Jeff Beane and Stephanie Horton are regulars for the Ocracoke and Portsmouth Christmas Bird Counts. Photo: C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer By Peter Vankevich This headline? Thomas Hardy is author of ...

The headwaters of the Apalachicola River. Photo by Tom Pahl Editor’s note: Ocracoke Islanders Tom and Carol Pahl are on a trek around the United States (following 70-degree weather) and will ...

The Christmas tree on the Ocracoke Preservation Society porch. Photo: C. Leinbach Activities are at a minimum on Ocracoke Christmas week as islanders prepare for the holiday, but the Ocracoke ...

C. Leinbach By Connie Leinbach In the last several weeks, Ocracoke Islanders who get notices from the N.C. Ferry Division regarding route operations have received ...

C. Leinbach MANNS HARBOR – Four routes in the North Carolina Ferry System will be operating alternate schedules on Christmas Day, which is a ...

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The speed limit in this section of NC12 at the sandbag breach area has been reduced to 35 mph. Photo: C. Leinbach Observer staff report Motorists traveling to and from the north end of Ocracoke ...

With temperatures predicted to fall to the low to mid-30s and a north wind this weekend, N.E.S.T. coordinator Frank Welles is sending out patrols for cold stunned sea turtles on Ocracoke on Sunday, ...

Memorial celebration of life service for Jimmy O’Neal, 1 p.m. in the Ocracoke United Methodist Church. Holiday celebration at The Shave Shack (on Irvin Garrish Hwy. between Silver Lake Inn and ...