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Public notices in newspapers are part of the three-legged stool of government accountability. Public notices help to inform the public on activities by the government and other public entities. ...

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Learning from the master: How Jim Lockwood weaves award-winning journalism out of public notices

Featured Media gains significant efficiencies using SCS’s built-in affidavit processing

Apr 14, 2026

This new procedure creates all affidavit forms for public notices and legal advertisements that are prefilled with the clerk’s name, the notary’s name, the state, the county, the signature ...

How removing newspaper notices is killing civic engagement

Apr 14, 2026

As the authors of a recent study on these newspaper notices write, the “distinguishing feature” of these public notices was ensuring “every citizen has a realistic opportunity ...

A dream realized

Jan 1, 2026

Passion, optimism and strong subscriber support helps a small-town newspaper build momentum

Saving the Press: Publishers rescue Wyoming newspapers from shutting down to keep the heart and soul of their communities strong

Oct 1, 2025

Days after eight small Wyoming towns were rescued from the brink of losing their weekly newspapers, a reader contacted the new owners with a simple request.