From our news services The O. A. Peay Alumni Association at 2:30 p.m. Saturday, May 23, will unveil and dedicate a plaque for Hyde County’s Davie Poplar tree, which was planted in 1993 on the ...

Southern Jasmine, like this bank of bushes along Sand Dollar Road, is in bloom and perfuming the island. Photo: C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer Tuesday, May 121718 Brewing Ocracoke: Kate McNally, 7 ...

P. Vankevich/Ocracoke Observer By Peter Vankevich If you’ve read novels by Carl Hiaasen, you’ve likely come across Skink—his eccentric, one-eyed former ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

Teacher Appreciation Week 2026 runs from Monday, May 4, to Friday, May 8, with National Teacher Appreciation Day celebrated on Tuesday, May 5. Ocracoke teachers joined the statewide “Kids Over ...