On Monday, May 18, the Town of Nags Head released this update on its imminent beach nourishment project. The dredge assigned to the south Nags Head beach nourishment project area is expected to ...

Outer Banks Voice At the Currituck Board of Commissioners meeting on Monday, May 18, County Manager Rebecca Gay unveiled a proposed Fiscal Year 2027 General Fund budget of ...

The N.C. Coastal Habitat Protection Plan Steering Committee will meet by web conference from 10 a.m. to noon on Wednesday, May 27.

On May 25, the N.C. Department of Environmental Quality’s Division of Marine Fisheries (DMF) will reopen some internal fishing waters to gill nets managed under the State’s Endangered Species Act ...

The Board held its first Community Meeting on May 11 at Jarvisburg Elementary School. Citizens are welcome to attend any meeting. Registration is preferred but not required to attend.

The N.C. Ferry System’s Swan Quarter-Ocracoke and Cedar Island-Ocracoke ferry routes will be adding service as planned beginning tomorrow as Pamlico Sound routes switch to their summer schedules.

Outer Banks Voice With oceanfront homes collapsing and beach erosion an increasing concern, the Currituck County Board of Commissioners is expected to approve a resolution ...

Don’t miss Wag the Vote! this coming Saturday, May 23rd, at Outer Banks Distilling, 510 Budleigh Street, Manteo, from 1-3 pm.

On April 29, the Dare County Tourism Board Special Committee for the Outer Banks Long-Range Tourism Management Plan (LRTMP) toured some of the most vulnerable areas along the Cape Hatteras ...

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 ...

Softball squad one win away from State Championship game  With two runs the bottom of the seventh inning, the Manteo High School softball team pulled out a thrilling 5-4 win at home over ...

The Cape Hatteras National Seashore has confirmed a water-related fatality in the ocean off Avon on Wedne3. Here is the information provided to the Voice at this time. On the afternoon of May 13, a ...