The old courthouse in Swan Quarter was the home of the former MATTIE Arts Center. Photo courtesy of MATTIE The nonprofit “Friends of Hyde County’s Historic 1854 Courthouse” in Swan Quarter has ...

Observer staff report Ocracoke has a lot of off-island friends, and one of its biggest supporters is the Outer Banks Community Foundation. In Fiscal Year 2025, the foundation received $2.8 million ...

The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Marine Fisheries is accepting applications for commercial and recreational ...

C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer Ocracoke Access Alliance to discuss the future of ferry service, including tolls & the impact to ...

An aerial view of Ocracoke by Matt Janson. A community meeting to discuss the future of ferry service, including tolls and impacts to Ocracoke residents, will be held at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 31.

His … name was Jubal, he was the father of all those who play the lyre and pipe.Genesis 4:21Jubal – the first musician Former Ocracoke Islander Jubal (Kennedy Patrick-jubal) Creech died on March ...

Fletcher O’Neal Ocracoke native David Fletcher O’Neal, known as Fletcher, 51, passed away peacefully on March 18, 2026, in Norfolk, Virginia. Born on February 20, 1975, in Newport ...

C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer Monday, March 23:Ocracoke Alive: Spanish/English Coffee hour, 8:30 to 9:30 am. Ocracoke Alive: Envisioning the future ...

Joseph Contreras, right, plays for the boys’ middle-school team. Photo by Corey Cutright As today (March 19) begins the annual March Madness basketball championship, we offer this assessment of ...

We hope you enjoy your visit to our beautiful island, the last island of the Outer Banks, N.C. Ocracoke is the southernmost island of the Outer Banks, North Carolina. Ocracoke, in Hyde County, is very ...

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