New Ocracoke United Methodist minister arrives
By Peter Vankevich
It was a beautiful Sunday morning just before 10 a.m., the Fourth of July.
On the lawn outside the Ocracoke United Methodist Church...
Remembering artist and Ocracoke Island friend Doug Hoover
By Connie Leinbach
A beloved off-island artist, Douglas W. Hoover, 52, of Archdale, Guilford County, died Aug. 14 of natural causes in the Hospice Home...
Jerniman’s opens its restaurant
To catch up on Ocracoke news and much more, click here
By Connie Leinbach
Ocracoke got a new eatery on Friday when Jerniman’s opened their restaurant...
An islander’s memoir of loss, hope and redemption
By Peter Vankevich
How does a talented, athletic teenager deal with unexpectedly losing her legs and almost her life?
Ocracoke Islander Kelley Shinn has spent the...
Netflix gives the ‘Outer Banks’ a try
For Ocracoke news and much more, click here
April 20, 2020
Reprinted courtesy of the Outer Banks Voice
By Peter Hummers
For a remote group of barrier islands,...
Gary Mitchell would like the world to agree–at least on love
By Peter Vankevich
Gary Mitchell says he’s not a prolific songwriter, but one of his songs speaks to the times and has gotten more airplay...
Ocracoke Wellness Collective: More than a spa–updated
Editor's note: The open house originally reported for Saturday, Sept. 25, has been postponed to mid-October, date TBD.
By Connie Leinbach
The body is a map...
The island’s craft brewery, 1718 Brewing Ocracoke, opens Saturday
For Ocracoke news, click here
By Connie Leinbach
As word got around the island on Saturday after 1718 Brewing, Ocracoke's craft brewery, opened at noon for...
Save Ocracoke’s fig trees
By Chester Lynn
This spring, as I was taking a scud around the island, I was looking over the Ocracoke fig trees that were sprouting....
Dale Russell and the rusty chains
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...