{"id":401323,"date":"2026-07-16T21:57:15","date_gmt":"2026-07-16T21:57:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/401323\/"},"modified":"2026-07-16T21:57:15","modified_gmt":"2026-07-16T21:57:15","slug":"the-clovis-times-replaces-roundup-as-nonprofit-local-paper","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/401323\/","title":{"rendered":"The Clovis Times replaces Roundup as nonprofit local paper"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Historic<\/p>\n

Historic Old Town Clovis \u201cGateway to the Sierras\u201d sign over Clovis Avenue photographed in 2021.<\/p>\n

JOHN WALKER<\/p>\n

The Fresno Bee<\/p>\n

Community newspaper The Clovis Roundup closed earlier this year. Now, it has a successor in newly established The Clovis Times. The new paper was established by Terry Wild, a decades-long publishing veteran.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been in the publishing business for many, many years, and I just wanted us to have a good newspaper,\u201d Wild said. He started his career in 1974 and has published titles across California including Los Gatos This Week and The Saratoga Times.<\/p>\n

KMPH reported<\/a> that The Clovis Roundup\u2019s closure was due to the owner suffering from health issues. Former contributors could not be reached by The Bee for comment.<\/p>\n

Unlike The Clovis Roundup and the even older Clovis Independent (owned at one point by Bee parent company McClatchy), Wild said that the new paper\u2019s goal was to be a nonprofit venture focused on \u201ccitizen journalism\u201d and promoting \u201cthe Clovis way of life\u201d, which he defined as \u201cGod, family, country.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cI have a good team,\u201d said Wild, adding, \u201cWe\u2019re not trying to make it more than a community newspaper.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said contributors have backgrounds in education, health and politics.<\/p>\n

Wild is also behind The Fresno Times, which recycles the name of a 19th-century newspaper in the city. He acknowledged that coverage for the two cities will look different. \u201cFresno\u2019s unique. … It\u2019s more diversified, it has more people, so it would be probably tailored somewhat differently,\u201d Wild said.<\/p>\n

The Clovis Times is currently free to read online<\/a>. Wild said there are also plans to distribute in print.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been in a rush to get it up and running. Our website is just a brochure website right now, but we\u2019re going to have a really nice, dynamic, interactive community website in a week or so,\u201d Wild said.<\/p>\n

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