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By Connie Leinbach Among the unusual street names on Ocracoke is one named Winnie Blount Road, which is off Cedar Lane alongside the bank. Across the...

To catch up on Ocracoke news and much more, click here By Peter Vankevich When Tom Pahl was sworn in as Ocracoke Township’s county commissioner four...

I ran into Lucy on the Health Center’s porch during the flu shot clinic a few weeks ago. While prepping my arm, with a...

To catch up on Ocracoke news and much more, click here By Peter Vankevich This headline is not about a music group. Conventional wisdom says one...

A Smithsonian Center for Folklife and Cultural Heritage online program, “Islands on the Edge: North Carolina’s Maritime Culture in the Time of the Pandemic,”...

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...

Editor's note: Hurricane Dorian's damage will continue to impact almost all aspects of Ocracoke.  Stories of that infamous day and onward will be told...

Editor's note: Jaki Shelton Green was appointed last year by Gov. Roy Cooper to serve as North Carolina's ninth Poet Laureate.  She is a...

Editor's note: Val Kells is partnering with Candice Cobb and and Melanie Wall of Bread & Butter Screen Printing to sell T-shirts.  All profits...

By Peter Vankevich Some folks early in life know what they want to be when they grow up. Ocracoke United Methodist Church’s new pastor, Susie Fitch-Slater,...