Ocracoke and Sable islands: Kindred spirits with shipwrecks, horses and a...
A few of the approximately 500 feral horses on Sable Island. The first horses were released on the island in...
Village Thrift will not reopen
The Village Thrift will close sometime in September. Photo: C. Leinbach
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Dredging in Big Foot Slough off Ocracoke expected to clear the...
The dredge Merritt is working in the Big Foot Slough area of the Pamlico Sound just outside of Ocracoke. Photo: P....
Ocracoke has first official COVID-19 case
By Connie Leinbach
Hyde County Health Department Director Luana Gibbs today confirmed that Ocracoke has an active COVID-19 case...
Islander sends his nightly taps into the world
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Gary Davis plays taps each night at sunset on the porch of his Lighthouse Road home. Video by Peter Vankevich
On Friday watch a virtual sea turtle nest excavation
Loggerhead turtle excavation on Ocracoke beach in 2017. Photo: P. Vankevich
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Coastal Review Online launches series on changing minds on climate change
The island-wide storm surge of 7.4 feet from Hurricane Dorian on Ocracoke Sept. 6, 2019, had receded greatly around 1 p.m.,...
Shoaling near Ocracoke forces reduction in Pamlico Sound ferry schedules
Ferry passes Big Foot Slough. Photo: P. Vankevich
Bigfoot Slough water depths too shallow for larger...
Following dredging, regular ferry schedule in Pamlico Sound might resume Thursday
The dredge M/V Merritt is seen dredging Big Foot Slough in the Pamlico Sound. Photo: P. Vankevich
Update...
Ocracoke still COVID-19 free
Michael Watkins of Mako Laboratories, Raleigh, prepares a COVID-19 test for an Ocracoke resident. Photo by Brenda Kremser