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 ...
Ocracoke Access Alliance to discuss the future of ferry service, including tolls & the impact to Ocracoke, at 7 p.m. Tuesday, March 31, in the Community Center. Members of the Ocracoke Access Alliance ...
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 ...
C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer Monday, March 23:Ocracoke Alive: Spanish/English Coffee hour, 8:30 to 9:30 am. Ocracoke Alive: Envisioning the future ...
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 ...
The Ocracoke Civic & Business Association at 6 p.m. tonight (March 17) will discuss the recent Ocracoke Access Alliance trip to Washington, D.C., and a community meeting on ferry tolls will be ...
Roundup and other glyphosate‑based weed killers are a common tool for farmworkers, landscape contractors and homeowners. A new Duke study raises questions about possible kidney risks from ...
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 ...
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