Due to the extensive damage to Ocracoke’s homes, businesses and infrastructure by Hurricane Dorian on Sept. 6 and the uncertainty of when visitors can safely return to the island, the island-wide yard sale scheduled Saturday and this year’s Blackbeard’s Pirate Jamboree have been canceled. The jamboree produced as a weekend event at the end of […]

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Day 11 post-Hurricane Dorian: Things at the command center in the Ocracoke Volunteer Fire Department building are a little less hectic than they were the afternoon of Sept. 6 and in the immediate days following, though island residents’ needs are no less urgent. Mountains of debris line the streets as residents haul out all manner […]

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MEDICAL–Hyde Health Department will administer free tetanus shots starting at 10:30 a.m. on Thursday (Sept. 12) at the Ocracoke Fire Department. Dr. Jeff Williams, medical director for the Wake County EMS who is one of 10 in a medical strike team on Ocracoke during the emergency, recommended that people who have not received a tetanus […]

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Thanks to Tideland Electric Member Cooperative, the lights went back on last night and right now, Ocracoke Island is looking for electrician teams of 5- to 10-people to restore essential needs in businesses and homes, the emergency commodities manager said today. If you are able to be part of a group of four or more, […]

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After only a few days running, the North Carolina Ferry Division’s newest car ferry, the M/V Rodanthe is offline. Jed Dixon, Ferry Division deputy director, confirmed on Saturday that the Rodanthe is resting dockside while a Caterpiller representative checks out the engine. The first day, Tuesday (July 30), it made a few runs, Dixon said. […]

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The Hyde County Sheriff Department’s newest deputy still must learn to sit, heel and obey commands. Rocky, a yellow lab mix, lives with Cpl. Blackburn Warner. The canine deputy is only a year and a half old and still in training to detect narcotics: marijuana, opioids, methamphetamine, cocaine and MDMA (a form of ecstasy). With […]

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From The: Ocracoke Observer The North Carolina Department of Transportation will begin construction of a bulkhead at the north end ferry terminal, known as the South Dock, later this month. According to Tim Hass, spokesman for the N.C. Ferry Division, work is scheduled to begin July 22 on the emergency project to protect the South Dock […]

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After initially proposing that more public restrooms would be built on Ocracoke by July, that hope has faded for this year as the Ocracoke Preservation Society did not receive any acceptable bids for the project. The nonprofit organization is still looking for a contractor for this project at the Island Inn and has dropped the […]

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