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 awards program, created by the office of the ...

Rev. Richard Bryant The Rev. Richard Lowell Bryant, 51, of Trinity, North Carolina, passed away at his home on December 29, 2025, after a short illness. Richard was the pastor of the Ocracoke ...

All season long, people gather at the NPS boat loaunch area to watch the sunset on Ocracoke. Photo: C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer A new year begins on Ocracoke and we reflect on some of the ...

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American Oystercatcher nesting on Ocracoke Island. Photo P. Vankevich By Peter Vankevich Here is a 2025 nesting overview for the region. Except for one notable bright spot, 2025 proved another ...

In October, our lives were forever changed when Gary suffered a heart attack at our home on Ocracoke. What could have been a tragedy became a powerful reminder of what this village ...

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 afford to live here. Some of us have families who go back for generations and ...

Christmas Bird Count on Ocracoke. To participate, contact Peter Vankevich at [email protected], Facebook message, cell/text 202 468-2871. Christmas Bird Count on Portsmouth Island. To ...

The Ocracoke Observer, the island’s independent community newspaper since 1999, has been selected for inclusion in the Library of Congress’s National Digital Newspaper Program. The online link is ...

Hyde County is looking to raise money with an increase in the sales tax and voters will have the chance to weigh in during the March 3 primary. The Board of Commissioners at their Nov. 3 meeting ...