The Henry Pigott house on Portsmouth Island. Photo by Sara Hassatt By Peter Vankevich The Portsmouth Island Christmas Bird Count took place this year after having been canceled in 2023 and 2024 ...

Ocracoke Alive continues the community cultural activities it began last winter this year with Flavia Burton’s presentation of her adventures in South Africa from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday (Jan. 17) ...

C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer By Connie Leinbach As of Jan. 1, the N.C. Ferry Division has stopped allowing free passes on the toll ferries for ...

RALEIGH, N.C. North Carolina’s 100 county boards of elections on Monday, Jan. 12, began sending absentee-by-mail ballots to registered voters who requested a ballot for the 2026 primary ...

Lake Mattamuskeet Lodge along New Holland Road, Hyde County. Photo: C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer From our news services The Mattamuskeet Lodge Society will host an open house at the historic ...

C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer Monday, Jan. 12Ocracoke School Middle School girls and boys basketball teams play away at Columbia. Tuesday, Jan. 13Ocracoke ...

MANNS HARBOR – People will have a chance to set sail on a rewarding career as the North Carolina Ferry Division hosts a series of four career events to find qualified applicants to staff its ferries, ...

Ocracoke on the last day of 2025. Photo by Dennis McCunney By Peter Vankevich The birds of Ocracoke proved watcher-friendly for the annual Christmas Bird Count held on Dec. 31. For the second ...

Nominations are now being accepted for the 2025 Governor’s Volunteer Service Award for Beaufort and Hyde counties and must be submitted by Feb. 16. The awards program, created by the office of the ...

Robert Michial Hornung, 92, of Swansboro and formerly of Ocracoke, died January 4, 2026. Born March 31, 1933, in Nyack, New York, Bob was a son of Edward Hornung and Elizabeth Smith. He was ...

The sandbag area on the north end of NC12 on Ocracoke during a high wind event in November. Photo: C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer NC State University professor Dr. K.C. Busch is seeking further ...