Passenger ferry to Ocracoke resumes but will end July 31
By Connie Leinbach
After having been sidelined since July 7, the Ocracoke Express passenger ferry resumed service July 19, but it will only go until...
Ferry Division reduces summer ferry schedules due to shoaling, labor shortage
A labor shortage at Hatteras and severe shoaling issues in Pamlico Sound have forced the North Carolina Ferry System to adjust its summer schedules to and from Ocracoke Island.
Islanders question ferry personnel firings, Hatteras Inlet operations
By Connie Leinbach
The Ocracoke community is buzzing over the firings Friday of 11 N.C. Ferry Division workers at the Silver Lake Ferry terminal operations.
Word...
New Ocracoke departure schedule for Swan Quarter surprises islanders
By Connie Leinbach
Ocracoke Island residents and visitors traveling to Swan Quarter had to do a quick change on Tuesday when the fall schedule had...
N.C. ferries assisting Ocracoke Island mandatory evacuation
Isaias now a hurricane; Hyde commissioners order evacuation of Ocracoke
OCRACOKE – As Hurricane Isaias approaches the North Carolina coast, the N.C. Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division...
Dredging in Big Foot Slough off Ocracoke expected to clear the...
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By Connie Leinbach
Dredging in Big Foot Slough in the Pamlico Sound is expected to...
Could Portsmouth lightering work for Ocracoke?
Maybe it’s time for the N.C. Ferry Division to look to the past for a solution to the present, regarding the Hatteras ferry terminal’s...
Ocracoke is worried about ferry service
By Connie Leinbach
Ocracoke Islanders are concerned about uncertainties this spring and summer with the passenger ferry and the vehicle ferries.
An official start date...
NC Ferry Division to adopt longer Hatteras-Ocracoke route Dec. 7 during...
From our news services
Ocracoke-Hatteras ferries will use a longer route starting Tuesday, Dec. 7, as the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (ACE) conducts emergency...
Passenger ferry to Ocracoke to begin service on Monday
From our news services
The passenger ferry between Hatteras and Ocracoke will begin service on Monday (June 21) and the reservation system is now operational,...












