About

The OBX Brief is the Outer Banks, daily, in five minutes.

Every morning by 6:45am, one email covers what happened from Corolla to Ocracoke: the top story, town and county government, beach and water conditions, tides, roads and ferries, real estate, the music scene, a little trivia, and one good thing. In less than five minutes you can save hours of algorithm dominated doomscrolling.

How it works

The Brief find news on and around the OBX, the National Weather Service, NCDOT alerts, and the National Hurricane Center — so one skim covers it all. Every item links to its source. Credit goes where the reporting happened.

The rules the Brief is written by

• Facts, not takes. No opinions, no directives, no hype.
• Third person, always. The Brief reports on the Outer Banks; it doesn't claim to speak for it.
• Respectful.

Who's behind it

The OBX Brief is written and edited on the Banks' schedule by a small crew that reads everything so you don't have to. It's free. If it's useful, share it with someone who loves this stretch of sand.