The old site was on a server maintained by the previous owner. Tribune would have had to migrate the server, which would have been costly and they decided not to do so (a mistake imo). It is a real shame but I don’t believe they are available anywhere online. It is a major loss for the city, I totally agree.

Not to harp, but “they are just html pages” isn’t really accurate. Those html pages were dynamically generated by a server, on each request. That’s how many big websites work. There are thousands of stories on a news site and the static html version of a page you see really just exists in your browser.

At the very least, I wish there were pdf versions available in pro quest or newspaper.com. If you find them, please let us know.

I’ll hold my tongue about sun papers. I have stories but ultimately found the paper to be filled with hard working journalists who love this city. The parent companies were a different matter…