This may be the coolest island in the Outer Banks.

N.C. 12, the highway that runs down the spine of the Outer Banks, is constantly at risk of being covered in water and sand because of erosion and sea-level rise. Those forces also threaten one of the ...

Ocracoke Island is facing major erosion around the busy ferry terminal that connects it to Hatteras. But proposals to move the ferry docks are facing opposition. Drivers waiting on the ferry from ...

A group of Ocracoke Village business owners has added its voice to the chorus calling for Gov. Josh Stein to declare an emergency over the condition of N.C. Highway 12 on the Outer Banks. Justin ...

The popular Ocracoke Express passenger ferry is set to launch its eighth summer season on May 5, offering travelers a faster and more convenient way to reach Oc ...

OCRACOKE ISLAND, Hyde County (WCTI) — With re-entry restrictions now lifted on Ocracoke Island, the North Carolina Ferry System will be adjusting its Ocracoke-bound schedules to accommodate visitor ...

OCRACOKE, N.C. — The North Carolina Department of Transportation (NCDOT) is extending Ocracoke's passenger ferry service through the end of September after previous plans to end it on Labor Day. The ...

One of the things that makes the Outer Banks, a 200-mile stretch of barrier islands off the coast of North Carolina, so special is that each of its towns and islands has a personality and character of ...

The Ocracoke passenger-only ferry returns next week to shuttle people, but not their cars, between Hatteras and Ocracoke islands on the Outer Banks. Starting Tuesday, the ferry will carry up to 129 ...

The new passenger-only ferry that the state expected would begin carrying people between Hatteras and Ocracoke islands this summer won't be ready after all. The catamaran-style ferry was expected to ...

A fourth person has died from injuries suffered Saturday when a truck carrying fireworks for a July Fourth holiday display exploded on Ocracoke, an official confirmed today. Hyde County spokeswoman ...