{"id":123274,"date":"2026-04-09T05:03:30","date_gmt":"2026-04-09T11:03:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/uswps06.newsmemory.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/2026\/04\/09\/opinion-start-local-why-local-news-day-matters\/?destination=northern-plains-independent"},"modified":"2026-04-09T05:11:23","modified_gmt":"2028-09-25T05:11:23","slug":"opinion-start-local-why-local-news-day-matters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/2026\/04\/09\/opinion-start-local-why-local-news-day-matters\/?destination=northern-plains-independent","title":{"rendered":"Opinion Start Local: Why Local News Day Matters"},"content":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Opinion<br \/>\n\tStart Local: Why Local News Day Matters<br \/>\n\t This week, newsrooms and communities across the country will mark Local  News Day \u2014 a national  day of action celebrating the trusted local news and information that helps communities  stay informed and connected.<br \/>\n\t  Local News Day is built around a simple idea: Start Local.<br \/>\n\t  At a time when national  headlines dominate our feeds, it\u2019s easy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"news-destination":[14],"news-source":[11],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123274"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=123274"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123274\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":123464,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/123274\/revisions\/123464"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=123274"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=123274"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=123274"},{"taxonomy":"news-destination","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-destination?post=123274"},{"taxonomy":"news-source","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.northernplainsindependent.com\/northernplainsindependent\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-source?post=123274"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}