It's not poor reporting that's hurting the Dispatch News, it's the rise of the internet and resulting loss of advertising revenue that is putting pressure on every newspaper in the country.  Why pay for a classified ad, when you can advertise for FREE and reach more people on Craigslist? 

Readers are for the most part unwilling to pay for print or online content. Why pay for a subscription when you can get all the news you could possibly want for FREE from thousands of sources? I doubt if the Juneau and Fairbanks newspapers are immune to these problems.