New bill would give N.C. Ferry System access to federal grant...
By Sam Walker, OBX Today. Reprinted by permission.
A recently introduced bill in the U.S. House of Representatives would allow the North Carolina Ferry System...
Ocracoke events Nov. 22 to 28–updated
Wednesday, Nov. 24Thanksgiving Bake Sale, 1 pm. Variety Store parking lot. Proceeds benefit the Ocracoke United Methodist Church.
Thursday, Nov. 25Thanksgiving Day 5K Turkey Trot....
Traffic roundabout opens in Rodanthe
Traffic on N.C. Highway 12 through the Outer Banks village of Rodanthe, Dare County, moved onto a new roundabout on Friday.
The roundabout is part...
Newly repaired Methodist Church sanctuary set to reopen Sunday
By Richard Taylor
Ocracoke United Methodist Church will have much to celebrate this Thanksgiving as the church returns to in-sanctuary services at 10 a.m. Sunday.
This...
Ocracoke gets redistricted by the General Assembly
By Peter Vankevich
With the newly redrawn voting maps, Hyde County will be in three new voting districts next year unless a court orders them...
Runners converge on Ocracoke for 5K/10K, half-marathon
It may not have been the largest group in the Runfest Weekend’s several years in existence, but the 10th annual 5K/10K and half-marathon runners were happy to be back on Ocracoke Nov. 13 and 14.
Ocracoke TDA to meet Wednesday
The Ocracoke Tourism Development Authority will meet at 9 a.m. Wednesday (Nov. 17) virtually and will be viewable on Facebook live on the Hyde...
Festival Latino de Ocracoke set for this weekend
The 4th annual Festival Latino de Ocracoke will take place on Ocracoke Nov. 19 and 20. Produced by island non-profit Ocracoke Alive, in partnership...
N.C. Shell Club donates to the OVFD
By Peter Vankevich
Although the North Carolina Shell Club has not held its annual spring meeting on Ocracoke for two years due to the COVID-19...
A thank-you to Ocracoke; woman lost in October boating accident officially...
Local authorities in late October suspended the search for Savannah Grant, 27, of Fairmont, West Virginia, who went missing Oct. 9 following a boating accident off Portsmouth Island during stormy weather.