Local news for our Members and readers everywhere
I’ve previously mentioned Ryan Craig, the publisher-editor of the Todd County Standard in Elkton, Kentucky. He once advised local farmers to attend an important county zoning meeting that he knew would affect them seriously. When very few turned out for the meeting, he confronted them as to why they didn’t show. They answered that they knew he’d be there, and they’d decide what to do about the zoning issue based on what he wrote. They were entrusting their very livelihoods to his newspaper coverage. What a tremendous compliment — and responsibility.
Most of you are aware that when Becky and I bought the Town Crier in 2013, our objective was to save a real local newspaper for our Hill community. Currently, with four water districts, a fire protection district and a historical review board making decisions as to how to spend your tax dollars and what you get for them, one priority was coverage of these local governmental agencies. We at the Town Crier know you can’t attend all our local governmental agency meetings, so we cover them for you.
There are many other local public service organizations, arts and entertainment productions, charities, clubs, etc. we report on, in addition to emergency services, political campaigns, schools and more. That’s important work.
The Idyllwild Town Crier is for sale, and we want you to know — and we want potential buyers to know — that we intend to find a new owner or new owners who will carry on the TC’s more than 75 continuous years of real newspaper coverage of the most important and interesting happenings in our community.
