Hyde County is looking to raise money with an increase in the sales tax and voters will have the chance to weigh in during the March 3 primary. The Board of Commissioners at their Nov. 3 meeting ...

The Ocracoke Observer, the island’s independent community newspaper since 1999, has been selected for inclusion in the Library of Congress’s National Digital Newspaper Program. The online link is ...

Ocracoke island is lit up with holiday lights, and judges for the Island Celebration competition made their choices Saturday night. The event is held every December by the Ocracoke Civic & Business ...

Angela Galloway is the new first-grade teacher. She brings a wealth of experience of 14 years in public, private, Montessori and homeschool education. Her bachelor’s degree in elementary education is ...

Stella Maris Chapel: Sunday Mass time at 4:30 p.m. unless otherwise noted. Go to Masstimes.org and type in the zip code 27960 but refresh your browser for it to work properly.

Sitting in Zillie’s on a winter night, we turned at the door creak to see Eduardo Chavez Perez walk in. Seeing Eduardo outside of his food truck on Ocracoke is a special occurrence, like brushing ...

Lawmakers approved an extra $7 million, but the ferry division still needs tens of millions of dollars more to cover rising maintenance and other long-term costs. December 12, 2025By Jacob Biba ...

The sandbag area at Ocracoke’s north end at high tide Nov. 6. Photo: C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer From our news services The Ocracoke Access Alliance (OAA) is calling on Gov. Josh Stein to ...