CherryRoad Media acquires Kansas printing operations
CherryRoad Media, Inc. closed a transaction on September 1, 2023 to purchase the Hutchinson, Kansas, printing operations from Gannett Co., Inc.
September 2023
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Jim McIntosh, former Courier editor, passes away
James Lee McIntosh, 58, of Lakeview, Arkansas, passed away September 8, 2023, at Hospice of the Ozarks Inc. in Mountain Home, Arkansas.
Girl’s double teams take wins
The CHS tennis teams faced Cave City on Thursday, Sept. 7 in Corning.
THE POWER OF PRAYER
Prayers for the families of Bonnie Pierce, Jim McIntosh, Jody Bartlett and Sterline Porter as they deal with the loss of their loved ones. Prayers for a safe recovery and return to good health for Mitch Brown who underwent heart bypass last week.
Lawmakers offer narrower change to Arkansas FOIA after bipartisan pushback
After two days of bipartisan backlash against proposed changes to Arkansas’ Freedom of Information Act, lawmakers late Tuesday filed narrower legislation to exempt information related to security services provided to the governor and other state officials. It’s the third attempt in as many business days to alter the state’s 1967 public records law.
RAMBLING VINES
We are just about to lose the last remnant of another old-time house and I understand that another one is threatened. The C. D. Anderson house across Fourth Street from the Post Office is just about gone. The First Christian Church, located next door to the North, purchased the property some months ago and just recently workmen begin tearing it down. I have no idea about how old the house might be but for as long as I can remember it was occupied by Mr. Anderson, and his daughter, Mrs. Allene Crutchfield, now both deceased.
Regarding Courier publication and deadline changes
As you will have read on the front page, the Courier publication day will move to Wednesday beginning on Sept. 20. Our newspaper will be printed in Hutchinson, Kansas as CherryRoad Media has purchased a printing operation there from Gannett. We look forward to receiving quality print work for our local CherryRoad newspapers.
The Lowe Down
There is only transparency or opacity, there is no in-between when it comes to the people’s right to know about the workings of their government and the people they have elected to serve them. Arkansas has been known to have one of the best Sunshine laws in the country, however; the state of the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act has been as clear as mud this week.
sesquicentennial snapshot
Celebrating 150 Years of the City of Corning & Clay County in 2023 Thrashing Grain, Old Style... Before Mr.
Corning Publishing facing foreclosure
This article is published in the Sept. 4, 2023 issue of Arkansas Business, a weekly business journal, and is printed with permission.