BILOXI, Miss. - The Sun Herald on the Mississippi Gulf Coast printed 80,000 newspapers for Sunday, its largest press run ever, and distributed the issue free at shelters and to relief workers helping with the recovery from Hurricane Katrina.
"We believe the information that our reporters, photographers and editors are supplying is essential to the success of our overall recovery during this important post-storm period," Publisher Ricky Mathews and Executive Editor Stan Tiner said in a message to readers Sunday.
The newspaper lost about half of its orange-colored sales boxes when Katrina hit Aug. 29, and the newspaper's home delivery routes dropped from about 180 to 140 due to extensive damage along the coast, Circulation Director Gary Raskett said.
Before Katrina, the newspaper's normal circulation on weekdays was about 50,000, Raskett said.
