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Fish-fry fundraisers help those in need The ‘staff’ at the cook shack behind the Ocracoke Volunteer Fire Department serve up plates for the fund raiser for John Simpson. From left are Alex ...

As was shipping. Portsmouth Island just off Ocracoke used to be the biggest port until ships found an easier passage to navigate up near Nags Head and it became a ghost town. You can jump on a ...

C. Leinbach The following is a list of the establishments on Ocracoke that are open or closed for the season. This list will be updated as the Observer ...

Ocracoke Island, located at the southern end of OBX ... Crime is low at the beach and in town, but travelers should still practice common sense. Keep valuables close to you or locked away.

From SamWalkerOBXNews.com Nearly 25,000 ballots have been cast in the three Outer Banks counties, matching the pace set four ...

The N.C. Department of Transportation’s popular Hatteras-Ocracoke route will be making the annual switch to its regular ...

Ocracoke Island will celebrate colonial life in the 1700s with a living history encampment and the Battle of Ocracoke during Blackbeard’s Pirate Jamboree Friday, Nov. 1 and Saturday, Nov. 2, on ...

The first Ocracoke lighthouse was built on Shell Island and was destroyed by lightning in 1818. The oldest operating lighthouse in North Carolina, the present Ocracoke Lighthouse sits on a ...

New town (created by landfill ... to change the character, but the island aesthetic is still intact, with village appeal and natural beauty close at hand." "Ocracoke may be about to turn around ...