Used downdraft equipment for sale
The nonprofit “Friends of Hyde County’s Historic 1854 Courthouse” in Swan Quarter has some downdraft equipment and related items for sale.
These items were...
Ocracoke events March 30 to April 5
Tuesday, March 31Ocracoke Access Alliance public meetingon the future of ferry service. 7 pm Community Center. Streamed on OCBA Facebook page.
Wednesday, April 1Latin cardio...
Outer Banks Community Foundation annual meeting features Ocracoke highlights
Observer staff report
Ocracoke has a lot of off-island friends, and one of its biggest supporters is the Outer Banks Community Foundation.
In Fiscal Year 2025,...
Division of Marine Fisheries seeks advisers for Southern Flounder committee
MOREHEAD CITY - The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Marine Fisheries is accepting applications for commercial and recreational fishermen, scientists and interested parties...
Community meeting on ferry service scheduled for March 31
Ocracoke Access Alliance to discuss the future of ferry service, including tolls & the impact to Ocracoke, at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 31, in...
Ocracoke events March 22 to 29
Monday, March 23:Ocracoke Alive: Spanish/English Coffee hour, 8:30 to 9:30 am.
Ocracoke Alive: Envisioning the future of Ocracoke, the first of eight discussion-based, creative workshops...
Fletcher O’Neal: 1975 to 2026
Ocracoke native David Fletcher O'Neal, known as Fletcher, 51, passed away peacefully on March 18, 2026, in Norfolk, Virginia.
Born on February 20, 1975, in...
Jubal Creech: 1972 to 2026
His … name was Jubal, he was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe.Genesis 4:21Jubal – the first musician
Former Ocracoke...
Coaches reflect on Ocracoke School’s basketball season
As today (March 19) begins the annual March Madness basketball championship, we offer this assessment of the recently ended Ocracoke School basketball season.
By Peter...
Is Roundup worth the risk for weekend gardeners? New Duke study...
Published courtesy of North Carolina Health NewsMarch 13, 2026
By Will Atwater
As 80-degree weather and daffodil and Bradford pear blooms purge winter from North Carolina...












