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From white to yellow and back to white.
From its inception 103 and one-half years ago the Daniels County Leader newspaper started out as a white-paper-colored newspaper. The Thursday, May 26, 1983 issue was the last white-newsprint edition (the first time around) as the next week the Thursday, June 2, 1983 edition was printed on the yellow newsprint, the reason being black ink on yellow paper was easier to read than black on white.
The next transition of the color of the newsprint occurred in 2016. The last Daniels County Leader printed on yellow newsprint was the Thursday, March 10, 2016 issue. The next issue, on Thursday, March 17, 2016, was printed on the white newsprint Leader readers see today.
The reason for the switch bac...