NC Shell Club find treasures on Portsmouth Island during their spring meeting on Ocracoke. Photo: C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer By Connie Leinbach The Giant Eastern Murex shell Maria Lloyd found ...

C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer By Connie Leinbach The NC Ferry Division expects the Army Corps of Engineers to arrive on May 21 to further dredge Big Foot Slough, a ...

The N.C. Ferry Division’s Pamlico Sound routes between Swan Quarter, Cedar Island and Ocracoke will temporarily remain on their spring schedules until completion of an upcoming dredging project in the ...

This pergola is among several that will be dedicated at 4 pm on Sunday, May 18, in honor of sponsors and volunteers who have helped make the Island Inn Commons area possible. See flyer below.

The meeting will be in the Board of Education meeting room at the O.A Peay Administrative Offices, 1430 Main St. Swan Quarter. If you cannot make it in person, we strongly encourage your attendance ...

British Cemetery Ceremony, 11 am. British Cemetery. See story here.

Due to deterioration and a high replacement cost, the two traffic signals in Hatteras Village have been removed and replaced with stop signs. The two sets of signals are the only traffic lights south ...

Hyde County commissioners on Monday night added their names to a resolution signed by seven other counties opposing the enactment of tolls on North Carolina free ferry routes and additional charges on ...

Ocracoke Island may be the purported site of Blackbeard’s treasure, but island homes and businesses will unveil their own treasures for all to peruse as the Ocracoke Civic & Business Association hosts ...

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Eva and Don Wathne of Charleston, S.C., with their Rolls Royce Ghost, the oldest car in the caravan of vintage Rolls Royces. Photo: C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer In the way that a parade of beauties ...