By Peter Vankevich As hurricane season began, Erik Heden, warning coordination meteorologist with the Newport/Morehead City National Weather Service, visited Ocracoke on June 11 and gave a ...

Observer staff report Pirates, patriots and phantasms were among the hallmarks of this year’s July 4 activities. The weather ...

We hope you enjoy your visit to our beautiful island, the last island of the Outer Banks, N.C. Ocracoke is the southernmost island of the Outer Banks, North Carolina. Ocracoke, in Hyde County, is very ...

The Ocracoke Community Pool Association will hold “A Taste of Ocracoke” fundraiser from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on Monday, July 27, on ...

Morning ferry ride to Hatteras by C. Leinbach won third place in Spot Photography in the NC Press Association 2023 newspaper contest. Ferry service to Ocracoke can change at any time due to shoaling, ...

Friends of the Library Used Booksale continues during library public hours, weekdays from 3 to 7 pm and 9 am to 1 pm Saturdays. Howard’s Pub: Magenta Sunshine, 9 pm Tuesday, July 14OPS Porch Talks ...

Variety Store Owner Tommy Hutcherson holds proof that Megan Aldridge found gold in the form of a prize Chilly Water can. Photo by Trudy Austin Editor’s note: This story was first published in the May ...

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Island residents Karen Rhodes and Matt Janson present a photographic and narrative journey through the Ocracoke’s ecosystem in their 160-page coffee table book “Ocracoke Untamed: A Photographic peek ...

The popular Blackbeard flag flown today was never Blackbeard’s flag, according to irrefutable evidence. If the notorious pirate captain saw it, he wouldn’t know whose it was. Likely, he would have ...

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