General Island Information

The Ocracoke Preservation Society will bring back its popular Historic Home Tour on Friday, Nov. 28. This will be the first home tour since before...

The Ocracoke Community Pool Association (OCPA) has purchased 1.4 acres of land off Cutting Sage Road for the island’s first-ever community swimming pool. After years...

MANTEO, N.C. — Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) is urging its visitors to sign up for Dare County Emergency Management’s rip current forecast text...

Editor's note: The OCBA meeting scheduled for Tuesday, April 15, has been canceled. Information about contacting state legislators about the ferry system will be...

By Joy Crist, Island Free Press Following the February dismissal of approximately 1,000 National Park Service (NPS) employees nationwide, coupled with a February 26 memo from...

Ocracoke Alive is marshaling the many creative people on the island and offering a series of free cultural activities to the community from Monday,...

Reservation system upgrade expected to be complete in February MANNS HARBOR – The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division will adopt a temporary “phone only” reservation system...

As a result of Tropical Storm Helene, the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) has opened a grant opportunity for Hyde County homeowners to elevate...

From our news services The National Parks Conservation Association has awarded Dave Hallac, superintendent of the Outer Banks Group of National Parks, one of this...

Text and photos by Connie Leinbach When many Ocracoke residents chose to raise their houses after the historic flooding five years ago from Hurricane Dorian,...