that said,"It is with both sadness and happiness that I tell you that this week's newspaper is the last one I will send to you. After 60 years and more operating the newspaper plus being a ‘printer’s devil' during my growing years this will be different, but I expect to join the crowd of retired people."
The final editions of eight weekly newspapers rest on a table at the North Dakota Newspaper Association office in Bismarck, North Dakota, on Aug. 16, 2023.Ness Press had two employees and three or four volunteers, Ken Ness said. The eight papers printed about 1,400 to 1,500 copies, he said. Ness Press also provided printing services.
Other North Dakota newspapers have closed or nearly closed in recent years, some of them the only paper in their county.Newspaper advocates have warned of"news deserts," or areas without local newspaper coverage, as a detriment to communities. Get all the stories you need-to-know from the most powerful name in news delivered first thing every morning to your inbox