OCRACOKE, N.C. — For the first time since Hurricane Dorian hit back in September, Ocracoke Island reopens to visitors. Dorian devastated Ocracoke when the storm made landfall on the Outer Banks on ...

As reported earlier in the Ocracoke Observer, Cape Hatteras National Seashore confirmed that on the morning of May 12, a leatherback sea turtle nested on Ocracoke Island—the first sea turtle nest ...

The North Carolina Ferry System will add service to two Pamlico Sound routes beginning May 19 as the routes switch to summer ...

Officials advise making reservations during the busy summer season.

N.C. 12 on Ocracoke Island will remain closed for several days due to “major ocean overwash” as low-pressure systems off the coast bring big surf and flooding high tides to the Outer Banks, the North ...

Residents of Ocracoke Island will be evacuated by air after catastrophic flooding on the Island from Hurricane Dorian. Hyde County says people that need to leave will be airlifted to Dare County and ...

HYDE Co., N.C. - The Ocracoke Control Group met Tuesday morning for updates on conditions from Isaias that impacted the island. The Hyde County Board of Commissioners has terminated the evacuation ...

OCRACOKE ISLAND, N.C. (WITN) - Ocracoke Island may soon have additional help in delivering supplies both before and after severe weather. The North Carolina Department of Transportation Division of ...

One of the things that makes the Outer Banks, a 200-mile stretch of barrier islands off the coast of North Carolina, so special is that each of its towns and islands has a personality and character of ...

OCRACOKE, N.C. — The main artery of the Outer Banks will reopen on Monday afternoon, days after sand and overwash from Hurricane Erin shut it down. The North Carolina Department of Transportation said ...