Admittedly, one of the weirdest things I noticed upon moving here was the bagged milk at the gas stations. I got used to it. Never used it, but got used to it.
But now it is going away. Time marches on.
A lot of places in America have lost their local news. Indeed, due to conservative talk radio and increasingly violent “news” stations, they do not have a firm grasp on reality, much less their community.
Marketplace covered this problem, highlighting a few locations where news is still local, and locally controlled. A drop in the bucket, but at least some folks are still trying.