BUFFALO – Robb and Jen Hicks and Rob Mortimore announced Tuesday they have reached an agreement in principle with News Media Corporation to purchase the company’s Wyoming publications and resume publication immediately.

The announcement comes six days after News Media Corporation suddenly announced the immediate closure of all of its publications, including eight publications in Niobrara, Goshen, Platte, Sublette and Uinta counties.

Robb Hicks said the agreement includes rehiring all the newspapers’ staff members and immediately resuming publication of all titles.

“We are honored to assume stewardship of these legacy community newspapers,” Robb Hicks said in a news release. “Our foremost priority has been to ensure that these counties are not left without a credible, enduring source of

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