Ocracoke History

By Everett Long III In 1946, my father, Everett Long Jr. of Frankford, Delaware, started our family’s love for Ocracoke Island. He landed his plane on...

Editor's note: We meant to post this in September of 2019, but Hurricane Dorian hit on Sept. 6 and upturned everything. By Rita Thiel Clothed in...

To catch up on Ocracoke news, click here This story was picked up by several national news sources, including the Daily Review (Hayward, California) in...

By Rita Thiel Finding the essence of an artist is a difficult, if not impossible, task, as the heart of many artists lies deep within,...

By Connie Leinbach and Peter Vankevich As David Styron watched decoy carvers fashion duck heads from small blocks of wood in the decoy-carving contest during...

To catch up on Ocracoke news and more, click here The Second annual Ocracoke Waterfowl Festival is from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. this Saturday. The...

By Peter Vankevich Dan Robinson always loved the outdoors. Growing up in Beaufort County, he and his friends did just about everything outside, but he especially...

By Peter Vankevich Island native Chester Lynn has always loved old articles on Ocracoke.  Lynn owns Annabelle’s Florist and Antiques  on Back Road and loves...

Text and photos by Connie Leinbach Woody Outlaw still vividly remembers the night he saved a ferry boat captain. Outlaw, a native of Wanchese, is a...

By Rita Thiel Douglas fir trees for Christmas may be the norm elsewhere, but on Ocracoke where there are no fir trees, cedar tress have...