Ocracoke Island Features

Ocracoke Express on Track for May 2019 Public Launch

Local News Joy Crist - November 14, 2018

The new Ocracoke Express passenger ferry is coming together, and is expected to be complete by the end of the year, per a recent...

Night Sky: Venus, Meteor Showers, and Other Highlights for November

Island Features Gerry Lebing - October 30, 2018

What to look for in November 2018.If you are lucky, you might get to see Jupiter and Mercury closely following the setting sun shortly...

Pirates Invade Ocracoke Island; Good Times and Grog Had by All

Ocracoke Island Features Joy Crist - October 29, 2018

Despite a coastal storm that breezed through the Outer Banks on Friday, the annual Blackbeard’s Pirate Jamboree was a well-attended success, with hundreds of...

Blackbeard’s Pirate Jamboree Oct. 25 to 28 to Spotlight 300 Years Since Blackbeard’s Demise

Island Features Connie Leinbach - October 22, 2018

By Connie Leinbach The Ocracoke Observer In 300 years since his demise, Blackbeard...

Blackbeard’s Death: Part Of A Failed Coup?

Island Features Coastal.Review - October 21, 2018

On Nov. 22, 1718, two small but well-manned sloops commanded by Lt. Robert Maynard of His Majesty’s Royal Navy approached a ship commanded by...

Night Sky Highlights for October: Sometimes if you explore, you find more than you expected

Island Features Gerry Lebing - October 1, 2018

GERRY LEBING GERRY LEBING On the night of September 2, I was looking at my star maps and noticed a little galaxy I...

Ocracoke Ponies Survive the Storm, as NPS Assesses Sea Turtle Nests on Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands

Ocracoke Island Features Joy Crist - September 18, 2018

Despite ocean overwash and subsequent damage to portions of N.C. Highway 12 on northern Ocracoke Island, all 15 of Ocracoke’s wild horses made it...

Ocracoke to the Rescue

Island Features Connie Leinbach - September 17, 2018

Ocracoke Island deployed its own Hurricane Florence aid effort this morning when three boats laden with goods departed from Ocracoke for Cedar Island, which...