Hatteras, NC

By Connie Leinbach The most devastating insult yet to Ocracoke is the N.C. Legislature ending residential priority loading on the Hatteras ferry, said Hyde County Manager Kris Noble at the Wednesday Board of Commissioners meeting. Noble’s remark preceded the commissioners’ unanimous approval (Sept. 2) of a resolution asking the legislature to amend the recently passed […] The post Hyde Commissioners approve resolutions to retain residential priority loading and to eliminate all ferry t

By Connie Leinbach The N.C. Ferry Division will hold a meeting in Ocracoke School gym at 6 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 9, to discuss the Jan. 1 start for tolling the Hatteras ferry and the pending discontinuance of residential priority passes. Ocracoke Access Alliance (OAA), Ocracoke’s lobbying group, is seeking to delay that start due to […] The post Meeting on ferry tolls set for Sept. 9; residential priority passes could be invalid as of Jan. 1. appeared first on Ocracoke Observer.

A July 24th flooding event that closed NC-12 is the direct reason for a community meeting being held by Dare County and the North Carolina Department of Transportation on Tuesday night in Buxton.

Tuesday, Aug. 18:OPS Porch Talks: Karen Amspacher and Katherine Anarde talk about Core Sound and Down East,1 pm. Tuesdays and Thursdays at 1 pm. See http://www.ocracokepreservationsociety.org for updated schedule. Ocracoke Civic & Business Assn. will attend the NC12 meeting at 6 pm in the Fessenden Center in Hatteras. See story here: https://ocracokeobserver.com/2026/08/07/dare-to-host-community-meeting-on-recent-nc-12-closure/ Jolly Roger: Nick […] The post Ocracoke events Aug. 17 to

Coastal Family Collaborative has now secured $35,000 in startup money from Dare County and plan to bring childcare back to the former daycare building, under a new name, by the beginning of 2027.

By Sam Walker Samwalkerobxnews.com A maritime development team is exploring electric passenger ferry service between Buxton and Ocracoke. PamliEcoConnect is proposing service involving Ocracoke and Buxton and three mainland communities: Vandemere in Pamlico County, along with Engelhard and Belhaven. The initial route concept centered on Ocracoke, Buxton and Vandemere, a waterfront town on the Bay […] The post Electric ferry team proposes Ocracoke, Hatteras links to mainland appeared first

Tuesday, August 11th. Day 223 of 2026 Happy Son and Daughter Day ! 1909: The American ship Arapahoe became the first to ever use the SOS distress signal off the coast of Cape Hatteras, North Carolina 1929: Babe Ruth hits his 500th homer 1934: Alcatraz, in San Francisco Bay, received federal prisoners for the first […]