The live auction at the 2024 Seafood Fest to benefit the Ocracoke Health Center. Photo: C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer The Ocracoke Health Center will hold its fourth Seafood Festival ...

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Being Flamboyant,’ a float by Ocracoke Harbor Inn, wins Best in Show for the July 4, 2025, parade. Photo by Jeanne Brook Ocracoke staff report Steve and Brandy Payment of Orlando, ...

Text and photos by Peter Vankevich Over the past 10 years, Ocracoke has been a wintering ground for three fascinating bird species. In 2018 a ...

C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer By Sam Walker SamWalkerOBXNews.com President Donald Trump has issued an executive order that tells the National ...

A shrimp trawler in the Pamlico Sound. Photo by P. Vankevich/Ocracoke Observer “Don’t you get tired of the fight?” someone asked after the June 17 Ocracoke Civic & Business Association ...

The free Ocracoke Village Tram runs from 10:30 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily to Sept. 15 and stops at 10 places in the village. Photo: C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer Monday, July 7Ocracoke Community ...

P. Vankevich/Ocracoke Observer By Connie Leinbach Every year the Ocrafolk Music & Storytelling Festival aims to bring some new ...