C. Leinbach From our news services Hyde County Schools and the Hyde County Board of Commissioners have received a $36 million grant for the Mattamuskeet Rising ...

Bob Despo and Chief Albert O’Neal will deliver supplies to Ashe County Editor’s note: Ocracoke has many friends in the western part of the state, and we are anxious to help our friends in need. We ...

Photo courtesy of the Hatteras Island Cancer Foundation The Hatteras Island Cancer Foundation’s Annual 5K race will be held at 9 a.m. Saturday, Oct.12, at Sun Realty in Avon. Registration ...

Tom Payne. Photo courtesy of the family Thomas O. Payne, age 75, passed away on September 21, 2024, in Ocracoke. Born Sept. 23, 1949, he was a son of Parke and Martha Payne. Tom grew up in ...

Hot Springs in Madison County. Photo from North Carolina’s Weather Authority Facebook page RALEIGH: Gov. Roy Cooper is encouraging donations to the North Carolina Disaster Relief Fund to help ...

C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer Gail Covington, a family nurse practitioner on Ocracoke, will retire at the end of December. She made the decision after learning that her ...

By Sam WalkerOBXnews.com The severe weather threat for eastern North Carolina from Hurricane Helene has increased, as well as the potential for minor coastal flooding on the beaches of Hatteras ...

By Sam Walker SamWalkerOBXNews.com The Outer Banks and eastern North Carolina will likely avoid significant impacts from Helene, which became a tropical storm on Tuesday, and is forecast to ...

NC12 on Ocracoke’s north end around 1:30 p.m. Sept. 22. NCDOT photo From our news services The National Weather Service is forecasting that although abnormally high tides have already peaked ...

P. Vankevich Posted courtesy of SamWalkerOBXNews.com The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Wilmington District has suspended Dare County’s permits for dredging in Oregon ...

Sherry Atkinson, left, and her wife, Laura Michaels, are known as Yaya and Lulu, respectively, to twins Cora and Sam Walters. . By Heather JohnsonPhotos courtesy of the family, Sherry Leigh ...

Hurricane Helene, now Tropical Storm Helene, is battering Western North Carolina with record rain levels. The Outer Banks and nearby mainland are under a tornado warning until 6 pm. High wind gusts ...