The writing styles vary in these publications, ranging from highly editorialized and a more laid-back approach to a tighter, stricter journalistic structure. Even though a couple of the smaller papers frequently disregard The Associated Press Stylebook rules, these publications offer a wealth of local information. The Virginian-Pilot Nags Head Bureau, U.S. Hwy. Pilot Sunday-circulation is 235,000 total, with close to 17,000 of that number going to the Outer Banks and northeastern North Carolina. A separate North Carolina section is published daily, with articles and photographs composed by an Outer Banks-based news staff, but this section also includes lots of coastal Virginia news due to our proximity to the state line and the small amount of hard news the Outer Banks generates.
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The Coast , a free, weekly entertainment and news publication produced by The Virginian-Pilot , is available each weekend at grocery and general stores and other locations throughout the Outer Banks from March through December. It is published monthly in January and February. The Coast also is delivered as part of the Sunday edition of The Virginian-Pilot to North Carolina newsstands and subscribers. Reporters cover Dare, Hyde, and Tyrrell counties. Pick up this paper for wedding, birth, obituary, reunion, community, and civic club information.