By Peter Vankevich As hurricane season began, Erik Heden, warning coordination meteorologist with the Newport/Morehead City National Weather Service, visited Ocracoke on June 11 and gave a ...

Professional fireworks returned to Ocracoke this year on July 2 after they were canceled last year due to the threat of a thunderstorm. John Leino captured this shot illuminating Silver Lake. Observer ...

The Ocracoke Community Pool Association will hold “A Taste of Ocracoke” fundraiser from 6 to 8:30 p.m. on Monday, July 27, on ...

Variety Store Owner Tommy Hutcherson holds proof that Megan Aldridge found gold in the form of a prize Chilly Water can. Photo by Trudy Austin Editor’s note: This story was first published in the May ...

Friends of the Library Used Booksale continues during library public hours, weekdays from 3 to 7 pm and 9 am to 1 pm Saturdays. Howard’s Pub: Magenta Sunshine, 9 pm Tuesday, July 14OPS Porch Talks ...

Island residents Karen Rhodes and Matt Janson present a photographic and narrative journey through the Ocracoke’s ecosystem in their 160-page coffee table book “Ocracoke Untamed: A Photographic peek ...

In 1776, the claim in the Declaration of Independence that “all men are created equal” was a revolutionary ideal but not close to being a reality. At the founding, slavery flourished and political ...

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