news desert
Out of the news desert: Bellingham to get a new startup
August 15, 2021
Jim Simon / Post Alley
A local newspaper owner has announced he will launch a new for-profit local news site supplemented by a weekly print piece in Bellingham in January.
Community Voices / Erosion in local news threatens democracy
November 27, 2020
William Dietrich
Local dailies in Northwest Washington are turning into ghosts — ghost newspapers, existing in name but no longer having the staff or the commitment to cover local and regional news. The trend is part of a national crisis that’s been accelerating at warp speed since 1990.