Ocracoke Fig Festival starts today through Saturday
The 9th annual Ocracoke Fig Festival begins tomorrow afternoon (Aug. 4) with a sold out dinner with guest Restaurateur and Chef Ricky Moore, of...
Lightning strike silences all island communication services
By Richard Taylor
Local residents and visitors were awakened in the wee hours Sunday morning by two hours of intense thunder and lightning. That by...
Ocracoke passenger ferry resumes service
HATTERAS – The Ocracoke Express passenger ferry between Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands resumed service today (Aug. 3) with the 1 p.m. departure from Hatteras.
The passenger-only ferry had...
Wireless broadband project in trial phase on Ocracoke
Text and photo by Connie Leinbach
Two power outages in the spring and another over the weekend that knocked out internet cell service and phone...
Hotline slates a fundraiser for Nov. 4, seeks donations
Hyde County Hotline, which helps domestic violence victims, has scheduled a gala fundraiser the evening of Nov. 4 in Martelle’s Feed House restaurant in...
Calling all bakers (and chefs): enter the Ocracoke Fig Festival Bake-Off
An update from Sundae Horn, the Ocracoke Fig Festival coordinator
New this year: A category just for pairing Ocracoke figs with Ocracoke seafood at...
Ocracoke passenger ferry service suspension update
Reprinted, courtesy of <a rel="noreferrer noopener" href="http://Joy Crist Island Free Press on August 1, 2022
By Joy Crist | Island Free Press
The Ocracoke Express passenger ferry...
Hyde County Commissioners to meet Monday
The Hyde County Board of Commissioners will meet at 6 p.m. Monday, Aug. 1, in the Government Services Center in Swan Quarter and...
Ocracoke events Aug. 1 to 7
Monday, Aug. 1Hyde County Commissioners Meeting: Ocracoke Community Center and on Facebook at Hyde County Public Information, 6 pm
Fig Bread Class: Ocracoke Community Center,...
Blackbeard’s Pirate Jamboree slated for Oct. 28 & 29
Ocracoke Island will celebrate colonial life in the 1700s with a living history encampment and the Battle of Ocracoke on Friday, Oct. 28, and...