Hurricanes past and present

By Connie Leinbach Jimmy’s Garage offers “minor and major” repairs, and recently it got its own major repair as Colony Tire donated a new tire...

The Ocracoke Interfaith Relief & Recovery Team (OIRRT) will meet at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Ocracoke Life Saving Church on Lighthouse Road. This community...

RALEIGH--Gov. Roy Cooper on Friday asked the U.S. Small Business Administration to grant a disaster declaration for North Carolina counties that were affected by...

After floodwaters inundated Ocracoke, neighbors and local responders pulled together to get health care services back up and functioning on the island.

Editor's note: Jaki Shelton Green was appointed last year by Gov. Roy Cooper to serve as North Carolina's ninth Poet Laureate.  She is a...

The North Carolina Ferry System on Tuesday (Oct. 8) will change the schedule for its Cedar Island-Ocracoke and Swan Quarter-Ocracoke routes while the island...

By Connie Leinbach Part of N.C. 12 on Ocracoke, from the National Park Service campground to the breach area, reopened to local traffic today, said...

Oct. 4, 2019. 3:01 p.m. From our news sources. President  Donald Trump today approved Gov. Roy Cooper’s request for a major disaster declaration for Public...

The Outer Banks Community Foundation in Southern Shores has awarded over $70,000 in Rapid Response Grants to nonprofits that are leading disaster relief efforts...

Thursday, Oct. 3, 2019 By Ocracoke Observer staff Approximately 400 islanders showed up for a community meeting at the Berkley Barn on Sunday (Sept. 29) to...