THANK YOU For Staying With Us Technology is an incredible thing It allows as to stay connected with frends and family who live halfway aceoss the world and shop for anything under the sun without ever getting up from the coach. It gives us ability to see photos of our grondchildeen who can only visit once a year and find now recipes to mmake t Thankspving that will inevitably tus out worse than the pctores,It opens 5 to a whole new world wide web of possubatin But in doingso,so diseupts the industries we 've come to know and lowe. Whese you once halled a taxi and paid a drive fromm a cab company, you no neqes an Uber or Lyft fromm your phone and pay your neighbor down the street. Wheee you used to tent a DVD from your melghbersood Blckuster, you now ay amonahly subscription to Netflx or Halu and select your favoribe shows froem the comfort of home Where many used to look forwand to the Monday morning paper at their doorstep, a majoeay are now getting thrir news in real-time by visiting ou websites from their deskdep, phone or tablet As you know, the dedine in print subscribers during this age of digital dsrupeion has led s to forego one dary of prind editions at many of ovs publications, incloding this one. 's adecision that hasben haed See many peeple It's a decision thsthas been hard for us. Change aways is When we announced that our Monday prind edtion woold be discontinund, many of our readers feaced that meant the Monday news ws going awary But that couldn't be tarther feom the tuth. Newspaper is a edim one we are very passlonae about continsing the remaining days of the week Bet paper does not maloe the news We do And even though you may mot see a Monday paper on your doorstry ee will continue to deliver the news 24 houes a day, 7 days a week, 35 days a year. And we can de that because of our talenoed teans od reperters and editors, because of the peogle in our commnities who allow us into their homes, schools and neighborhoods and-becuse of technology You see, even though techsology is adisuptoe, pashing us otide of or comdot zones, it also allows us to do things 've never before. It lets us deliver a digital replica of the news via ou-edition just after midnight so you can read the hradines on your own time and in your prefertnd Sormar It allows us toemil yeu the daily headlines you care most about for the meenings when you only have time to skim. And it enables out reporters to moce easily capbsre video to accompany their storkes, so you can Seet uke you weee right there brlide then, em whe you were miles away Technology is umproving every day, and so are we. You, soon see changes to our websites and mobile apps to reflect chat, as our teams are currently working to make improvessents to ou digital experinicrs 0o deliver the centent you want wten and where you want it lknoss the change in our print ren has been hand foe some people-mainly because I'm one of them. But from the bottom of my heart, I want to thank you foe trusting us and centining to support us as ee avgate these changes, together. We can delver the news withoot paper We can't deliver the news without you. So thank you for supporting us in the changes that hve alteady talorn place and foe trusting us as we inevitably face changes in the fubure. Technology isn't going anywhere,st weither are we Fee more than a hundred years, we hive been conmitted bo serving our commenities by bring the best souce od local hews you can tus. Thank you foe alowing es to continue that tndition B4 Marcil D Herald Grand Forks