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WEBSep 15, 2024 — The Ocracoke Observer website won first place in the 2020-2021 NCPA contest Online Division, plus four other awards. Winner of 10 awards in 2019, including first place for breaking news coverage of Hurricane Dorian.
Ocracoke Observer | Community newspaper of Ocracoke, NC
WEBSherry Leigh Atkinson, 62, of Ocracoke, passed away peacefully on Sept. 9, 2024, in ECU Health Medical Center, Greenville, in the company of her loving wife, Laura Michaels. Born on December 2, 1961, in Fayetteville, Cumberland County, she was a daughter of the late Heidrun Jones and Bill Atkinson.
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WEBMore ocean overwash reported Monday evening on Ocracoke, road closed–updated. September 16, 2024 0. NCDOT at 8:21 p.m. Monday, Sept. 16, closed the north end of Ocracoke until 2 p.m. Sept. 17. See graphic below.
Ocracoke’s nurse practitioner to retire | Ocracoke Observer
WEB1 day ago — Photo: C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer Gail Covington, a family nurse practitioner on Ocracoke, will retire at the end of December. She made the decision after learning that her supervising physician also is retiring. In North Carolina, nurse practitioners must have a supervising physician, and they can take 10 to 20 percent of her patient….
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WEBWhat’s Happening on Ocracoke: Dr. Jeremy Sexton and Joe Rockenstein, CEO of the Ocracoke Health Center, 11:30 am. WOVV, 90.1 FM, wovv.org. Mini Bar at Ocracoke Coffee: Kate McNally, 6-8 pm. Ocracoke Oyster Company: Shane Thomas, 7:30 pm. 1718 Brewing Ocracoke: Barefoot Wade, 7 pm. The Breeze: High Gain Haze, 9 pm.
Coastal overwash threat continue along parts of Outer Banks this …
WEBSep 23, 2024 — NC12 on Ocracoke's north end around 1:30 p.m. Sept. 22. NCDOT photo From our news services The National Weather Service is forecasting that although abnormally high tides have already peaked and are on the downtrend, but will still produce minor to locally moderate coastal flooding into Tuesday, according to a press release issued Sunday afternoon.…
New task force to tackle N.C. 12 hotspots | Ocracoke Observer
WEBAugust 3, 2021. 4831. 2. This slide from David Hallac’s slide presentation, “Science surrounding NC12 hotspots,” shows a prediction of sea level rise on Ocracoke. Update: The Aug. 17 meeting of the Ocracoke Waterways Commission has been canceled. By Connie Leinbach. The “longest driveway in the world,” which leads to Ocracoke, needs help.
Ocracoke gets through a few stormy days | Ocracoke Observer
WEBOct 1, 2022 — The N.C. Ferry Division announced Friday evening that the Hatteras-Ocracoke ferry route will resume regular service as of 5 a.m. Saturday morning. The Pamlico Sound ferry routes, Ocracoke/Cedar Island/Swan Quarter, also resumed normal schedules on Saturday. Water was on N.C. 12 north of the pony pens and it was reported that the sandbags along ...
Groundbreaking kicks off light station renovation
WEBDecember 11, 2023. 1052. 1. Officials break ground on renovating the Ocracoke Light Station complex on Dec. 7. Photo: C. Leinbach. Observer staff report. Calling it perhaps the most innovative project the National Park Service has done since moving of the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse, David E. Hallac, superintendent, National Parks of Eastern North ...
NPS approves Ocracoke light station renovation
WEBAug 25, 2022 — The National Park Service has approved and selected a plan to rehabilitate the Ocracoke Light Station. After evaluating three alternatives, the NPS selected and approved the preferred alternative, which allows for the elevating of the double keepers’ quarters by four feet, and raising the carpenter’s shop, store house, privy and generator ...