By Outer Banks Voice on April 4, 2026 Evening view of Ocracoke Inlet. Photo by Matt Janson Shortly before 8 p.m. on Saturday, April 4, the External Affairs Office of the U.S. Coast Guard’s East ...

Ocracoke Islander Eddie O’Neal will be the featured carver at the Ocracoke Waterfowl Festival April 17 and 18 in the Ocracoke School Commons. Text and photos by Peter Vankevich Waterfowl memories ...

Justin LeBlanc, executive director of the Ocracoke Access Alliance, talks about ferry sustainability and tolls at the March 31 meeitng in the Ocracoke Community Center. Photo: C. Leinbach/Ocracoke ...

The old courthouse in Swan Quarter was the home of the former MATTIE Arts Center. Photo courtesy of MATTIE The nonprofit “Friends of Hyde County’s Historic 1854 Courthouse” in Swan Quarter has ...

By Joy Franklin, Carolina Commentary An unprecedented assault on the media by a sitting President and a landscape changed by technology continue to erode one of the pillars of self-government and ...

Ocracoke has a lot of off-island friends, and one of its biggest supporters is the Outer Banks Community Foundation. In Fiscal Year 2025, the foundation received $2.8 million in donor gifts and ...

The N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Marine Fisheries is accepting applications for commercial and recreational ...

C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer Ocracoke Access Alliance to discuss the future of ferry service, including tolls & the impact to ...

Fletcher O’Neal Ocracoke native David Fletcher O’Neal, known as Fletcher, 51, passed away peacefully on March 18, 2026, in Norfolk, Virginia. Born on February 20, 1975, in Newport ...

C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer Monday, March 23:Ocracoke Alive: Spanish/English Coffee hour, 8:30 to 9:30 am. Ocracoke Alive: Envisioning the future ...

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 ...