Brookings weighs future of local news after Register closes

Good bye, Brookings Register. Corporations can literally stop the presses, but not the demand and need for local news — The South Dakota Standard

The death of a newspaper is always painful to witness. Papers serve their communities and readers, with staff members working long hours for modest compensation.Why? We feel a need to inform the public, to tell interesting stories, to battle deadlines while fueled by hot coffee, cold pizza and adrenaline. After all these decades, and the recent years of struggle, newspapers still matter.The announcement that The Brookings Register, The Daily Pla…

Brookings weighs future of local news after Register closes

Brookings city officials and community members are grappling with the loss of the community’s long-standing daily newspaper, The Brookings Register, and weighing options for what might replace it.At Tuesday evening's City Council meeting, members voted to delay action on designating an official newspaper while the city attorney reviews state law. In the interim, legal notices will be published in the Volga Tribune, a weekly newspaper in the same…