User:Russlay/Outer banks voice

The Outer Banks Voice is an online only website devoted to news and features concerning the Outer Banks region of Dare and Currituck counties. The new site concentrates on the Outer Banks towns of Duck, Southern Shores, Kitty Hawk, Kill Devil Hills, Nags Head and Manteo. In addition, it covers news from Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands, the lower Currituck mainland communities of Grandy, Jarvisburg, and Point Harbor, as well as the Currituck beach villages of Corolla and Corova.

The news site commenced operation in February 2010 and is co-owned by Rob Morris, the former North Carolina editor for the Norfolk,Virginia based Virginian-Pilot and Russ Lay, a retired Dare County commercial lender,adjunct community college professor and local blogger. Rob Morris retains the title of Editor and is responsible for the content which is posted. The news site encourages reader comments to stories on their main website as well as an associated Facebook page.In addition to traditional print news stories and editorials, the Outer Banks Voice also features video and audio reports.

The Outer Banks Voice is advertiser supported.

The site often collaborates with the Hatteras Island based Island Free Press,another Dare County online-only news site focused on Hatteras and Ocracoke Islands.