P. Vankevich/Ocracoke Observer Monday, Aug. 11Ocracoke Community Library: Used Book Sale continues during public hours: M-F, 3-7 pm; Saturday 9 am to 1 ...

Passengers exit their cars, trucks and vans to use the bathroom, feel the ocean air on their faces, get a closer view of the gulls gliding above the rear wake and peel their eyes for dolphins. On this ...

Hyde County’s America 250th committee has released its first project, “Our Heritage & History” booklet. Designed to be used by visitors as well as history aficionados, the publication also ...

Visitors and residents on Ocracoke Island are invited to join rangers at the Cape Hatteras National Seashore for a public sea turtle nest excavation on Ocracoke Island at 9 a.m. Sunday, August 10, at ...

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C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer Events will be added and deleted as necessary. Monday, Aug. 4:Hyde County Board of Commissioners, 6 pm. Livestreamed in the ...

Automatic flaggers will regulate traffic in the sandbag area during the rebuild project. Photo: C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer By Joy Crist, Island Free Press An extensive project to rebuild the ...

Riding the ferries to Ocracoke–from Cedar Island, Swan Quarter and Hatteras–is a relaxing beginning to your journey.

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 ...

Text and photos by Peter Vankevich Former North Carolina Poet Laureate Joseph Bathanti once remarked that Ocracoke is the perfect place for those struggling to “finish that book.” Jean Skipper ...