C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer Editor’s note: Background information about the ferry tolling process is at the end of this story. By Connie Leinbach If ...

One of the Ocracoke Tram stops is in the Community Square. Photo: C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer Hyde County is looking for a firm to manage the passenger trams that operate in Ocracoke Village ...

P. Vankevich/Ocracoke Observer Daily departures increase from 28 to 36 HATTERAS – With the onset of warmer weather and longer daylight hours, the N.C. Department of ...

Jamie Tunnell Carter Ocracoke Health Center Inc. has named Jamie Tunnell Carter as the organization’s next chief executive officer. Carter, a Hyde County native, has been with Ocracoke Health ...

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From our news services Mainland Hyde residents might have thought they suddenly went back in time during the week of Jan. 19 when a covered ...

We hope you enjoy your visit to our beautiful island, the last island of the Outer Banks, N.C. Ocracoke is the southernmost island of the Outer Banks, North Carolina. Ocracoke, in Hyde County, is very ...

In the March 3 primary, Hyde County voters will decide whether to approve a local sales tax increase. After reviewing the county’s voter information guide and the discussions at county ...

The popular Blackbeard flag flown today was never Blackbeard’s flag, according to irrefutable evidence. If the notorious pirate captain saw it, he wouldn’t know whose it was. Likely, he would have ...

Teresa Adams is back as the Ocracoke liaison to Hyde County. She will be in the office inside the Ocracoke Community Center, 999 Irvin Garrish Hwy, from 8 a.m. to noon Tuesdays and Thursdays where she ...

Being in the business of designing and building, I can’t help but look critically at every little bit of construction we drive by on our tour around the country. And that’s a lot of houses, churches, ...

An Ocracoke institution and destination since 1979, Howard’s Pub has been sold to Colin Wiseman of Nags Head. The sale was completed in May to Wiseman, who owns Mulligan’s in Nags Head, The Rundown ...