Reading Program for Kids and Families will kick off on Saturday, June 14, with a Foam ‘n’ Fun party in front of the library at 225 Back Road. Wear a bathing suit and ...

This concept and those depicted below are in the South Dock feasibility study. Note in Concept 4, above, the dotted line along the water. That line marks how much shoreline has been lost in the ...

By Connie Leinbach Hyde County’s 2025-2026 budget does not include an increase in the property tax rate but it includes the levying of fees for disposing of household and business trash. The ...

Ocrafolk Festival. This year’s festival is June 6 to 8 at the Berkley Manor grounds. Photo: C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer To see the monthly listing of meetings, music and events, ...

Ocrafolk Festival. This year’s festival is June 6 to 8 at the Berkley Manor grounds. Photo: C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer Monday, June 2Hyde County Board of Commissioners, 6 pm.

A big part of the charm of going to Ocracoke is the Hatteras ferry ride. Photo: C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer The N.C. General Assembly Senate budget proposal includes tolling the Hatteras/Ocracoke ...

Already, six loggerhead sea turtles have nested on Ocracoke Island. Many more will be arriving. In 2024, there were 101 nests. The incubation period is generally 50 to 60 days. The Cape Hatteras ...

When the threat of rip currents is high, lifeguards place yellow-and-red caution flags on the beach. Feel free to talk to the lifeguards at the Day Use Area and swim there, too. Photo: C. Leinbach ...

After completing dredging in the Big Foot Slough channel just outside Ocracoke, the long-route ferries across the Pamlico Sound began their summer schedule today. Four boats are running between ...