Shrimp-ban protesters continue to work the North Carolina Legislature in Raleigh on June 25. Photo by Bob Phillips By Connie Leinbach A cheer went up in the hallways of the N.C. State Legislative ...

Susie O’Neal, manager of the Ocracoke Seafood Company, was at the State Legislative Building in Raleigh on Tuesday along with hundreds of North Carolinian shrimpers, sea food workers and ...

Fowler and Chloe O’Neal. Photo courtesy of the family. Chloe Ann O’Neal, 88, of Ocracoke passed away peacefully at home on June 21, 2025, surrounded by her family. Born April 4, 1937, on ...

Ocracoke Islanders Tom and Carol Pahl are on a trek around the United States (following 70-degree weather) and will report back from time to ...

If HB422 in the N.C. Legislature passes on Tuesday, the Ocracoke fish house will no longer have locally harvested shrimp. Photo: C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer By Morty Gaskill As many of the ...

From our news services A weather pattern known as a “heat dome” is setting up over a large portion of the continental United States, and will bring dangerously hot conditions to the ...

C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer Monday, June 23:Ocracoke Oyster Company: Bryan Mayer, 7:30 pm Tuesday, June 24:Ocracoke Community Library: Open ...

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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P. Vankevich/Ocracoke Observer By Connie Leinbach The N.C. Senate on Thursday, after a third reading, passed House Bill 442 that includes ...

By Peter Vankevich Pat Garber’s goal as a young girl was to grow up and have lots of stories to tell, and that she has accomplished both from a fascinating life she has led and the opportunity to ...