Via #ClaireRush

«An #Oregon weekly #newspaper has had to lay off its entire staff and halt print after 40 years because its funds were embezzled by a former employee, its editor said, in a devastating blow to a publication that serves as an important source of #information in a community that, like many others nationwide, is struggling with growing gaps in local #news coverage.»

https://apnews.com/article/eugene-weekly-oregon-embezzled-newspaper-40cbf6317089b2772450dff050cc704b