Community: Save the Weekly News

I was greatly moved by last week’s editorial, in which Ken Stern ponders the fate of our truly local newspaper, the La Conner Weekly News. I would urge you to read it if you have not, or to re-read it if you have.

We are in danger of losing a critically important component of our community. Social media and individual websites are not adequate replacements. We are uniquely blessed to have a locally owned paper dedicated to the interests of our community, with reporters actually reporting what is going on, often in depth, which you would never get on social media.

We support the historical, quilt and Northwest art museums – that’s great! But what about our local newspaper? La Conner is the site of the oldest continuously published weekly newspaper in the state and our newspaper serves mainly us, the locals.

Subscribe, gift a subscription to a friend or family member.

We lost our drug store, let’s not lose our community voice.

Jai Boreen

La Conner