Ocracoke Tourism Development Authority The Ocracoke Fig Festival is Aug. 1-2 at the Berkley Barn on Ocracoke Island in North Carolina. For more information on the festival visit, ...

From OcracokeObserver.com The Eastern glass lizard (Ophisaurus ventralis) became an object of fascination for me when I saw ...

The Ocracoke Health Center will hold its fourth Seafood Festival fundraising benefit from 3:00 p.m. to 10:00 p.m. Saturday, ...

The NWS Newport/Morehead City NC issued an updated weather alert at 8:32 p.m. on Friday for strong thunderstorms until 9 p.m.

Two swimmers were rescued from rip currents by lifeguards at Emerald Isle beach near Bogue Inlet Pier in Carteret County on ...

The much-anticipated Fig Cake Bake-off is the showpiece of the Ocracoke Fig Festival Aug. 1 & 2. Photo: C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer The Ocracoke community will celebrate the summer’s fig ...

On Friday at 1:15 p.m. the NWS Newport/Morehead City NC issued a beach hazards statement in effect until 8 p.m. for Ocracoke ...

An angler spent 45 minutes off the coast of North Carolina reeling in a fish as his buddies kept hauling in their catches, ...

The U.S. dollar has fallen to its lowest value since 1973. Here's what that means. ‘We have lost two champions’: Portuguese Football Federation statement in full after deaths of Diogo Jota and Andre ...

We leave the Outer Banks and make our way towards the mainland of North Carolina. Along the way, we take two ferries stopping at Ocracoke Island which is a small town on a little island that is only ...

Hatteras Island, in North Carolina's Outer Banks, is the perfect summer vacation destination.

Erosion and sea-level rise threaten South Dock, the Hatteras Inlet ferry terminal on Ocracoke Island and nearby NC 12 highway on North Carolina’s Outer Banks.