What do you want to see in the NI?

If you haven’t noticed by now, The Associated Press is now available to the Nogales International.

For those of you not familiar with the AP, it is, in basic terms, an international information-sharing pool. And, while this opens up the possibility of a multitude of stories being seen on these pages, rest assured that local coverage written by local people is and always will be the goal of the NI.

We love to write it and we hope you love to read it.

We will, however, limit the amount of AP used on these pages, and prefer to use it only when we feel it will be a benefit to you, the reader.

Having said that, this is your chance to give us input on what you want to see and read about in our print edition, because AP stories will not be seen on our Web site.

It would be naïve of us to ignore that fact that you also have TV, radio, the Internet and other periodicals — namely The Arizona Daily Star and Nuevo Dia — as daily information sources. Because of that, tell us what you don’t get from those media.

Is it coverage of the Little League World Series, that can be seen on Page 2B?

Or maybe it’s boxing, badminton or the great outdoors.

Perhaps you can never get enough coverage of the Arizona Cardinals, as seen at the bottom of this page. Or, is it the Diamondbacks, Wildcats or Scum (oops, I mean) Sun Devils?

Could it be that you feel overloaded with West Coast news, so you want to read about the East Coast’s New York Yankees or Boston Red Sox?

Maybe soccer is your bag, and you find it hard to locate the international information you’re looking for? If so, let us know, because when we do use AP content, we want you to see what you want, not just what the flip of a coin may decide.

This begins a new era for the Nogales International, which has served its community for 84 years — since May of 1925, to be exact.

In hopes of proudly serving you for 84 more years, we feel a heavy burden of doing it right, and the best way to do that is to give you what you want; what you deserve.

So, please, drop us a note via snail-mail.

Send an e-mail.

Throw up a smoke signal.

Or, simply stop us on the street and give us your thoughts.

We understand that if it weren’t for you, we wouldn’t be here, so we think it’s only right to ask you exactly you want.

(What do YOU think? E-mail us at editorial@nogalesinternational.com.)