Ocracoke News

The 18th annual New Bern Heart Ball hopes to raise more than $70,000 this year to aid the American Heart Association's research and education on heart disease, the number one killer of Americans.

Brieanna from Ocracoke, North Carolina tells about how the murder of Emmett Till was a catalyst for the start of the Civil Rights Movement.

The N.C. Department of Transportation's Ferry Division will miss two departures on the Cedar Island-Ocracoke route Wednesday, Feb.

After reading Mr. Siceloff's article in the News & Observer dated on Jan. 21, I feel it is time to write.

A scheduled inspection is due for the motor vessel Carteret, so a 10 a.m. departure from Cedar Island and a 1 p.m. departure from Ocracoke have been canceled.

Mattamuskeet Elementary School fifth-grader Juan Galena Rajas created the winning bookmark in a recent contest sponsored by the Hyde Soil and Water Conservation District.

Kelly's Outer Banks Restaurant and Tavern is once again hosting the 23rd annual Kelly's St.

The North Carolina General Assembly mandated in 2011 that the N.C. Department of Transportation increase ferry revenue up to $5 million annually.

The Coast Guard marked the channel between Hatteras and Ocracoke on Thursday, Jan.

Josephus Daniels served as Secretary of the Navy under President Woodrow Wilson during World War I. Daniels was born in Washington, NC during the Civil War.

It is winter on Ocracoke. It is my first winter on Ocracoke, and I really didn't know what to expect.

Every now and then a visitor to Ocracoke will notice a cast iron decoy in an islander's outbuilding, yard, or porch.

Officials say travelers using the Hatteras-to-Ocracoke ferry route could face delays due to extreme shoaling in the channel between the two islands.

The North Carolina Ferry Division has been mandated to raise $5 million to satisfy a budget demand from the NC General Assembly.

Day in and day out, in all kinds of weather, ferries ply our state's shallow sounds and broad coastal rivers.