A quilt made from Ocracoke T-shirts will be raffled on Dec. 15. Photo courtesy of Ocracoke Island Realty. Funds raised from Ocracoke Island Realty’s annual quilt raffle go to their Christmas Cheer ...

It’s looking like Christmas on Ocracoke when Heather Johnson, left, and Claire Senseney sell their homemade wreaths out of local cedar greens on the first Sunday in December. Photo: C.

As the north end of Ocracoke continues to be overwashed during King Tides and nor’easters, the Hyde County Board of Commissioners has asked Gov. Josh Stein to step in. During its November board ...

Hyde County is launching a Citizens Academy, a free educational program designed by local governments to teach citizens how their local government operates. The academy has three main goals: to ...

By Connie Leinbach Ocracoke’s Bread of Life Food Pantry took home more than $20,000 on Dec. 5 after a raffle that included two of best-selling author Patricia Cornwell’s books ended.

Ticket sales will end today (Dec. 4) at 6 p.m. and the drawing will be held at 4 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 5. It’s not every day that the raffling of a famous author’s book goes off the rails. That’s what ...

Santa will be at the Ocracoke Variety Store for rides and refreshments from 4:30 to 6 pm Thursday, Dec. 4. Photo: C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer For what’s open and closed on Ocracoke, click here.

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On a morning nearing the first day of spring, a lingering winter chill evident outside the kitchen from where he sat, David Tweedie picked up a four-string violin and began to play. Sitting on a ...