From our news services Nominations are now being accepted for the 2025 Governor’s Volunteer Service Award for Beaufort and Hyde counties and must be submitted by Feb. 18. The awards program, ...

Anyone who has visited the shores of the Outer Banks for more than a season has certainly seen the dramatic changes that occur across these narrow deposits of sand. The changes in these shifting sands ...

Tim Barnette sets up the Tekniam wireless network on the roof of the ballfield press box. Photo: C. Leinbach The Tekniam emergency internet backup system recently was expanded with the addition of ...

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C. Leinbach From our news services HATTERAS – Under a new state law, vendors serving Ocracoke Island who want priority loading on the N.C. Ferry System’s ...

For Ocracoke news, click here. By Connie Leinbach Vendors to Ocracoke have been purchasing passes to get into the priority loading lane for Ocracoke docks since Jan.

The Christmas tree on the Ocracoke Preservation Society porch. Photo: C. Leinbach Activities are at a minimum on Ocracoke Christmas week as islanders prepare for the holiday, but the Ocracoke ...

The headwaters of the Apalachicola River. Photo by Tom Pahl Editor’s note: Ocracoke Islanders Tom and Carol Pahl are on a trek around the United States (following 70-degree weather) and will ...

C. Leinbach By Connie Leinbach In the last several weeks, Ocracoke Islanders who get notices from the N.C. Ferry Division regarding route operations have received ...