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The Texas Tribune
The Texas Tribune
National
Nic Garcia

A storied Texas Panhandle newspaper halts publication after 130 years

Canadian Record editor Laurie Ezzell Brown talks about the current state of small Texas newspapers. Her newspaper has ceased its print publication leaving only the online version to serve the community’s needs.
Laurie Ezzell Brown, at her desk on March 8, 2023, is the editor and publisher of the 130-year-old newspaper The Canadian Record, which serves a small town in the Texas Panhandle. (Credit: Mark Rogers for The Texas Tribune)

CANADIAN — Thursday arrived as usual in the Texas Panhandle. But a new edition of The Canadian Record, this gritty town’s definitive source of local news for more than 130 years, did not come with it.

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