Hyde County Sheriff’s Department has confirmed that the death of Ocracoke islander Daniel Patrick Isbrecht, 40, of Cutting Sage Road on Jan. 19, is under investigation. Deputies responding ...

Michele White. Michele White, 71, of Ocracoke, died peacefully at home Jan. 20 after a short battle with cancer. She was the companion of Barney Bielecki. Born Nov. 17, 1953, she was a daughter of ...

Daniel Isbrecht. Photo courtesy of the family. Islander Daniel Patrick Isbrecht, 40, passed away on January 19, 2025, on Ocracoke, NC. Born Jan. 4, 1985, in Greenville, Daniel graduated from Cape ...

Martin Luther King Jr. gives his “I Have a Dream” speech, an impassioned plea for equal rights regardless of skin color, on Aug. 28, 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial. Op-ed by Josh Stein, ...

Peter Vankevich By Peter Vankevich There is always a bit of excited anticipation for birders who participate in a Christmas Bird Count.

Will Ocracoke see a winter wonderland this week as it did like this on Jan. 19, 2018? Photo: C. Leinbach From our news services The NC Weather Forecast Office out of Newport/Morehead City has ...

“Our liberty depends on the freedom of the press, and that cannot be limited without being lost.” – Thomas Jefferson ...

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Looking south from the beach side of the Pea Island Visitors Center. Photo: C. Leinbach From our news services Work will begin Friday (Jan. 17) to place massive sandbags alongside N.C. 12 at the ...