Paywalls & various rules about posting comments have killed the comment section in some papers.
Example here:
Tent city pitches at fairgrounds in Port Townsend
More here:
Information suppression & your local news
Discuss on facebook here:
Local reporters will not question the US Border Patrol at Port Angeles?
here: US Department of Credibility
or here:
Our free and independent press has stopped asking questions.
Photo- Mount Baker from Port Townsend