A lot of these local papers are owned now by Gannett (the USA today, people). We can't post those articles here of course, but the corporate people that run the locals are all unreconstructed superannuated hippie lefties.
my local rag has all of yours, and runs G. Will and (kathryn j. lopez?) from time to time as the right winger de jour. I can't really cancel the sub as I generally read the police blotter and obits in it, but the editorial columns sound like the old Pravda.
That's generally the only thing worth reading in my rag too. I wouldn't subscribe, but the wife gets it for the coupons. So I guess it does have some worth. The funny thing is the paper was arch-conservative when I was growing up in the sixties. But like you stated, the current editor is a far-left nut, and that's what we get for political "news".