From our news services Eastern North Carolina has been placed under a winter storm watch for this weekend, the National Weather Service’s NC Weather Forecast Office announced Tuesday ...

Ocracoke Alive winter activities begin. To see the full schedule, click here. Monday, Jan. 19. Martin Luther King Day holiday: Ocracoke Alive: Spanish/English Coffee hour, 8:15 to 9:15 am. Ocracoke ...

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305 Back Rd. 252-928-1511; M-F, 8 a.m. to noon & 1-5 p.m. After hours: 252-928-SICK (7425). Ocracoke Pharmacy: 252-928-0784. Open weekdays. Roanoke Island Animal Clinic visits the island on the third ...

The Henry Pigott house on Portsmouth Island. Photo by Sara Hassatt By Peter Vankevich The Portsmouth Island Christmas Bird Count took place this year after having been canceled in 2023 and 2024 ...

Ocracoke Alive continues the community cultural activities it began last winter this year with Flavia Burton’s presentation of her adventures in South Africa from 3 to 4:30 p.m. Sunday (Jan. 17) ...

C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer By Connie Leinbach As of Jan. 1, the N.C. Ferry Division has stopped allowing free passes on the toll ferries for ...

RALEIGH, N.C. North Carolina’s 100 county boards of elections on Monday, Jan. 12, began sending absentee-by-mail ballots to registered voters who requested a ballot for the 2026 primary ...

Lake Mattamuskeet Lodge along New Holland Road, Hyde County. Photo: C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer From our news services The Mattamuskeet Lodge Society will host an open house at the historic ...

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 ...