Pharos-Tribune to reduce print publication dates to five days a week beginning June 1

The Pharos-Tribune has been the community’s primary news source for more than 175 years, providing information you need and want. The current coronavirus crisis coverage has underscored the importance of that responsibility.

However, the sudden loss of advertising business due to the health emergency has added to the headwinds already facing the newspaper industry and has caused us to restructure our resources so we can continue to fulfill our mission to serve the Logansport area.

Effective June 1, we will reduce publishing and delivering the print newspaper to five days a week (Tuesday through Saturday) instead of six days a week.

You will still have access to all our complete news, features and sports content on our seven-day website at www.pharostribune.com for the days you will not receive a print edition.

If you are subscriber and have not activated your allaccess digital account, we can help you with that. Just call 574-722-5000 ext. 275109.

Readership changes, newsprint prices, print production expenses and delivery cost have resulted in newspapers around the country publishing fewer days of the week to remain economically healthy in the future.

This change will allow the Pharos-Tribune to focus our resources on printing more local news on our remaining print publication days.

These are stressful times for you, and for us. As an essential service to the community, we have been making our critical coronavirus coverage available free to everybody on our website and through breaking news and news alerts. The result is record digital traffic that has inspired our entire staff.

If you are not a subscriber, please consider becoming one to support our journalism. Simply visit www.pharostribune.com/subscriptions or call 574-722-5000 ext. 275109 to subscribe.

We thank our subscribers and advertisers for their support over the years. It matters to us now more than ever.

If you have questions about our restructuring plan, please contact me at robyn.mccloskey@pharostribune.com or by phone at 574-722-5000, extension 275133.

The Logansport area is a remarkable community with people who truly care about it. Be well and safe. Together, we will get through this unprecedented crisis.

Robyn McCloskey, publisher