Press Release from Sen. Bill Cook
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 18, 2015
Senate Approves State Budget
Statement Included on the Potential Sales Tax Redistribution
Raleigh, N.C. – The North Carolina Senate passed a balanced $21.47 billion...
Seafood Festival to return in September
The Ocracoke Health Center will hold its second Seafood Festival fundraising benefit from 4 to 10 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 2, at the Berkley Barn.
To...
Hyde commissioners schedule special meeting, hearing
The Hyde County Board of Commissioners will hold a special meeting at 8 a.m. on Monday, July 4, in the Hyde County Government Center, Multi-Use Room,...
Community Foundation now accepting scholarship applications
Southern Shores — The Outer Banks Community Foundation is now accepting scholarship applications on its website obcf.org.
The application deadline is 11:59 pm, Monday, March...
Comments sought draft regional resilience portfolios
The public has until Monday, Dec. 5, to comment on nine draft regional resilience portfolios that include five to 10 prioritized project descriptions.
The draft portfolios...
William Holland Baker: 1951 to 2018
William Holland Baker, 67, of Manteo, Dare County, died Oct. 5, in the Hock Family Pavilion, a Duke Hospice Facility in Durham.
He was the...
Looking back: New pastor’s intro to Ocracoke is a baptism by...
Editor's note: Hurricane Dorian's damage will continue to impact almost all aspects of Ocracoke. Stories of that infamous day and onward will be told...
Observed on Ocracoke: fishing with Morty Gaskill
Text and photos by Peter Vankevich
Heading out of Oyster Creek in a 20-foot skiff with commercial fisherman Morty Gaskill, it is a cool November...
BIG FISH! Island charter captains hunting trophy swordfish
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By Connie Leinbach
Some Ocracoke charter fishermen have ramped up their gamesmanship with a new and...
Quaintest Town in America on a North Carolina island: A view...
By Peter Vankevich
Island native Chester Lynn has always loved old articles on Ocracoke. Lynn owns Annabelle’s Florist and Antiques on Back Road and loves...