The dawn of Donald Trump’s second term signaled a shift in efforts to bolster local news with government assistance. For several years, Congress had considered measures to provide tax credits that ...

The pop-up message “Website wants to look for and connect to any device on your local network” is a new permission prompt in Chrome or Edge that appears when you visit some specific websites. This new ...

Ms. Berman is the chief executive of the American Journalism Project. The Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, one of America’s oldest newspapers, announced this month that it would cease publication. The ...

Long a safe haven due to a reliable stream of retransmission fees and advertising dollars, local TV news stations are now facing a stark message as their industry faces the same financial pressures as ...

The list of troubles facing local news operations seems to go on forever. The rise in big box stores and ecommerce has made local newspaper retail advertising almost superfluous. The long-term decline ...

Washington legislators will have two opportunities in their upcoming session to support the local news industry, if they’re not completely focused on growing the state budget. State Sen. Marko Liias, ...

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Backaracks and KNEB presented a check to the Festival of Hope for the 13th annual Save A Rack auction on Nov. 11, for the grand total of $92,508.50. The funds, raised through the auction of over 104 ...

Our commentary is from former New York Times columnist Charles Blow, on a disappearing staple of communities everywhere: Local news is in crisis. By some estimates, more than 3,200 print newspapers ...

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The 2025 Medill State of Local News Report, produced by the Medill School of Journalism’s Local News Initiative, revealed a continued dramatic decline in local newspapers, with 136 outlets ...

Few events capture the spirit of an entire community like Thanksgiving in the Valley. Hosted annually at the Guadalupe Center in Scottsbluff, the meal has grown to an undertaking of monumental ...