A juvenile coyote at Cape Hatteras National Seashore. NPS photo By Connie Leinbach Cape Hatteras National Seashore and the N.C. Wildlife Resources Commission will co-host public ...

P. Vankevich/Ocracoke Observer Monday, Aug. 11Ocracoke Community Library: Used Book Sale continues during public hours: M-F, 3-7 pm; Saturday 9 am to 1 ...

Passengers exit their cars, trucks and vans to use the bathroom, feel the ocean air on their faces, get a closer view of the gulls gliding above the rear wake and peel their eyes for dolphins. On this ...

Hyde County’s America 250th committee has released its first project, “Our Heritage & History” booklet. Designed to be used by visitors as well as history aficionados, the publication also ...

NPS Ranger Ash Keiper-Kintz holds a loggerhead hatchling from a recent sea turtle excavation on Ocracoke Island. Photo: P. Vankevich/Ocracoke Observer Visitors and residents on Ocracoke Island are ...

C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer Events will be added and deleted as necessary. Monday, Aug. 4:Hyde County Board of Commissioners, 6 pm. Livestreamed in the ...

The Dare Arts building in Manteo. Photo by Dare Arts Artists may now apply for Artist Support Grants through a partnership between the North Carolina Arts Council, Pocosin Arts, Beaufort County Arts ...

The Ocracoke Preservation Society will bring back its popular Historic Home Tour on Friday, Nov. 28. This will be the first home tour since before Hurricane Dorian in 2019. That evening will include a ...

Text and photos by Peter Vankevich Former North Carolina Poet Laureate Joseph Bathanti once remarked that Ocracoke is the perfect place for those struggling to “finish that book.” Jean Skipper ...