OVFD contains vehicle fire at NPS Campground
A camper van fire at the NPS Campground on Ocracoke on Monday (June 29) night was quickly brought under control with no injuries to...
Draft budget would impose ferry tolls on all routes starting in...
By Sam Walker, SamWalkerOBXNews.com
North Carolina lawmakers appear poised to make one of the most sweeping changes in the history of the state ferry system,...
Dangerous heat wave could bring triple-digit temperatures to eastern NC through...
From SamWalkerOBXNews.com
A prolonged and potentially dangerous heat wave is expected to grip eastern North Carolina and the Outer Banks beginning midweek and intensifying into...
Old friends, new performers, island magic define Ocrafolk Festival 2026
By Peter Vankevich
There was, to riff off Stephen Sondheim, something familiar, something peculiar, something for everyone.
That sums up how the Ocracoke Folk Festival 2026...
Ocracoke School graduates 11
Ocracoke School graduated 11 seniors at a ceremony in the school gym on June 12.
Angela Flores, who is the first Ocracoke School student to...
Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry route resumes summer schedule
The N.C. Ferry System’s Hatteras-Ocracoke vehicle ferry route returns to its full summer schedule today (June 25) after a critical dredging operation was completed...
Ocracoke events June 22 to 28–updated
Tuesday, June 23:Ocracoke Preservation Society (OPS) Porch Talks, 49 Water Plant Rd.: David Tweedie relates the history of Ocracoke Alive, 1 pm.The Cape Hatteras...
Long casts clinch fishing tourney honors
Text and photos by Connie Leinbach
Distance is the key to winning the Ocracoke Invitational Surf Fishing Tournament, said the captain of this year’s winner.
Wading...
Ocracoke events June 15 to 21
Monday, June 15:Ocracoke Oyster Company: Ray Murray
Tuesday June 16:OPS Porch Talks: Amy Howard and Julie Howard talk about the shells of Ocracoke, 1 pm
OCBA...
Occupancy Tax Board awards grants to island nonprofits
Approved by the Hyde County Board of Commissioners in May, the Ocracoke Occupancy Tax Board has granted 15 Ocracoke nonprofits $826,935 for fiscal year...