The first stop in WRAL's summer tour of North Carolina's Nooks and Crannies lies on the far eastern edge of the state map: Ocracoke Island. Posted 2010-06-04T15:13:42+00:00 - Updated 2010-06-05T12 ...

OCRACOKE, N.C. — Parts of North Carolina Highway 12 on Ocracoke Island will reopen Wednesday afternoon, a day after closing due to ocean overwash. The road closure stretched between the Ocracoke ...

OCRACOKE N.C. (WAVY) — The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) has announced that NC12 on Ocracoke Island will remain closed for the next several days due to severe ocean overwash.

HGTV included Ocracoke Island, at the southern tip of the state’s Outer Banks region, on its 50 most charming small towns in America list. “Residents of Ocracoke Island, North Carolina, ...

Accessible only by ferry or private plane, the 16-mile-long barrier island has one main highway and a single village, Ocracoke, with a population of 797, according to the 2020 Census.