Michele Reynolds Leigh Michele Williams Reynolds, age 62, of Ocracoke, and formerly of Raleigh, passed away peacefully on Tuesday, April 22, in the LiveWell Brassfield Memory Care Facility. She ...

When the threat of rip currents is high, lifeguards place yellow-and-red caution flags on the beach. Feel free to talk to the lifeguards at the Day Use Area and swim there, too. Photo: C. Leinbach ...

C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer By Connie Leinbach In the next weeks the N.C. Legislature will hammer out a two-year budget that may or may not include a toll ...

Elizabeth O’Meara with her Canvasback by Mark Justice. Text and photos by Connie Leinbach Elizabeth O’Meara of Clemmons had never been to a decoy festival and won the first prize of the raffle – a ...

C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer Monday, May 26 (Memorial Day):1718 Brewing Ocracoke: Raygun Ruby, 7 pm Tuesday, May 27Ocracoke Oyster Company: Bryan ...

C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer By Connie Leinbach An Ocracoke institution and destination since 1979, Howard’s Pub has been sold to Colin Wiseman of Nags Head.

OCFD volunteers respond to helicopter medevacs at the airport at all hours of the day and night. Photo: P. Vankevich/Ocracoke Observer It may be a bit unusual for an editorial to start with, “Hey, ...

Edith Midgett O’Neal beloved and oft quoted mother and grandmother of Ocracoke and Rodanthe, N.C., was called home on May 15. Edith O’Neal Born on April 21, 1937, she was a daughter of the ...