Six days after a media company shut down eight legacy Wyoming newspapers with no notice, a group of local buyers emerged to take over operations, keep all employees and resume publishing immediately.

Robb and Jen Hicks, the owners of the Buffalo Bulletin in Johnson County, and Rob Mortimore, the former publisher of the eight newspapers under their former owner, News Media Corp., announced in the Buffalo Bulletin on Tuesday that they have acquired the papers from the Illinois-based media company.

On Aug. 6, News Media Corp. shocked the region by shutting down Wyoming hometown newspapers and one in Nebraska. The papers included the Platte County Record-Times, Torrington Telegram, Pinedale Roundup, Guernsey Gazette, Lusk Herald, Uinta County Herald, Bridger Valley Pioneer and Kemmerer G

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