Two Northern Kentucky Newspapers Shut Down | Lexington News

Two historic Kentucky newspapers, the Falmouth Outlook and the Bracken County News, have shut down after 115 and 96 years respectively, victims of soaring printing costs, unpaid bills, and the broader crisis of vanishing local journalism. These papers were vital community archives — chronicling churches, schools, and town life — and their loss leaves Pendleton and Bracken counties in a news desert. While publishers hope to revive operations during this pause, the shutdown underscores a national struggle: small-town journalism is dying under economic pressure, leaving communities disconnected from their own stories. Listen in comfort:Get a discount on a Soli Pillow: http://solipillow.com/discount/dnn. Advertise on DNN:[email protected] This is an automated, high-level news summary based on public reporting.Report issues to [email protected]. View sources & latest updates:https://sources.thednn.ai/53fd4213e333f993