Paper is not FREE

“Free” is in our name, but this sort of news and information is not without cost. Local news needs people to verify information, gather the news and do the hard work of reporting. The Hays Free Press is a for-profit business, but we are your best ambassadors on the street and you are our stakeholders. As outlined in our First Amendment rights, we are a “free” press, which gives us the independence to cover local government without restriction. But we cannot possibly sustain our business by giving away our product for free. What company could?

That’s why we offer access to all of our content through multiple subscription options for as little as .11 cents a day. You can’t even buy a burger at McDonald’s for that anymore.We are privileged to tell these stories and have hope that the community we serve — the very community whose stories we tell — will continue to support us.If you support our commitment to local community journalism with compelling, multi-platform storytelling, then please become a subscriber.