For Ocracoke news, click here RALEIGH–Gov. Roy Cooper and the Department of Environmental Quality submitted formal comments yesterday to the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to convey North Carolina’s opposition to oil and […]
The 4th annual Ocracoke Fig Festival kicks off Friday evening with a gathering at the Ocracoke Preservation Society Museum, 49 Water Plant Rd., and continues all day Saturday with vendor booths, live […]
Right now, thousands of students are leaving their families and friends to attend college. For many, it will be their first time away from home and also their first experience with total independence. […]
The Ocracoke Civic & Business Association is hosting Rob Izzo, a pubic insurance adjuster from Southern Loss Consultants in Raleigh, in two free sessions on Sunday (Aug. 20). Izzo discuss options that business […]
The National Weather Service out of Newport/Morehead City said that the rip current risk will remain high in Eastern North Carolina through Wednesday evening. This is a result, in part, of the lingering […]
Observer commentary By Connie Leinbach and Peter Vankevich Getting compensation from an economic disaster on the scale that affected Hatteras and Ocracoke islands with the recent power outage will be a drawn-out […]
A 63-year-old male visitor from out-of-state died yesterday at around 5:10 p.m. while swimming near Ocracoke Island’s Pony Pen beach access. He was reported to have been caught in a very strong […]
For Ocracoke news, click here By Connie Leinbach Longtime N.C. Ferry Division employee Harold Thomas is the new director of this sub-agency of the N.C. Dept. of Transportation. Thomas, along with Jed […]
Island artist Barbara Adams will show new works from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday (Aug. 16) in Down Creek Gallery’s continuing Expose Yourself to Art series of receptions that are open to […]
Monday, Aug. 14 Meeting with N.C. Ferry Division; Ocracoke Community Center, 1 pm Ocracoke Preservation Society Museum: museum tour, 1 pm Ocracoke Bar & Grille: Aaron and Jackie, 7 pm Deepwater Theater: […]
For Ocracoke news, click here. See below for information about the NPS nighttime sky appreciation event 7 to 10 p.m. Monday, Aug. 14, at the Lifeguard Beach. By David Mickey Since the […]
For Ocracoke news, click here. Ocracoke’s friends and neighbors across the Pamlico Sound on mainland Hyde County have organized a mainland-wide food drive to help restock the Bread of Life Food Pantry […]
To read an Ocracoke School story that includes a shortage of education supplies in the early 70s, click here. By Connie Leinbach School supplies for Ocracoke School students continued to stack up […]
For Ocracoke news, click here. Islanders will have their chance on Saturdays to get fresh Hyde County produce starting at 10 a.m. until it’s sold out. Ocracoke’s Postmaster Celeste Brooks started the […]
For Ocracoke news, click here By Connie Leinbach Angels showered their largess on Ocracoke Tuesday as hundreds of boxes and packages arrived for Ocracoke school children. “Everybody is wearing all of these […]
The opioid epidemic affects everyone in our county, state and nation without regard to economic status, age, race or gender. In 2016 the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention reported the number […]
As the island gets back to normal following the week-long visitor evacuation, some events have been modified from the published version in the August print edition. Monday, Aug. 7 OPS: museum tour, […]
For Ocracoke news, click here. By Peter Vankevich Visitors began to trickle back to Ocracoke starting Friday afternoon and Saturday as the island reopened after an accident at the Bonner Bridge on […]
