Emergency permits available for Dorian-damaged docks, bulkheads
RALEIGH – Coastal property owners who need to replace docks, piers, bulkheads or similar structures damaged by Hurricane Dorian along sounds, rivers and creeks may...
If you want to come to Ocracoke to help with hurricane...
Sept. 18, 2019. The following information is from the Ocracoke Relief Team about how people can help Ocracoke post-Hurricane Dorian.
Further updated Oct. 16, 2019.
At...
Debris removal begins on Ocracoke; nighttime curfew still in place
By Connie Leinbach
Day 11 post-Hurricane Dorian: Things at the command center in the Ocracoke Volunteer Fire Department building are a little less hectic than...
Dorian shuts down Ocracoke School; efforts to reopen underway
For news on Hurricane Dorian and more, go to the Ocracoke Observer home page.
By Peter Vankevich
Like most of the village, the record-setting storm surge...
New temporary ferry schedule to Ocracoke
As of Saturday (Sept. 14), sound route ferry reservations will be taken daily from 6 a.m. to 6 p.m. at 1-800-BY-FERRY (1-800-293-3779). The ferry...
Ocracoke continues to reel from Dorian; debris removal begins today
Editor's note: Internet issues impeded posting of this story Friday night. Information regarding the hurricane aftermath on Ocracoke changes minute by minute. Stay tuned...
New ferry priority procedure set for Ocracoke post-Dorian
The following was issued at 9 p.m. Friday, Sept. 13, 2019, from Hyde County. The Observer's internet was off Friday night. So we're posting...
Outer Banks Community Foundation offers grants for nonprofits after Dorian
The Outer Banks Community Foundation, Southern Shores, will offer an emergency, rapid-response grants cycle to support nonprofit organizations after Hurricane Dorian.
The deadline to apply...
Vehicles parked at NPS lot during Hurricane Dorian must now be...
From the National Park Service:
To facilitate the post-Hurricane Dorian recovery efforts on Ocracoke, government agencies are requesting that all vehicles--golf carts, boats, trailers,...
Hyde to help chlorinate well water; other post-Dorian updates
Well water: The Hyde County Health Department Environmental Health Specialist will be on Ocracoke to instruct citizens how to chlorinate private wells tomorrow, Friday,...