The Daily Sentinel announced to employees this week that the company will soon outsource printing of the newspaper to Montrose.
The change is driven by Sentinelâs massive and aging Goss Headliner press, installed 40 years ago. Over the past several years, maintenance and repair on the press has become increasingly more difficult, with mechanical parts hard to find and qualified pressmen approaching retirement.
The Sentinel will now print five days a week at the Montrose Daily Press facility with copies delivered to the Sentinel building, then distributed to home-delivery subscribers.
In a memo to employees, Sentinel Publisher Jay Seaton said it was a difficult but necessary decision.