By Sam Walker, SamWalkerOBXNews.com North Carolina lawmakers appear poised to make one of the most sweeping changes in the ...
From SamWalkerOBXNews.com A prolonged and potentially dangerous heat wave is expected to grip eastern North Carolina and the ...
Ocracoke School graduated 11 seniors at a ceremony in the school gym on June 12. Angela Flores, who is the first Ocracoke ...
Friends of the Library Used Booksale opens, 9 am. Ocracoke Community Library Zumba, Community Center, 6 pm Tuesday, June 30:OPS Porch Talks: Rita Thiel on OcraCats, 1 pm Wednesday, July 1:The Jolly ...
By Peter Vankevich There was, to riff off Stephen Sondheim, something familiar, something peculiar, something for everyone. That sums up how the Ocracoke Folk Festival 2026 rolled. Here are some of ...
The N.C. Ferry System’s Hatteras-Ocracoke vehicle ferry route returns to its full summer schedule today (June 25) after a ...
C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer Tuesday, June 23:Ocracoke Preservation Society (OPS) Porch Talks, 49 Water Plant Rd.: David ...
The Juneteenth flag. By Martin Henson, Beacon Media Juneteenth is my Fourth of July. It comes with all my favorite things: barbecues, commemorations, elders standing up on stages with kente ...
Ocracoke Invitational Surf Fishing Tournament 2026 action. Photo: C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer Text and photos by Connie Leinbach Distance is the key to winning the Ocracoke Invitational Surf ...
This hand-drawn map of the Pamlico Sound shows Ocracoke Island at the bottom. By Kevin P. Duffus © 2026 History’s earliest map depicting and identifying Ocracoke Island, then called Wococon, is ...