Skip to main content

Episode 30 — The Politics of Finger Pointing

This week we take you off the page to tell you the stories behind the story on the city's utility rate hike, and give

Episode 29 — Beckys Reckoning

The newspaper made the news again this week - and for all of the right reasons from our perspective.

One Man, One Vote, One Middle Finger to...

Alexis returns to the show to help Bob take you off the page and into a really deep dive into the controversy surroun

Clerk's error results in votes not being counted in legislative race

Episode 27 — Licking Our Wounds

You win some and you lose some, and in the aftermath of most elections voters are generally forced to accept that rea

Episode 26 — The Boys (and Girls!) of Fall

NLJ Publisher Bob Bonnar welcomes guest host Sonja Karp to the podcast, and the longtime Dogie coaches and announcers

Episode 25 — Lie Until it is Legal

Former Weston County Commissioner Marty Ertman and current commissioner Ed Wagoner both continue to deny that the sec

Episode 24 — (Uni)Party Animals

Bob and Alexis take you off the page to describe life as Weston County's non-Mainstream Media and tell you how govern

Episode 23 — Nothing Personal

Bob and Alexis take you off the page this week to talk about personnel — and how local officials could talk a lot mor

Episode 22 — It Didn't Have to Happen This Way

Bob and Alexis go off the page to autopsy the community's showdown with hospital leadership and the role the newspape

Episode 21 — Highway to Hospital Hell

In the wake of a series of high profile staffing changes, Bob and Alexis lay out the bloody trail the Weston County H

Episode 20 — Weston County to Washington D.C.

The Weston County Commissioners fired the opening shot in a battle that has been brewing for over ten years, and Bob

Episode 19 - Sunshine Week Anniversary

The News Letter Journal makes the news again when a fresh round of "newspaper wars" get sparked over an advertising c

Subscribe to Newcastle
--- Online Subscribers: Please click here to log in to read this story and access all content.

Not an Online Subscriber? Click here for a one-week subscription for only $1!.