C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer Monday, Jan. 12Ocracoke School Middle School girls and boys basketball teams play away at Columbia. Tuesday, Jan. 13Ocracoke ...

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Ocracoke on the last day of 2025. Photo by Dennis McCunney By Peter Vankevich The birds of Ocracoke proved watcher-friendly for the annual Christmas Bird Count held on Dec. 31. For the second ...

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The sandbag area on the north end of NC12 on Ocracoke during a high wind event in November. Photo: C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer NC State University professor Dr. K.C. Busch is seeking further ...

C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer MANNS HARBOR – People will have a chance to set sail on a rewarding career as the North Carolina Ferry Division ...

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 ...

Robert Michial Hornung, 92, of Swansboro and formerly of Ocracoke, died January 4, 2026. Born March 31, 1933, in Nyack, New York, Bob was a son of Edward Hornung and Elizabeth Smith. He was ...

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2025 Governor’s Volunteer Service Award for Beaufort and Hyde counties and must be submitted by Feb. 16. The awards program, created by the office of the ...

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The popular Blackbeard flag flown today was never Blackbeard’s flag, according to irrefutable evidence. If the notorious pirate captain saw it, he wouldn’t know whose it was. Likely, he would have ...

Being in the business of designing and building, I can’t help but look critically at every little bit of construction we drive by on our tour around the country. And that’s a lot of houses, churches, ...