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 ...

“Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.” – Thomas Jefferson ...

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 ...

Ocracoke sometimes brings people together in serendipitous ways, and Chris and Brynley Farr discovered that when they competed with Chris’s sailing muse in the holiday boat parade. Six boats all ...

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 ...

MANNS HARBOR – Four routes in the North Carolina Ferry System will be operating alternate schedules on Christmas Day, which is a traditionally low ridership day. In addition, the Hatteras-Ocracoke ...

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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 Motorists traveling to and from the north end of Ocracoke may need to add a few more ...