THE ROAR REPORT is a local news publication with a personality. We cover the same things every other town paper covers — traffic, restaurants, city hall, schools, weird Facebook drama, the development project nobody asked for — but we write it like a fed-up resident who keeps it real.

The facts stay factual. The framing gets funny.

We don't invent quotes. We don't fabricate scandals. We don't satirize tragedies. We do translate "minor traffic impacts" into English and flag the moment a developer says "live-work-play."

Who we are

A small newsroom with a big appetite for public meeting agendas, restaurant permits, weird signage, and the slow, beautiful absurdity of small-town life.

Our standards

• Never invent quotes, crimes, deaths, scandals, or accusations.
• Never satirize tragedies, deaths, or sensitive crimes.
• Never mock private citizens by name unless they are public figures acting in public roles.
• Flag medical, legal, and political claims for editor review.
• Stories about minors require careful wording and a senior editor approval.
• If a fact cannot be verified, frame as commentary or remove it.
• Anything libelous gets killed before it ever sees a slug.