This story was originally published by AP News. Dozens of communities in the Midwest and West learned Thursday they had lost their newspapers after an Illinois-based publisher announced it would ...

Medill’s State of Local News 2025 report once again captures the changing shape of America’s local news landscape — and the expanding concern over news deserts. The report, which is ...

More than half of U.S. counties are now news deserts, leaving 50 million Americans with little to no local reporting on their ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. -- Dozens of communities in the Midwest and West learned Thursday they had lost their newspapers after an Illinois-based publisher announced it would abruptly close because of ...

A century and a half ago, Lenoir got its first newspaper, the “Caldwell Messenger.” The weekly, four-page paper has undergone a series of name and ownership changes and moved between six physical ...

WINSLOW, Ariz. — It’s no secret that small-town newspapers are struggling to survive in the digital age. Across the United States, hundreds of local papers have folded in recent years, leaving behind ...

Some 136 newspapers in the United States have closed in the past year, news deserts are expanding and web traffic to the nation’s top newspapers has dropped markedly this decade, according to a report ...

SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (AP) — A dozen recently shuttered newspapers across Wyoming and South Dakota are set to publish again, after buyers stepped up within days to prevent the rural communities from ...

In an era defined by constant connectivity and digital overload, the traditional newspaper continues to hold its ground, evolving in form but not in purpose, outgrowing the "paper" in its name. Even ...