Editor’s note: The Ocracoke Mosquito Control Board will meet at 6 p.m. today (Aug. 25) in the Ocracoke Volunteer Fire Dept. meeting room. Open to the public and press. By Peter Vankevich Considering that Ocracoke is a […]
Hyde Soil and Water Conservation District has received their allocation for the 2018 North Carolina Agriculture Cost-Share Program for agricultural businesses to receive financial aid to stem storm water runoff. Storm water […]
Editor’s note: If this plan is approved, Ocracoke’s current state senator, Bill Cook, would not be on the ballot for Ocracoke. Update: The most recent maps were released over the past weekend. […]
This article is reprinted courtesy of the Coastal Review Online. The Taste of Core Sound 2017 Summer Edition gala will be this Friday, Aug. 25. 08/23/2017 by Jennifer Allen The Core Sound Waterfowl Museum […]
Now that total solar eclipse fever has passed, there is a lot happening this week on Ocracoke Island, N.C. Tuesday, Aug. 22 Jolly Roger: Aaron Caswell and Jackie Willis, 6 pm Gaffer’s: […]
For Ocracoke news, click here By Connie Leinbach All over Ocracoke, people were looking up from about 2 p.m. onward to witness a once-in-a-lifetime event on Monday—a solar eclipse. Even though Ocracoke was […]
For Ocracoke news, click here Cape Hatteras National Seashore will host a commercial services orientation and open house on Ocracoke Island from 12:30 to 2 p.m. on Monday, Aug. 28, in the Ocracoke Community Center, 999 […]
For Ocracoke news, click here By Peter Vankevich For the first time in 99 years, a total solar eclipse will be visible on Aug. 21 to spectators across the contiguous United States […]
The beautiful clouds of Ocracoke By Danielle Creeksong Ocracoke is well-loved for its spectacular, panoramic view of ocean and sky. But while beach-goers pray for clear blue skies and star watchers wish […]
For Ocracoke news, click here RALEIGH–Gov. Roy Cooper and the Department of Environmental Quality submitted formal comments yesterday to the U.S. Bureau of Ocean Energy Management to convey North Carolina’s opposition to oil and […]
The 4th annual Ocracoke Fig Festival kicks off Friday evening with a gathering at the Ocracoke Preservation Society Museum, 49 Water Plant Rd., and continues all day Saturday with vendor booths, live […]
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 and also their first experience with total independence. […]
The Ocracoke Civic & Business Association is hosting Rob Izzo, a pubic insurance adjuster from Southern Loss Consultants in Raleigh, in two free sessions on Sunday (Aug. 20). Izzo discuss options that business […]
The National Weather Service out of Newport/Morehead City said that the rip current risk will remain high in Eastern North Carolina through Wednesday evening. This is a result, in part, of the lingering […]
Observer commentary By Connie Leinbach and Peter Vankevich Getting compensation from an economic disaster on the scale that affected Hatteras and Ocracoke islands with the recent power outage will be a drawn-out […]
A 63-year-old male visitor from out-of-state died yesterday at around 5:10 p.m. while swimming near Ocracoke Island’s Pony Pen beach access. He was reported to have been caught in a very strong […]
For Ocracoke news, click here By Connie Leinbach Longtime N.C. Ferry Division employee Harold Thomas is the new director of this sub-agency of the N.C. Dept. of Transportation. Thomas, along with Jed […]
Island artist Barbara Adams will show new works from 5 to 8 p.m. Wednesday (Aug. 16) in Down Creek Gallery’s continuing Expose Yourself to Art series of receptions that are open to […]
