From our news services Over this weekend, a non-tropical coastal low developed off the Outer Banks, resulting in significant weather-related disruptions. This storm breached the protective berm, ...

Clam Chowder aficionados taste the chowders at the 2023 event. this year’s cookoff will be from 4 to 5:30 p.m. Sept. 20 in the Ocracoke Community Center The Ocracoke Community Pool ...

C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer Tuesday, Sept. 16:Ocracoke School middle school and varsity volleyball are home vs. Columbia. The MS game will begin at 4 ...

The Ocracoke Seafood Company is the heart of the commercial fishing industry on Ocracoke. Photo: C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer In June, House Bill 442 in the N.C. General Assembly originally ...

C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer By Connie Leinbach As the fig cake judges were sampling the entries in the Fig Festival Cake Bake-off competition in ...

Graphic from the NC12 overview study. By Connie Leinbach NC Highway 12 on Ocracoke needs action if it is to survive, according to UNC researchers who presented their findings at a meeting Sept. 10 ...

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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 ...