The 114th annual meeting of the Panhandle Press Association was held July 14-15 in Canyon.
The convention opened with a luncheon on Friday during which Jim Steiert of the Hereford Brand and the late Carroll Koch of the Quanah Tribune-Chief were inducted into the PPA Hall of Fame.
Portal to Texas History Director Ana Krahmer shows Phil Major some of the older newspaper editions preserved at the University of North Texas Library. Major joined members of the Mineola Landmark Commission to Denton when they delivered historic documents retrieved from a 1936 time capsule.
By PHIL MAJOR, Publisher, Wood County Monitor
The Post Dispatch, the weekly newspaper serving Garza County and its county seat of Post, southeast of Lubbock, and the Knox County News-Courier, serving the county seat of Benjamin and other cities including Knox City and Munday, are under new ownership beginning with the first issue of August 2023.
TAYLOR – Navasota Examiner Publisher and Ad Director Ana Cosino has been named Brazos Valley Area publisher, adding the Madisonville Meteor to her newspaper family.
CUERO – Dave Shabaz is the new editor and publisher for DeWitt County Publishing, LLC, including the Cuero Record, Yorktown News-View, dewittcountrytoday.com and multiple associated special sections and niche products.
By MIKE HODGES and DONNIS BAGGETT
Texas Press Association
A market survey can be a powerful tool, but solid research is expensive — sometimes too expensive for an individual newspaper on a tight budget.
