Co-publisher of the Ocracoke Observer. Formerly with the U.S. Copyright Office at the Library of Congress.
Editor’s note: Ocracoke Island is open. The Observer will post more stories as it learns of closings, cancellations, postponements and other COVID-19 related developments. By Connie Leinbach Although Hyde and Dare counties […]
Editor’s note: This guidance announcement is expected to have an impact on many planned spring events on Ocracoke and the rest of the Outer Banks. This story is breaking and as more […]
Editor’s note: Soon after posting this news story, this followed: Cooper orders public schools closed for two weeks, bans gatherings of 100 or more By Peter Vankevich Amidst the escalating health […]
March 12, 2020 Like so many members of our community, the staff and board of the Outer Banks Community Foundation are closely monitoring COVID-19. Internally, we are taking necessary steps in our […]
Reprinted courtesy of the Coastal Review Online 03/10/2020 By Kirk Ross Ferry service employees had to work quickly after Hurricane Dorian to adapt in order to keep the response moving to a […]
Editor’s note: For comprehensive information on COVID-19 and North Carolina health and policy issues, go to NC Health News. From our news sources With five new cases of COVID-19 in Wake County, […]
By Peter Vankevich Six months out from Hurricane Dorian, Ocracoke continues to move forward as another business reopened its doors. One of the oldest fine crafts galleries on the Outer Banks, the […]
Professor Hannah Gill, associate director, Institute for the Study of the Americas at the University of North Carolina – Chapel Hill, will be on the island with a team of students and […]
By Peter Vankevich Lake Landing resident Thomas Midgette won a close election Tuesday night to represent the Democrats in that mainland Hyde County township race for county commissioner. He will face off […]
From our news sources RALEIGH: A North Carolina person has tested positive for novel coronavirus (COVID-19). The test, conducted by North Carolina State Laboratory of Public Health, is presumptively positive and will be […]
