More than 18,000 people rode the state’s Ocracoke Express passenger ferry during its 2025 run – marking the service’s highest ridership since 2022.

North Carolina officials said the state’s Ocracoke Express passenger ferry saw its highest ridership in three years.

The Ocracoke Express passenger ferry at dock in Silver Lake Harbor, Ocracoke. Text and photo by Peter Vankevich Despite several days of disruptions to the Hatteras Inlet ferry service this fall ...

Highway 12 on Ocracoke Island reopened at 5 p.m. this afternoon. Vehicle ferry service between Hatteras and Ocracoke has also resumed.

The village of Ocracoke, which is hosting the Ocracoke Pirate Jamboree this weekend, remains accessible by passenger ferry ...

Evening vehicle ferry departure from Swan Quarter also added The N.C. Department of Transportation’s Ferry Division will be running the Ocracoke Express passenger ferry through the ...

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OCRACOKE, N.C. (WAVY) — NC 12 on Hatteras Island reopened around 5 p.m. Monday, but it remains closed on Ocracoke Island due to ocean overwash. NCDOT’s update Sunday morning noted a nor’easter had ...

OUTER BANKS, N.C. (WITN) - More clean-up crews were brought in via ferry this morning as Highway 12 remains closed on Ocracoke. The NCDOT says Highway 12 on Ocracoke Island is still closed between the ...

NC 12 remains closed on Hatteras & Ocracoke Monday as crews rebuild dunes damaged by the nor’easter. How a DNA test solved a medical mystery – and revealed a doctor’s decades of deception Raiders ...

OCRACOKE, N.C. — Worsening weather conditions have resulted in a part of North Carolina Highway 12 closed and all three Outer Banks ferry services suspended Saturday afternoon. Jamie Kritzer, ...