To our readers

BY LINDA SHAPLEY PUBLISHER

If you’ve paid even just a little bit of attention to the news industry in the past decade, you know that it’s struggling. What you may not know is that community newspapers nationwide are closing at the rate of two per week.

e work of our journalists continues to be so critical for our society. We’re dedicated to keeping your city councils or school boards accountable and informing you about businesses and groups that make your community the great place where you have decided to live.

But the fact of the matter is, the materials that it takes to get a newspaper to your front door — the newsprint, the ink, the transportation fuel — have skyrocketed in cost.

year. (We will still o er a discount for readers over age 65.)

At less than $2 a week, we believe that’s still a reasonable price to pay for news you often can’t nd anywhere else.

Our mission is to lower energy costs and provide the healthiest quality air possible. For anyone, business or residential, we will increase e ciency of your system by using the very latest techniques, the latest technologies and top of the line products. We will provide the highest quality of work possible. Our professional sta will assure a high level of professionalism that cannot be matched in our industry. We guarantee our products and services.

So while it’s not in our nature to make essential news less a ordable, we’ve come to the point where we must raise our prices. Beginning March 1, the price of a subscription to any of our paid publications and for all-access digital will be $85 per

If you’re not interested in a subscription, consider a contribution to bit.ly/give2CCM, or at the QR code above.

Local news is a public good. Raising these prices is how we’ll do even more for our communities in 2023. I am grateful for your support.