Falyn Owens, a NCWRC biologist, explains coyote biology. Photo: C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer By Connie Leinbach The U.S. Department of Agriculture Wildlife Service caught and euthanized three ...

By Sam Walker Forecasters are warning that a long-duration coastal storm will bring several days of strong northeast winds, flooding, and ocean overwash to the Outer Banks beginning Thursday and ...

Photo: P. Vankevich/Ocracoke Observer From our news services The National Weather Forecast Office in Newport/Morehead City issued a heads-up Monday afternoon (Oct. 6) regarding upcoming unsettled ...

Kristen Merryman of the NC. Digital Heritage Center accepts newspapers from Observer publishers, Peter Vankevich and Connie Leinbach, editor. Photo by Paul Jones Researchers now have an easy way ...

C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer Editor’s Note: The Public School Forum of North Carolina submitted this commentary. For nearly 40 years it has served as a nonpartisan ...

C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer Monday, Oct. 6Hyde County Board of Commissioners, 6 pm. Livestreamed in the Community Center. See agenda here and below.

Ocracoke Islander Gene Ballance talks about commercial fishing at last year’s Working Watermen’s Festival. Photo: C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer Note: In case of inclement weather, the festival ...

C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer National parks will remain partially open during the government shutdown which began at midnight, according to ...

The budget process in Raleigh is always complex. Appropriation proposals in the committee conferences are always more than the funding that is available. That’s normal. What shouldn’t be normal is the ...