Experience genuine community warmth and a slower, more mindful way of living these small towns in America offer.

According to the National Park Service’s website, 779 lighthouses remain standing across the United States. Though many say ...

Fish-fry fundraisers help those in need The ‘staff’ at the cook shack behind the Ocracoke Volunteer Fire Department serve up plates for the fund raiser for John Simpson. From left are Alex ...

Outer Banks was actually filmed predominantly in South Carolina, despite its North Carolina setting. The beaches of North ...

and especially to announce a new partnership with the Community Care Clinic of Dare for the benefit of our restaurant ...

The N.C. Department of Transportation’s popular Hatteras-Ocracoke route will be making the annual switch to its regular ...

Ocracoke Island will celebrate colonial life in the 1700s with a living history encampment and the Battle of Ocracoke during Blackbeard’s Pirate Jamboree Friday, Nov. 1 and Saturday, Nov. 2, on ...

C. Leinbach The following is a list of the establishments on Ocracoke that are open or closed for the season. This list will be updated as the Observer ...

Celebrate 50 years of Hello Kitty with exciting updates for Hello Kitty Island Adventure! Enjoy new avatar palettes, festive recipes, outfits for you and Hello Kitty & Friends, bubble-rific ...

Mark Thomas Justice, 69, of Ocracoke, NC passed away peacefully on October 15, 2024, at ECU Health Medical Center in Greenville, NC. Born on November 26, 1954, in Baltimore, MD, Mark lived a life ...

Originally settled in the mid-1600s by people who were shipwrecked (literally), Harbour Island is a pearl in the Sargasso Sea. Living here, we are reminded daily of the beauty of the pink sands ...