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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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 ...

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Text and photos by Peter Vankevich Over the past 10 years, Ocracoke has been a wintering ground for three fascinating bird species. In 2018 a ...

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