Ferry Division monthly meeting today at the Community Center
The NC Ferry Division will hold its monthly meeting today, Monday Jan. 11 at 1 p.m., in the Community Center.
These meetings are an opportunity...
Ocracoke new beach access ramp 63 construction underway
NPS Press Release Jan, 8, 2016
Superintendent David Hallac announced today that VRHabilis, LLC, of Knoxville, Tennessee has begun the new ramp construction project to...
Ferry Division sells the Pamlico
The NC Ferry Division's Sound class ferry the Pamlico has a new home in the Northeast.
The 50+-year-old ferry was sold recently to Cross Sound...
Community steel drum band in the works
By Connie Leinbach
Ocracoke will have its own community steel drum band this spring.
Classes in Caribbean steel drums--open to anyone in the community ages 13...
Fee to be waived at Wright Brothers Memorial on MLK Jr...
The Wright Brothers National Memorial in Kill Devil Hills will join national parks across the country in celebrating the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday by waiving...
Hyde commissioners approve fireworks for Ocracoke July 3
See noise poll at end of story.
By Connie Leinbach
With little fanfare, the Hyde County commissioners Monday night voted unanimously to approve a fireworks display...
Hyde County Board of Commissioners meeting tonight (Jan. 4)
The monthly Hyde County Commissioners meeting is scheduled for 6 p.m. today (Jan. 4) in the Hyde County Government Center Multi-Use Room in Swan Quarter, and...
Counting birds on Ocracoke and Portsmouth
By Connie Leinbach
For Lloyd Lewis of Mayo, Md., being a bird watcher takes him to locations all over the world.
“Birding puts me in different habitats,” he...
Polar Plunge starts the new year
Text and photos by Connie Leinbach
About 40 adults and children washed away the old year and began 2016 with a dip in the Ocracoke...
The Ocracoke year in pictures
By Peter Vankevich and Connie Leinbach
2015 was an eventful year on Ocracoke. Below are some of the highlights in photos.
A new, regulation baseball field...