A tent gets installed for the first event in the Island Inn Commons event space. Text and photos by Connie Leinbach Debbie Wells feels like she’s going at warp speed all the time. As interim ...

The National Weather Service in Newport/Morehead City will hold a community forum on hurricanes at 1:30 p.m. on Thursday, June 11, in the Community Center. A meteorologist with the National Weather ...

Ocracoke Island storyteller Donald Davis will lead two weeklong storytelling workshops on the island, scheduled for May 30 to June 7 and June 14 to 21. Each workshop concludes with a free public ...

This graphic shows the area of Sloop Channel that will be dredged in the next month. From Hyde County Recently, the NC Ferry Division announced temporary schedule adjustments on the Hatteras – ...

Sweet Megg of Postmodern Jukebox and Cirque du Soleil will be among the new artists at this year’s Ocrafolk Festival. A stilt walker, a typewriter poet and a wandering magician will bring ...

Alumni of the O.A. Peay School in Swan Quarter at the Davie Poplar Tree behind the building. Text and photos by Stephanie Caplan A lone poplar tree stands tall and strong behind O.A. Peay School in ...

Hyde County manager Kris Cahoon Noble has recommended a 2026-2027 county budget with no tax increases. In her Budget Message she said the recommended amount is $24,578,535 with a general fund budget ...

Dredging that begins May 30 in Sloop Channel in the Hatteras Inlet prompts a temporary schedule change inn the Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry route. HATTERAS – The N.C. Ferry System’s Hatteras-Ocracoke ...

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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 ...