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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

Summer blooms at the Island Inn Commons garden. Photo: C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer Monday, June 23:Ocracoke Oyster Company: Bryan Mayer, 7:30 pm Tuesday, June 24:Ocracoke Community Library: Open Art ...

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 Outer Banks and ...

By Morty Gaskill. As many of the readers of this publication are aware, there is currently a bill before the NC House of Representatives, HB442, that would ban shrimp trawling in all inshore waters ...

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

Ocracoke School Graduation class of 2025. Photo by Luke Davis ...

By Peter Vankevich Pat Garber’s goal as a young girl was to grow up and have lots of stories to tell, and that she has accomplished both from a fascinating life she has led and the opportunity to ...