If you attend an Ocracoke School event you’re likely to see Noel Goodwin helping out. And for all of her efforts, she is among 20 North Carolinians who will receive the 2025 Governor’s Medallion Award ...

British Cemetery Ceremony, 11 am. British Cemetery. See story here.

Hyde County commissioners on Monday night added their names to a resolution signed by seven other counties opposing the enactment of tolls on North Carolina free ferry routes and additional charges on ...

Ocracoke Island may be the purported site of Blackbeard’s treasure, but island homes and businesses will unveil their own treasures for all to peruse as the Ocracoke Civic & Business Association hosts ...

Eva and Don Wathne of Charleston, S.C., with their Rolls Royce Ghost, the oldest car in the caravan of vintage Rolls Royces. Photo: C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer In the way that a parade of beauties ...

The Friends of Portsmouth Island will hold their spring meeting at 10 a.m. on May 17 in the NCCAT facility located on the harbor. Islander Philip Howard will be the featured guest speaker for the ...

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Tideland replaced poles on Ocracoke and recently received a grant to install underground electrical lines and equipment and relocating aerial lines to areas where they are less likely to be disrupted.

Ocracoke Community Pool Association Pickleball Tournament 8:30 am, Pickleball courts off Horse Pen Road. OUMC Walk for Water, 10 am. Meet at the OUMC. Fish Fry Fundraiser for Stella, Donna Davis’s ...

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A little-known World War II fact is that while the conflict was far away for many Americans, danger lurked right offshore as German U-boats parked along the coast to aim at passing Allied ships.

The N.C. Department of Transportation (NCDOT) today announced Paul Tine of Kitty Hawk, Dare County, as the new Commissioner of the Division of Motor Vehicles. His first day will be May 6. Paul Tine, ...