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The Outer Banks Voice
U.S. local/community
The Outer Banks Voice is a locally owned digital news outlet serving the Outer Banks region of North Carolina, primarily Dare County. It is owned by radio broadcaster Rick Loesch and veteran journalist Mark Jurkowitz, and focuses on community news — local government, business, environment, and tourism. Its coverage of Trump administration policies is limited to reporting local impacts, particularly on issues like coastal policy and immigration, without an overt partisan orientation.
Owned byRick Loesch (owner of East Carolina Radio Inc.) and Mark Jurkowitz, who co-purchased the outlet in July 2019; originally founded in 2010 by journalist Rob Morris and blogger/banker Russ Lay
LeaningU.S. local/community
On the administrationmostly neutral
2average bias score across 1 story
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun
1 = straight reporting · 10 = heavily spun