Susie O’Neal, manager of the Ocracoke Seafood Company, was at the State Legislative Building in Raleigh on Tuesday along with hundreds of North Carolinian shrimpers, sea food workers and ...

Shrimp-ban protesters continue to work the North Carolina Legislature in Raleigh on June 25. Photo by Bob Phillips By Connie Leinbach A cheer went up in the hallways of the N.C. State Legislative ...

Fowler and Chloe O’Neal. Photo courtesy of the family. Chloe Ann O’Neal, 88, of Ocracoke passed away peacefully at home on June 21, 2025, surrounded by her family. Born April 4, 1937, on ...

From our news services A weather pattern known as a “heat dome” is setting up over a large portion of the continental United States, and will bring dangerously hot conditions to the ...

Ocracoke Islanders Tom and Carol Pahl are on a trek around the United States (following 70-degree weather) and will report back from time to ...

C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer Monday, June 23:Ocracoke Oyster Company: Bryan Mayer, 7:30 pm Tuesday, June 24:Ocracoke Community Library: Open ...

If HB422 in the N.C. Legislature passes on Tuesday, the Ocracoke fish house will no longer have locally harvested shrimp. Photo: C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer By Morty Gaskill As many of the ...

C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer Editor’s note: This story was corrected to say that shrimp trawling could be banned if N.C. House Bill 442 is passed.

P. Vankevich/Ocracoke Observer By Connie Leinbach The N.C. Senate on Thursday, after a third reading, passed House Bill 442 that includes ...

Reading Program for Kids and Families will kick off on Saturday, June 14, with a Foam ‘n’ Fun party in front of the library at 225 Back Road. Wear a bathing suit and ...

Mariah Temple, right, receives her scholarship from Greg Honeycutt. Submitted story by Emmy Benton, Outer Banks Community Foundation. Photos courtesy of the Outer Banks Community Foundation Greg ...

Text and photos by Michael J. Meyer Anyone who has visited Ocracoke Island knows how special it is: from stunning sunsets to magnificent views of the Milky Way on a moonless night after a cold ...