Almost 20 years ago, Sharon Montague and I left our jobs at the Salina Journal to publish our first edition of the Ellsworth County Independent.

Not everyone applauded the decision. A longtime Kansas publisher called me when he heard the news and yelled over the phone from Kansas City, “Are you out of your minds?” Except he used other words I can’t repeat.

A lot has happened since then.

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