Fundraiser nets thousands for Ukrainian student’s family
The Ocracoke community raises $7,000 to help Ukraine.
Ocracoke Island Waterfowl Festival set for April 23
The fourth annual Ocracoke Island Waterfowl Festival, produced by the nonprofit Ocracoke Island Decoy Carvers Guild, is set to take place from 9 a.m....
Ocracoke farewells
Longtime residents Dick and Janey Jacoby move to Virginia
By Peter Vankevich
Ocracoke to be what it is, has relied on its residents to step up...
The five sea turtles of the Outer Banks
This is a supplement to an earlier feature on the nesting success of sea turtles.
By Peter Vankevich
Worldwide, there are only seven species of...
Postponed: OPS art auction scheduled for Jan. 22
The Ocracoke Preservation Society will hold its annual “Ocracoke Through Your Eyes” art auction at 5 p.m. Jan. 22 in the Ocracoke Community Center.
Locally made skin care products aim to make you gorgeous
By Connie Leinbach
Necessity is the mother of invention, and Katy Mitchell has found success with a product she created especially for herself.
Her “Skinvy” line...
Reggae visits Ocracoke
By Peter Vankevich
For years, islanders have seen – and many have gotten to know -- a constantly smiling, charming person of a stunning appearance:...
Time to ‘shellebrate’ N.C. Oyster Week Oct. 11 to 15
By Richard Taylor
As charter members of the new North Carolina Oyster Trail, Ocracoke Mariculture has added educational tourism to its thriving oyster-farming business.
Ocracoke Mariculture...
A late summer sojourn to Cape Lookout
Text and photos by Ann Ehringhaus
Each morning I say hello to North Carolina’s Cape Lookout diamond lighthouse as I walk nearby.
I’m watching a black...
Moon festival to welcome fall on Ocracoke
The Moonraker Tea Shop will celebrate the Chinese Moon Festival on Sept. 21, a full moon night.
The shop will offer traditional Chinese moon cakes...