By Peter Vankevich For nearly 70 years, the Hatteras–Ocracoke vehicle ferry has been a free link in North Carolina’s highway system, providing residents and visitors with access to Ocracoke Island.

From the National Weather Service A slow moving cold front will approach and then stall over eastern North Carolina beginning early Thursday morning andlingering through Friday. Dangerous rip currents ...

Text and photos by Connie Leinbach As soon as he leaves his Chesapeake, Virginia, driveway to head to his Ocracoke home, Ed Stewart takes off his shoes. He is among a number of islanders and visitors ...

Friends of the Library Used Booksale continues during library public hours, weekdays from 3 to 7 pm and 9 am to 1 pm Saturdays. OPS Porch Talks: Ocracoke mosquito ...

The Outer Banks Visitors Bureau is partnering with the Outer Banks Community Foundation to co-host the free 4th Annual Nonprofit Knowledge Series Workshop from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Friday, Sept. 25, in ...

By Peter Vankevich As hurricane season began, Erik Heden, warning coordination meteorologist with the Newport/Morehead City National Weather Service, visited Ocracoke on June 11 and gave a ...

By Peter Vankevich Island residents Karen Rhodes and Matt Janson present a photographic and narrative journey through the Ocracoke’s ecosystem in their 160-page coffee table book “Ocracoke Untamed: A ...

Observer staff report Pirates, patriots and phantasms were among the hallmarks of this year’s July 4 activities. The weather held out for the three days of activities, although it was very hot, and ...

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