P.Vankevich/Ocracoke Observer By Connie Leinbach The North Carolina legislature late Tuesday afternoon approved an additional $7 million for the Ferry Division. Hyde County ...

Scene from the Working Watermen’s Festival, Oct. 18, 2025. From left, Adam Lavigne, John Lea, Danny Bradley and Dave Tweedie. Photo: P. Vankevich/Ocracoke Observer Tuesday, Oct. 21:Ocracoke ...

Pastor Tim Howard manages the Bread of Life Food Pantry By Peter Vankevich After several months’ suspension, the Bread of Life Food Pantry at the Life Saving Church on Lighthouse Road has reopened ...

North Carolina Republican legislative leaders released a proposal for a new congressional map that aims to eliminate a Democratic seat represented by Rep. Don Davis (D-N.C.) (Source: ncleg.gov) By ...

Photo courtesy of Wikimedia Commons. The Ocracoke Observer cannot stand by and watch the First Amendment to the U.S. Constitution be subject to repeated attacks. “Congress shall make no law respecting ...

Working Watermen’s Festival,10 am to sunset. The Community Square docks. Health Fair and Touch a Truck at the OVFD firehouse, 822 Irvin Garrish Hwy., 9 a.m. to noon. Bake sale by Ocracoke School ...

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Vistas of expansive land and sky were a hallmark of Tom and Carol Pahl’s journey around the United States. By Tom Pahl; photos by Tom and Carol Pahl Editor’s note: Ocracoke Islanders Tom and ...

Photo of the north end of NC12 by Ocracoke’s NCDOT worker Shanon Eiben taken at about 10 a.m. Oct. 12. By Peter Vankevich All ferry routes for Ocracoke are currently suspended (Oct. 12) ...

The U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Service caught and euthanized three coyotes on Ocracoke in August, but that doesn’t guarantee that there are not others or that more will show up. That was ...