Fowler and Chloe O’Neal. Photo courtesy of the family. Chloe Ann O’Neal, 88, of Ocracoke passed away peacefully at home on June 21, 2025, surrounded by her family. Born April 4, 1937, on ...

From our news services A weather pattern known as a “heat dome” is setting up over a large portion of the continental United States, and will bring dangerously hot conditions to the ...

If HB422 in the N.C. Legislature passes on Tuesday, the Ocracoke fish house will no longer have locally harvested shrimp. Photo: C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer By Morty Gaskill As many of the ...

C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer Monday, June 23:Ocracoke Oyster Company: Bryan Mayer, 7:30 pm Tuesday, June 24:Ocracoke Community Library: Open ...

Ocracoke Islanders Tom and Carol Pahl are on a trek around the United States (following 70-degree weather) and will report back from time to ...

Ocracoke School Graduation class of 2025. Photo by Luke Davis ...

A shrimp boat in the Pamlico Sound. Photo: C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer Editor's note: This story was corrected to say that shrimp trawling could be banned if N.C. House Bill 442 is passed. It would ...

P. Vankevich/Ocracoke Observer By Connie Leinbach The N.C. Senate on Thursday, after a third reading, passed House Bill 442 that includes ...

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 ...