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 ...

Possibilities for what to do about NC12 on Ocracoke will be discussed at a public meeting at 1 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 10, in the Community Center. NCDOT photo Researchers at the University of North ...

Andy O’Neal. Photo courtesy of the family Ocracoke native Andy Horne O’Neal, 62, passed away on Sept. 1. Born on April 4, 1963, in a Coast Guard helicopter 800 feet above Camden Point ...

A workshop on coyotes previously scheduled for Aug. 27 has been rescheduled for 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Sept. 23, in the Ocracoke Community Center. The workshop will be co-hosted by the N.C.

The Ocracoke Access Alliance (OAA) has formed to push for greater state and federal investment in ferry services, NC-12, and other critical infrastructure that ensures safe and reliable access. In ...