Driven by supply chain disruptions, rising fuel prices, and increases in production costs—whether with labor or energy, the trend towards escalating costs inevitably affects every business and every individual. Given those conditions, as well as rising costs in postage, the price of The Blaine County Journal—News—Opinion and the Havre Weekly Record is due to go up on May 1. An issue of the newspaper will increase from the current price of $1.00 to $1.50.
Keri Hanson, Co-Owner of the two publications, explains: “When we purchased the paper in 1999, the price per issue was 75 cents. That cost we...