RALEIGH, N.C. North Carolina’s 100 county boards of elections on Monday, Jan. 12, began sending absentee-by-mail ballots to registered voters who requested a ballot for the 2026 primary ...

Lake Mattamuskeet Lodge along New Holland Road, Hyde County. Photo: C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer From our news services The Mattamuskeet Lodge Society will host an open house at the historic ...

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 ...

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C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer Monday, Jan. 12Ocracoke School Middle School girls and boys basketball teams play away at Columbia. Tuesday, Jan. 13Ocracoke ...

Ocracoke on the last day of 2025. Photo by Dennis McCunney By Peter Vankevich The birds of Ocracoke proved watcher-friendly for the annual Christmas Bird Count held on Dec. 31. For the second ...

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C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer MANNS HARBOR – People will have a chance to set sail on a rewarding career as the North Carolina Ferry Division ...

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The sandbag area on the north end of NC12 on Ocracoke during a high wind event in November. Photo: C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer NC State University professor Dr. K.C. Busch is seeking further ...

Robert Michial Hornung, 92, of Swansboro and formerly of Ocracoke, died January 4, 2026. Born March 31, 1933, in Nyack, New York, Bob was a son of Edward Hornung and Elizabeth Smith. He was ...