Editor: Having the opportunity to visit Ocracoke with Dr. Walt Wolfram, Dr. Jeff Reaser, Emma, Jacob, and Catie was a truly remarkable experience. It’s an honor to have been part of the continuing ...

From our news services The O. A. Peay Alumni Association at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, May 23, will unveil and dedicate a plaque for Hyde County’s Davie Poplar tree, which was planted in 1993 on the ...

Southern Jasmine, like this bank of bushes along Sand Dollar Road, is in bloom and perfuming the island. Photo: C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer Tuesday, May 121718 Brewing Ocracoke: Kate McNally, 7 ...

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 ...

P. Vankevich/Ocracoke Observer By Peter Vankevich If you’ve read novels by Carl Hiaasen, you’ve likely come across Skink—his eccentric, one-eyed former ...

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C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer Ocracoke’s Community Square has received historic preservation designations and protections by Preservation ...

Rory Kelly of Durham leads the Scallywag Half-Marathon pack on April 26. She won with a time of 1:20:05. Text and photos by Connie Leinbach The Ocracoke Island Scallywag Weekend Runfest April 25 ...

Al Scarborough has sailed on. Stories, no doubt, will continue to be told. Some of them will even be mostly true. Al died at home on Ocracoke on Saturday, May 2, 2026. Ocracoke was where he chose to ...

C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer Night driving restrictions on oceanside beaches within the Cape Hatteras National Seashore began at 9 p.m. on Thursday, May 1.