The Henry Pigott house on Portsmouth Island. Photo by Sara Hassatt By Peter Vankevich The Portsmouth Island Christmas Bird Count took place this year after having been canceled in 2023 and 2024 ...

C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer By Connie Leinbach As of Jan. 1, the N.C. Ferry Division has stopped allowing free passes on the toll ferries for ...

Ocracoke Alive continues the community cultural activities it began last winter this year with Flavia Burton’s presentation of her adventures in South Africa from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday (Jan. 17) ...

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RALEIGH, N.C. North Carolina’s 100 county boards of elections on Monday, Jan. 12, began sending absentee-by-mail ballots to registered voters who requested a ballot for the 2026 primary ...

Events 2023 on Ocracoke, N.C. This page will be updated as 2026 events are confirmed. Ocracoke Waterfowl Festival April 17 & 18 Earth Day Celebration Scallywag 5K/10K/half-marathon April 25 & 26 ...

Lake Mattamuskeet Lodge along New Holland Road, Hyde County. Photo: C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer From our news services The Mattamuskeet Lodge Society will host an open house at the historic ...

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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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 ...