Cape Canaveral was one of the first North American lands encountered by European explorers at the beginning of the sixteenth century.

As reported earlier in the Ocracoke Observer, Cape Hatteras National Seashore confirmed that on the morning of May 12, a leatherback sea turtle nested on Ocracoke Island—the first sea turtle nest ...

Houses on the Cape Hatteras National Seashore in recent years almost routinely fall into the ocean. What can be done to fix ...

The seashore’s five lifeguarded beaches will be staffed daily from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. between Memorial Day weekend and Labor ...

DARE COUNTY, N.C. (WAVY) — The Cape Hatteras Lighthouse renovation in Dare County is taking longer than expected. Visitors to ...

You’ll have to look from the ground up to admire the Cape Hatteras Lighthouse this summer. Due to ongoing renovations, the lighthouse will not open for climbing this year, the National Park Service ...

The first sea turtle nest of the 2026 season has been documented at the Cape Hatteras National Seashore, with the discovery ...

C. Leinbach/Ocracoke Observer MANTEO, N.C. — Cape Hatteras National Seashore will staff five lifeguarded beaches this year from 9 a.m.

Park officials reopened more than a mile of beach in Buxton following a soil testing and cleanup effort by the Army Corps of ...