The Ocracoke Community Pool Association will hold a “Ride for the Pool” Bike-a-thon at 9 a.m. on Saturday, Nov. 8. The ride will begin and end at the Ocracoke School circle where registration will ...

C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer Monday, Nov. 3:Hyde County Board of Commissioners, 6 pm. Livestreamed in the Community Center.

Ocracoke’s Mexican community invites all to experience one of their culture’s signature remembrances, Day of the Dead, or Dia de los Muertos, in a gathering from 4 to 7 p.m. Sunday, Nov. 9, in the ...

The Ocracoke Express docked in Ocracoke’s Silver Lake Harbor. Photo: P. Vankevich By Sam Walker Despite the ongoing closure of N.C. 12 on the north end of Ocracoke Island, the ...

Text and photos by Connie Leinbach 1718 Brewing Ocracoke was packed Thursday night as islanders and visitors flexed their pumpkin-carving creativity muscles in the brewery’s annual Pumpkin ...

As the fall season ends, a host of skeletons are out and about in yards all around Ocracoke Island, and they played a big part in decorations this year. Also, witches, ghosts and lots of pumpkins.

When there is economic uncertainty, food banks emerge as essential lifelines, stepping in to provide crucial assistance when government aid is out of reach. The anxiety surrounding a federal ...

Ocracoke School Future Business Leaders of America club members, from right, Lilly, Ammy, Dulce, and their advisor, Joan O’Neal, present their club goals to the Ocracoke Civic & Business ...

The National Weather Service upgraded its forecast Sunday afternoon on the low-pressure weather which is expected to impact eastern North Carolina from Monday through Wednesday. A Coastal Flood Watch ...