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Researchers seek more dialog with Ocracoke islanders on access issues
NC State University professor Dr. K.C. Busch is seeking further dialogue with the Ocracoke community about NC Highway 12 and access issues.
She was part...
Nominations for NC Governor’s Volunteer Service Award
Nominations are now being accepted for the 2025 Governor’s Volunteer Service Award for Beaufort and Hyde counties and must be submitted by Feb. 16.
The...
2025 year in review on Ocracoke
A new year begins on Ocracoke and we reflect on some of the notable island events that took place in 2025.
JanuaryOcracoke Island’s first appreciable...
Why do we have to fight so hard for transportation access?
By Amy Howard
A common belief is that people who live on Ocracoke are rich.
We aren't.
We are industrious and work hard to be able to...
General Island Information
The Ocracoke lighthouse was 200 years old in 2023. Photo: C. Leinbach
Island Images
A Snowy Owl over the Ocracoke dunes. Photo: P. Vankevich
South Point. Photo: P. Vankevich
Northern lights seen on Ocracoke Nov. 12, 2025. Photo by Ocracoke Harbor Inn
An Ocracoke canal. Photo: C. Leinbach
The Ocracoke ponies. Photo: P. Vankevich
Ocracoke summer surf. Photo: C. Leinbach
The Island Inn Commons in bloom. Photo: C. Leinbach
Sunset cruise on the Pamlico Sound. Photo: C. Leinbach
The December 2025/Winter 2026 print issue.
The Ocracoke Observer website won first place in the 2020-2021 NCPA contest Online Division, plus four other awards. It has won more than 60 awards, many in first place, since joining the N.C. Press Association in 2015 and entering the contest starting in 2016.
