I pay for my local news. I need the news local and close to be to stay around. I read it once in a while, but I think it's ridiculous when one can't even get local news.

Same for me (it covers a region about half a county.) They also publish a paper for the neighbouring region. It's a daily paper with not too many ads. Even if not paying, it comes once a week. There's another regional paper with an annoying number of ads, so we picked this one.

There's a sports and globals section that is shared with the neighbouring region's paper, and perhaps shared even further.

I like having somewhere people can complain about local politicians, so I'm happy to support it. They're not going to uncover a Watergate, but have plenty of room for the things I take issue with.

Curious, but how local? State? City? Residential community? Asking because I feel everyone makes their own paper and I've done a few since school, but we've always worried the readership isn't that big.

Agreed! If people move to a area and don't feel like they're part of the community, reading the local paper is a great way to figure out what's going on.