The U.S. Coast Guard located a boat from New Haven, the “Hot Chocolate,” on Tuesday after it failed to reach its destination in North Carolina.

Following a communications outage on Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands on Wednesday – the third outage of 2025 – community-wide ...

“She lived on this island for 77 years and never left, not even for a day,” Alton Ballance told us about a woman who spent her entire life on Ocracoke Island, North Carolina. Except for the ...

“She lived on this island for 77 years and never left, not even for a day,” Alton Ballance told us about a woman who spent her entire life on Ocracoke Island, North Carolina. Except for the ...

They say the traditional Westcounty accent is dying out but on one remote island more than 3,000 miles away they still speak a dialect with more than a hint of the old country. The people of Ocracoke ...

The people of Ocracoke Island off the coast of North Carolina ... For many years its claim to fame was as the location of infamous pirate Blackbeard's last stand. Disconnected from the mainland ...

On Sunday at 8:20 p.m. a beach hazards statement was released by the NWS Newport/Morehead City NC valid for Monday between 7 a.m. and 8 p.m. for East Carteret and Ocracoke Island. "Dangerous rip ...

The NWS Newport/Morehead City NC issued a weather alert at 12:51 a.m. on Tuesday for strong thunderstorms until 1:15 a.m. for Ocracoke Island and Hatteras Island. Residents can look for wind gusts ...

Ocracoke Island, located at the southern end of OBX, is only reachable by ferry or private plane. Ferries leave from Hatteras Island as well as Swan Quarter and Cedar Island, located on the mainland.

The W. Stanford White Ferry carries passengers from Hatteras Village to Ocracoke Island past a dredging operation in the channel on June 30, 2021. Robert Willett [email protected] The ...