Marc Basnight Bridge dedicated
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By Richard Taylor
NAGS HEAD — While waterfowl enjoyed heavy rains in Tuesday afternoon’s fast-moving nor’easter,...
State Sen. Bill Cook to retire in 2018
Four-term state lawmaker Sen. Bill Cook (R-District 1, which includes Ocracoke) announced Tuesday he will not seek re-election in 2018.
The announcement comes amidst the first drafts...
Applications open for NCDOT Bicycle Helmet Initiative
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RALEIGH – To reduce bicycle injuries and deaths, the N.C. Department of Transportation is...
Pamlico Sound ferries on alternate schedule June 14 to 17
From the N.C. Ferry Division June 11, 2016
Updated 6/13/16
Manns Harbor – Due to a mechanical issue on the M/V Swan Quarter, the North Carolina...
Used book sale to begin July 3
Out with the old and in with the new-but-used.
That’s what you get at the Friends of the Library’s annual used book sale on the...
OCBA hires new executive director
The Ocracoke Civic and Business Association has hired Ocracoke Islander Helena Stevens as executive director following a four-month search.
Stevens was selected from among six...
Sheriff Cahoon offers advice on campus safety
Right now, thousands of students are leaving their families and friends to attend college.
For many, it will be their first time away from home...
Foreign dignitaries humbled by Annual British Cemetery Ceremony
June 2013
by Connie Leinbach
Canadian Naval Attaché Commander David Trudeau was humbled by the annual British Cemetery Memorial Service May 10 on Ocracoke. The ceremony...
Runfest Weekend returns April 29 & 30
The 12th Annual Scallywag 5K/10K & 7th Annual Blackbeard's Half Marathon on Ocracoke returns to the spring timeframe and will be held Saturday, April...
Spring ferry schedules to Ocracoke to change Tuesday
The NC Ferry Division will add departures to Ocracoke to their three routes starting Tuesday (March 7).
The Hatteras-Ocracoke vehicle ferry will be increasing its...