Heavy surf on Tuesday afternoon Aug. 20 around high tide is already lapping at the dunes north of the pony pens on Ocracoke, ...

From our news services The National Weather Service out of Newport/Morehead City this afternoon, Aug. 18, issued a storm surge watch for the Outer Banks in advance of Hurricane Erin making its way ...

The Hyde County Board of Commissioners enacted a State of Emergency for Ocracoke Island effective at 8 p.m. on Sunday, Aug. 17, due to the anticipated flooding impacts from Hurricane Erin and ...

As Hurricane Erin approaches the North Carolina coast, the N.C. Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division is assisting ...

Hyde County’s America 250th committee has released its first project, “Our Heritage & History” booklet. Designed to be used by visitors as well as history aficionados, the publication also has&… ...

Consistent with Dare and Hyde counties issuance of a State of Emergency and mandatory evacuations of Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands, Cape Hatteras National Seashore (Seashore) ...

Visitors and residents on Ocracoke Island are invited to join rangers at the Cape Hatteras National Seashore for a public sea turtle nest excavation on Ocracoke Island at 9 a.m. Sunday, August 10, at ...

The Living History of the Brogue” (UNC Press 2025), a new book by Jeffrey Reaser, Walt Wolfram and islander Candy Gaskill, continues ...

A briefing by NWS Sunday (Aug. 17) morning said expected wave heights and wind speeds have increased  with tropical storm force gusts possible along the ...

A frame of a video of the truck fire by Jerry Newsome. By Connie Leinbach An early morning vehicle fire today was quickly contained by the Ocracoke Volunteer Fire Department. Assistant Fire Chief ...

P. Vankevich/Ocracoke Observer Aug. 13, 2025By Sam WalkerSamWalkerOBXNews.com While it is still too early to know the exact path of what is expected to be the ...

Edward O’Neal Edward Carlson O’Neal, Jr., 85, passed away on Aug. 13, 2025. He was the husband of Stella Spencer O’Neal. Born on June 13, 1940, in Morehead City, he lived a life ...