C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer Ocracoke’s Community Square has received historic preservation designations and protections by Preservation ...

Rory Kelly of Durham leads the Scallywag Half-Marathon pack on April 26. She won with a time of 1:20:05. Text and photos by Connie Leinbach The Ocracoke Island Scallywag Weekend Runfest April 25 and ...

Al Scarborough has sailed on. Stories, no doubt, will continue to be told. Some of them will even be mostly true. Al died at home on Ocracoke on Saturday, May 2, 2026. Ocracoke was where he chose to ...

Walk-on passengers debark the Ocracoke Express in Ocraocke village. Photo: C. Leinbach OCRACOKE – The popular Ocracoke Express passenger ferry will begin its eighth season of summer service on ...

Night driving restrictions on oceanside beaches within the Cape Hatteras National Seashore began at 9 p.m. on Thursday, May 1. From May 1 through July 31, priority off-road vehicle (ORV) ramps close ...

Wreaths from WWII allies commemorate the fallen sailors of the topedoed HMT Hedfordshire off of Ocracoke. The annual British Cemetery Ceremony will be held at 11 am Friday, May 8, at the cemetery on ...

For 33 years, Professor Walt Wolfram brought his graduate students to Ocracoke during their spring break to spend a week teaching middle schoolers about the languages and dialects of North Carolina.