Rare queen butterfly visits the Ocracoke Observer
By Peter Vankevich
The Ocracoke Observer newsroom has received its share of interesting visitors. Located on a dirt road near the lighthouse, it overlooks one...
Ocracoke Interfaith Relief & Recovery Team to meet Sunday at 3...
The Ocracoke Interfaith Relief & Recovery Team (OIRRT) will meet at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Ocracoke Life Saving Church on Lighthouse Road.
This community...
Cooper requests Small Business Administration disaster declaration
RALEIGH--Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday asked the U.S. Small Business Administration to grant a disaster declaration for North Carolina counties that were affected by...
Ocracoke & Hatteras locals pull together to continue health care delivery...
After floodwaters inundated Ocracoke, neighbors and local responders pulled together to get health care services back up and functioning on the island.
N.C. 12 to experience high tide closures during offshore storm
RODANTHE – The N.C. Department of Transportation is warning motorists along the Outer Banks to expect portions of N.C. 12 to be closed for...
FEMA Individual Assistance for Ocracoke denied
By Peter Vankevich
A letter stamp dated Oct. 8 from FEMA to Gov. Roy Cooper’s denied his Sept. 21 request for Individual Assistance for...
To My Ocracoke: A Love Letter from the North Carolina Poet...
Editor's note: Jaki Shelton Green was appointed last year by Gov. Roy Cooper to serve as North Carolina's ninth Poet Laureate. She is a...
A coastal low will bring prolonged winds, update Oct. 9
Updated Wednesday, Oct. 9, 2019. 6:15 p.m.
The National Weather Service out of Morehead City/Newport reported today that a low pressure area will become stalled...
Ocracoke’s political representatives
Here is a list of Ocracoke's federal, state and county representatives.
U.S. Congress
U.S. Congressional offices (House and Senate) can be patched in by dialing (202)...
Ferry Division to change Pamlico Sound ferry routes on Tuesday
The North Carolina Ferry System on Tuesday (Oct. 8) will change the schedule for its Cedar Island-Ocracoke and Swan Quarter-Ocracoke routes while the island...