You are not alone
By Earle Irwin
Who remembers the 1990 comedy Home Alone?
The movie was so wildly successful that four sequels followed into the current decade.
Last year, Disney announced...
Cooper tightens social distancing measures, strengthens long-term care rules, streamlines unemployment...
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RALEIGH--Gov. Roy Cooper on Thursday issued stronger social distancing requirements and acted to speed up the process...
Easter Sunrise Service to be held in Variety Store parking lot
Text and Photos by Peter Vankevich
Ocracoke has a tradition that the island’s two churches hold a joint Easter sunrise service on the beach....
Hyde County to require entry permits for mainland non-resident property owners
From Hyde County
The Hyde County commissioners on Thursday will modify entry access for mainland non-resident property owners during the COVID-19 pandemic.
As of Thursday, April...
Hyde commissioners get COVID-19 update, discuss visitor access, approve new tram...
By Connie Leinbach
As of Monday morning, Hyde County still has not logged a case of the novel coronavirus COVID-19.
Hyde County Health Director Luanna Gibbs...
Ocracoke is not ‘safe’ from the pandemic
By Connie Leinbach
People should not think that Ocracoke is “safe” from the coronavirus.
Dr. Erin Baker, physician at the Ocracoke Health Center, said in an...
Cooper prohibits utility disconnections in the wake of COVID-19
From our news sources
Raleigh--Cooper today ordered utilities to give residential customers at least six months to pay outstanding bills and prohibits them from collecting...
Hyde County further restricts non-resident property owners from Ocracoke
Hyde County has further restricted nonresident property owners (NRPO) from traveling to Ocracoke during Gov. Roy Cooper's stay-at-home order issued Friday to slow the...
Ocracoke bound ferry schedules to change on Tuesday
Beginning Tuesday, March 31, the N.C. Department of Transportation’s Ferry System will adopt a new set of schedules to respond to Gov. Roy Cooper’s...
Third Annual Ocracoke Waterfowl Festival canceled
Text and photos by Peter Vankevich
Another casualty of the COVID-19 pandemic, the Third Annual Ocracoke Waterfowl Festival, scheduled for May 2 has officially been...