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== Media == Sierra County is served by two long-running local newspapers. The Sierra Valley region, which is partially within Sierra County, is served by the ''Sierra Booster'', based in Loyalton. This paper has been published bi-weekly since 1949 when it was established by reporter, miner, and airman Hal Wright and his wife Allene.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=About Us - Sierra Booster|url=https://www.sierrabooster.com/about-us.html|access-date=|website=The Sierra Booster}}</ref> It is today run by their daughter Janice Wright Buck. The other paper serving the county is the ''[[Mountain Messenger (Downieville)|Mountain Messenger]]'', which is based in Downieville. The ''Messenger'' has been in constant publication since 1853 and is currently the longest-running weekly newspaper in the state of California. Its more notable former contributor was [[Mark Twain]], at the time in hiding from Nevadan authorities and writing under his birth name of Samuel Clemens.<ref>{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=The Mountain Messenger - About Us|url=https://themountainmessenger.org/about-us/|access-date=|website=The Mountain Messenger}}</ref> This paper was the center of considerable media attention in early 2020 when its future was uncertain with the retirement of Don Russell, who had owned and operated it for 30 years; it was saved by local retiree Carl Butz, who purchased the paper and runs it today.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Blackstone|first=John|date=February 17, 2020|title=Retiree saves California's oldest weekly newspaper from shutting down|url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/retiree-saves-californias-oldest-newspaper-from-shutting-down-2020-02-17/|access-date=February 10, 2020|website=CBS News}}</ref><ref> {{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/10/us/california-newspaper-sierra-messenger.html |title=Meet the Unlikely Hero Saving California's Oldest Weekly Paper |last=Arango |first=Tim |quote=High in the Sierra, Downieville, Calif., was about to become the latest American community to lose its newspaper. In stepped Carl Butz, a 71-year-old retiree |newspaper=[[New York Times]] |date=February 10, 2020 |access-date=January 14, 2021 }}</ref> The ''Mountain Messenger'' is printed weekly on Thursdays; it is distributed across Sierra, eastern Plumas and western Nevada counties, and by mail.
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