08/05/2026
Hi everyone, Marilyn here, with news that the KMP is experiencing the near total collapse of its operation. We’re reorganizing and, frankly, getting financial guidance about going forward. All of our computers that we use in the production and building of the paper crashed for the last time before we could get the August issue to the printer. Today is the first time I could get on Facebook to let you know that the KMP is in a, we hope, temporary time out. It appears hacking is involved on one computer and because they are all linked and share files, access, etc, we’re screwed, I think. That’s the trouble with troubleshooting: can’t be sure of anything. Apple has advised we stop trying to power up because with each crash data can be destroyed. We really hope we can continued the paper without more interruptions. We’ll see what the banker says and I will keep you posted.
This is a pretty big deal for us so we proceed with caution. I’ve gone on before about the overall ill health of the print publishing industry. It’s not good. Seems more and more event organizers and retailers across all categories believe absolutely every person interested in anything has a computer and now uses it for every and all related news and information. Well, no surprise, we don’t agree.
Thank you advertisers, subscribers, and supporters. We’ve had a good run that we hope will continue. I will be back with more information. In the meantime, Dan and I are so grateful for your understanding.
