A big part of the charm of going to Ocracoke is the Hatteras ferry ride. Photo: C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer They’re back! The N.C. General Assembly Senate budget proposal includes tolling the ...

This concept and those depicted below are in the South Dock feasibility study. Note in Concept 4, above, the dotted line along the water. That line marks how much shoreline has been lost in the ...

Ocrafolk Festival. This year’s festival is June 6 to 8 at the Berkley Manor grounds. Photo: C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer To see the monthly listing of meetings, music and events, ...

By Connie Leinbach Hyde County’s 2025-2026 budget does not include an increase in the property tax rate but it includes the levying of fees for disposing of household and business trash. The ...

Ocrafolk Festival. This year’s festival is June 6 to 8 at the Berkley Manor grounds. Photo: C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer Monday, June 2Hyde County Board of Commissioners, 6 pm.

Philip Howard has presented many Porch Talks over the years. Photo: P. Vankevich/Ocracoke Observer Ocracoke Observer staff The Ocracoke Preservation Society’s Porch Talks have become a ...

By Connie Leinbach After completing dredging in the Big Foot Slough channel just outside Ocracoke, the long-route ferries across the Pamlico Sound began their summer schedule today. Four boats are ...

Editor’s note: The dredge Merritt is working in Big Foot Slough as of May 23 and the summer Pamlico Sound schedule is expected to start June 4. The NC Ferry Division expects the Army Corps of ...

An offshore drilling platform. Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons By SamWalkerOBXNews.com A public comment period runs through June 15 on a plan announced last month by the Trump Administration to ...

Military attaches attend the British Cemetery Ceremony May 9 on Ocracoke. From left are Capt. Timothy List, U.S.C.G. Sector Commander; Commander Richard Lane, Canadian Forces Naval attaché; ...

A green sea turtle digging her nest on the beach of Cape Hatteras National Seashore. Photo: NPS/Will Thompson Already, six loggerhead sea turtles have nested on Ocracoke Island. Many more will be ...

This year’s Ocrafolk Music and Storytelling Festival will be held June 6 to 8 on the grounds of the Berkley Manor. The 25th annual celebration features musicians, storytellers, artisans, characters of ...