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 & ...

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.

Rey Yackovetsky, Emilie Mason, Mary-Jo Gellenbeck and Angela Galloway. Text and photo by Peter Vankevich Here are some introductions to the ...

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C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer By Jeanne Brook Sitting in Zillie’s on a winter night, we turned at the door creak to see Eduardo Chavez Perez walk in. Seeing ...

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 ...

Birders will fan out all over Ocracoke on Dec. 31 to count the island’s various avian species. Photo: C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer The Ocracoke and Portsmouth Island Christmas Bird Counts (CBC) ...

Site of the temporary DMV office in Manteo. From our news services The N.C. Division of Motor Vehicles has temporarily opened a driver license office in Manteo to provide continued service to ...