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Small town loses paper, residents fill gap online

Posted by Don Day on April 27, 2008

When the town of Orting, WA lost its hometown weekly – several residents banded together to keep the information flowing online. The Orting Gazette turned off the presses in March – but now the new Orting News online site features community news submitted by the public, with a special emphasis on high school sports. The Gazette’s former editor is even pitching into help the new online effort.

Also: The Capital Times newspaper in Madison, WS, goes entirely online