Note: All voting numbers are unofficial and are from the NC Board of Elections website. By Peter VankevichHyde County will have two new county commissioners after the swearing-in ceremony that ...

A photo of Hurricane Helene devastation in western North Carolina. Photo by Cory Vaillancourt/Smokey Mountain News By Gary MitchellWhen I was in college in the 1970s, there was a lot of talk about ...

Skeletons–giant, life-size, small and animal–figured in heavily in the Halloween decorations judged in the Halloween decorating contest sponsored by the Ocracoke Civic & Business ...

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 ...

Part of the colonial encampment at Blackbeard’s Pirate Jamboree Nov. 1 & 2 on the Berkley Manor grounds. Photo: C. Leinbach “Witches Paddle” (paddle boarding in costume), 5 to 6:30 pm. Registration ...

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Observer staff report In the primary election on Tuesday, March 5, only the Lake Landing Township has an election for a Hyde County Commissioner. Randal Mathews,... As of Friday, Jan. 19, North ...