Large news papers are closing, thank goodness for small town ones....

[uppityperson]

http://www.peninsuladailynews.com/article/20090226/news/302269987

Sequim man hospitalized in wreck; cow dies

Kitsap County wreck sent a 17-year-old Sequim man to a Seattle hospital and killed a cow on Wednesday, the State Patrol said. Joseph Edward Skerbeck was flown to Harborview Medical Center with facial fractures after the 7:12 p.m. wreck on state Highway 3, police said. The Sequim man driving the car Skerbeck was in -- Sean Douglas Lind¬­stedt, 18 -- was not hurt, while a driver from Kingston suffered minor injuries, police said.

The State Patrol gave this account:

Lindstedt was driving a red 2001 Volkswagen north on Highway 3 when he struck a cow. The cow was tossed up and over his car. A red 1998 Ford van driven by Connie Lynn Simila, 50, of Kingston -- also traveling north -- struck the cow and rolled over it. Both cars ended up on the northbound ramp to Trigger Avenue. The ramp was blocked for a little less than an hour. Simila was treated at the scene.

The remaining members of the herd were returned to their pasture by their owner. Both cars were towed away. All those in the cars were wearing seat belts. The cause of the wreck was cattle in the road, the State Patrol said.

[MountainLaurel]

1. The thought of my hometown paper

Being a news source makes me :scared: and :puke:. When I was 12, I was planning a coup to take it over and make sure everything in it was spelled correctly. And that doesn't even get into issues of its inability to produce actual information rather than hiding it to make the power brokers look good, or its Religion section dedicated to "raising to the heavens the name of our lord Jesus Christ" or some such.

[ThomWV]

2. If I had to rely on the local paper (Morgantown WV, Dominion Post) I'd know nothing

The local news paper, which I believe is the state's second or third largest in circulation, is owned by the same family that has supplied Robert Byrd with Republican opposition all over the state and in the last Senate race. The family also owns half of the local radio stations and so the news is nonexistent as well. Its really disgraceful. If it were not for a satellite dish for our TV (news and Cspan) and the internet we would live in a news vacuum.