The Nugget enters the blogosphere

The Nugget has launched a new blog. You can access it at http://www.nuggetnews.com. Just click the "Nugget Blog" button on the menu at the top of the page.

The Nugget Newspaper Blog is a little different from our Letters to the Editor column or the article comments on the Web site. It's a little more freewheeling, maybe a little more rambunctious.

Here's how it works: Just about every day, the editor will put up something that grapples with the issues of the day. News, views, quirky happenings. Stuff that makes the news and stuff that doesn't.

Then, you weigh in. The Nugget Newspaper Blog is a place where you can express your opinion, vent your feelings and tell us what you really think. All opinions are welcome, but we will keep it clean and above the belt.

If you want to get your opinion out on an issue that's not on the blog or make sure it's in the print edition, you'll want to write a traditional letter to the editor. And you can still comment on individual stories online.

Through The Nugget Newspaper Blog we hope you will be intrigued and engaged. There's plenty going on in Sisters to keep it interesting.

This week's topics include the displeasure of schools superintendent Elaine Drakulich with citizens airing their opinions at school board meetings; Sisters' ambivalent attitude toward "growth;" and littering in the forests.

Enjoy.

Jim Cornelius, Editor