 to 7 p.m. Thursday (April 19) for “Ocracoke’s Community Helpers,” an installation of the recent STEAM fair project by Ocracoke School’s kindergarten […]
Updated 9:40 a.m. April 16, 2018 Monday, April 16 Community Center: NPS presentation about wildfire prevention; includes info on clearing brush from properties, 2 to 3 p.m.; Ocracoke Waterways Commission, 5:30 p.m.; Oceanographer […]
Gaynelle Spencer Tillett, 81, died Friday (April 13) in her Ocracoke home. A native of Ocracoke, Gaynelle was the daughter of the late Herman B. and Flora Burrus Spencer. She retired from […]
By Peter Vankevich Ocracoke’s first Waterfowl Festival on April 21 in the school gym will celebrate renowned island carver Dave O’Neal. When you step inside his Down Point Decoys Shop, you may […]
The National Weather Service in Morehead City continues to monitor the potential for severe weather tonight (Sunday) into early Monday morning. A strong line of showers and thunderstorms is expected to push into Eastern […]
By Connie Leinbach In anticipation of opening next Friday, the Plum Pointe Kitchen in 1718 Brewing Ocracoke will offer free eats for sampling today (Saturday) from 5 to 7 p.m. Owner-chef Aaron […]
Ocracoke, NC—The Ocracoke Civic & Business Association is seeking a full-time executive director and a part-time bookkeeper. The OCBA is a non-profit corporation on Ocracoke Island, NC., organized primarily to further the […]
