Ocracoke Alive will honor America’s 250th by showing three films in July dealing with American history. All films are free ...

From SamWalkerOBXNews.com A prolonged and potentially dangerous heat wave is expected to grip eastern North Carolina and the ...

Cape Hatteras National Seashore reminds visitors and adjacent homeowners that it is illegal to detonate fireworks, or have fireworks in your possession, on all Seashore beaches, including the beaches ...

A camper van fire at the NPS Campground on Ocracoke on Monday (June 29) night was quickly brought under control with no ...

By Sam Walker, SamWalkerOBXNews.com North Carolina lawmakers appear poised to make one of the most sweeping changes in the ...

Ocracoke School graduated 11 seniors at a ceremony in the school gym on June 12. Angela Flores, who is the first Ocracoke ...

Friends of the Library Used Booksale opens, 9 am. Ocracoke Community Library Zumba, Community Center, 6 pm Tuesday, June 30:OPS Porch Talks: Rita Thiel on OcraCats, 1 pm Wednesday, July 1:The Jolly ...

By Peter Vankevich There was, to riff off Stephen Sondheim, something familiar, something peculiar, something for everyone. That sums up how the Ocracoke Folk Festival 2026 rolled on the Berkley Manor ...

The N.C. Ferry System’s Hatteras-Ocracoke vehicle ferry route returns to its full summer schedule today (June 25) after a ...

C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer Tuesday, June 23:Ocracoke Preservation Society (OPS) Porch Talks, 49 Water Plant Rd.: David ...

The Juneteenth flag. By Martin Henson, Beacon Media Juneteenth is my Fourth of July. It comes with all my favorite things: barbecues, commemorations, elders standing up on stages with kente ...