Permit applications for doing business on NPS property now open
The National Park Service has opened the 2020 Commercial Use Authorization (CUA) application process for Cape Hatteras National Seashore, Fort Raleigh National Historic Site...
Project to improve electric service to Ocracoke to begin in January
From Cape Hatteras National Seashore
The Cape Hatteras National Seashore has approved a permit for Tideland Electric Membership Corporation to improve the reliability of electric service to...
Park Service opens N.C. 12 to local Ocracoke traffic
By Connie Leinbach
Part of N.C. 12 on Ocracoke, from the National Park Service campground to the breach area, reopened to local traffic today, said...
Vehicles parked at NPS lot during Hurricane Dorian must now be...
From the National Park Service:
To facilitate the post-Hurricane Dorian recovery efforts on Ocracoke, government agencies are requesting that all vehicles--golf carts, boats, trailers,...
Lifeguards: Protecting lives on Ocracoke
By T.L. Grace West
While I sat on the lifeguard stand interviewing our two supervising lifeguards, I was impressed with their vigilance--their eyes constantly scanning...
Ohio man dies in Atlantic Ocean near Buxton
A 53-year-old Ohio man apparently drowned today in the ocean off Buxton, the Cape Hatteras National Seashore has reported.
The fatality occurred around noon less...
NPS Friday bird walks move to new location
By Peter Vankevich
The National Park Service for years has run a Friday morning bird walk at 8:30 at the north end of Ocracoke Island...
The road to Devil Shoals is paved with…
Editor's note: The Ocracoke Preservation Society has a wonderful shell collection. For details from an earlier story, click here.
By Peter Vankevich
One access road to...
AmeriCorps NCCC takes on Ocracoke; we win!
By Peter Vankevich
When walking the Hammock Hills nature trail across from the Ocracoke campground, you might notice how the boardwalk and the handrails, battered...
Cape Hatteras National Seashore year in review scheduled for Wednesday afternoon
Cape Hatteras National Seashore Superintendent Dave Hallac will present his 2018 A Year in Review for the Seashore at 1 p.m. Wednesday (April 10)...