C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer By Connie Leinbach If N.C. House Bill 442 passes today with a shrimp trawling ban amendment, fresh, local shrimp will be a ...

Anyone who has visited Ocracoke Island knows how special it is: from stunning sunsets to magnificent views of the Milky Way on a moonless night after a cold front has cleansed the atmosphere with rain ...

Mariah Temple, right, receives her scholarship from Greg Honeycutt. Submitted story by Emmy Benton, Outer Banks Community Foundation. Photos courtesy of the Outer Banks Community Foundation Greg ...

The National Weather Service will begin its seventh year of conducting Hurricane Community Forums in Pine Knoll Shores this Tuesday (June 17) and again for Oriental on June 25. The following is ...

C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer Tuesday, June 10:Ocracoke Preservation Society Porch Talk: Philip Howard, 1 pm.Ocracoke Planning Advisory Board, 5:30 ...

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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 ...