The Dare Arts building in Manteo. Photo by Dare Arts Artists may now apply for Artist Support Grants through a partnership between the North Carolina Arts Council, Pocosin Arts, Beaufort County ...

The OPS will bring back the Historic Home Tour in November. Photo: C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer The Ocracoke Preservation Society will bring back its popular Historic Home Tour on Friday, Nov.

Sunset over the Pamlico Sound. Photo: C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer Monday, Aug. 4:Hyde County Board of Commissioners, 6 pm. Livestreamed in the Community Center. See agenda below.Ocracoke Oyster ...

Automatic flaggers will regulate traffic in the sandbag area during the rebuild project. Photo: C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer By Joy Crist, Island Free Press An extensive project to rebuild the ...

Text and photos by Peter Vankevich Former North Carolina Poet Laureate Joseph Bathanti once remarked that Ocracoke is the perfect place for those struggling to “finish that book.” Jean Skipper ...

C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer By Peter Vankevich The Silver Lake Motel & Inn and the former Jolly Roger Pub & Marina was sold at an auction on July 29 ...

Loggerhead sea turtle nest excavation at the Pony Pens beach on Ocracoke Island, July 28, 2025. Photo: P. Vankevich/Ocracoke Observer Visitors and residents on Ocracoke Island are invited to join r… ...

By Peter Vankevich Philip Howard is on a high-energy creativity roll. In 2024 he published “Ocracoke Island Eccentrics, Innovators and Free Spirits,” a collection of features on some of the more ...