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The Guardian - US
The Guardian - US
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Cy Neff

Seven Wyoming newspapers were about to be shut. They were given a second life

A sign on a building that reads 'The Kemmerer Gazette'
The office of the Kemmerer Gazette in Kemmerer, Wyoming. The Gazette was one of the eight newspapers saved by Rob Mortimore. Photograph: Google Maps

Wyoming saw a resurrection last week.

Eight small towns across the vast rural state were reeling from the gut punch of the abrupt closures of their newspapers just a week earlier. Staff had woken up to an email from News Media Corporation (NMC) announcing the immediate closures of the printing presses.

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