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Contact us: News tips, stories about your school, community events, business, local government, informational and creative stories and art, or your opinion, which matters. Send it to us! You may remain anonymous if you desire. We are of, by and for the Community. You may also comment on any story. Want to get your message out? Keep reading.
Here is a handy form for your use. Your information will not be published, unless you allow.
The Big Lake Times
https://TheBigLakeTimes.com
P. O. Box 520481
Big Lake, Alaska 99652-0481
Preferred Secure Email for a Response:
NOTE: Big Tech would prefer that you didn't type something that they cannot sell, so check your Spam/junk folder if you send to this Secure email and do not get a prompt reply. It is usually already in there thanks to their 'helpful filtering' that allows malicious programs and ads. Our systems will strip away their trackers and other malicious attempts before we reply, Sanitized for Your Security.
The only 'reward' we get from this mention is knowing that our Neighbors may be interested in alternatives, so check it out if you like. We do.
Proton is privacy for everyone
Unimportant Email requiring no response: biglaketimes@gmail.com
Exercise your right of free speech.
A Note to Spammers: None of your posts or junk will ever be posted to The Big Lake Times. Every message from our Form, or comment to a Post is reviewed by an editor. We also Blacklist entire IP/Domains, and will add you. We hope this makes more work for you and adds to your misery.
Advertising Opportunities
This is an excellent opportunity to get your message out to a focused audience while supporting a Community news source. We offer text, block and banner ads for a reasonable price. You supply the art for your display ad or we can do it for a small fee. All Fees are negotiable, and we accept barter.
The Big Lake Times receives a lot of traffic, local as well as global, and is highly-ranked on the major Search Engines. We’re active on social media and this also generates a lot of traffic to our site. Your ad will be seen many times by locals and internet connections alike. Think local, sell global.
NOTE: We are offering a free, No Tricks, listing of your Big Lake local small business or service. Dog walking, Baby sitting, house cleaning, mechanic, etc, submit it and if we approve, you are listed. Any questions, just ask, and you will never be billed or surprised.
Text Ads: $10/month, up to 6 lines plus a colorful header/link, colors of your choice, custom fonts available, with a link to your site or event. See examples. 3 Month Special Offer: $20. Include a Press Release for free.
Image/Text ads, size approximate and negotiable:
~360 x 360, $30/month, 3 months for $75, 6 months for just $100.
Other sizes and placements available upon request.
Includes an embedded link to your site so a reader can click on your message, and search engines will index you. You may also consider including a press release with a story about your business, event, or other material, at no charge. Will include any social media links/pages.
Stories of community interest are free stories and we welcome your submission. You may include images, but they must meet our editorial standards. If we need to contact you about your submission, please use a valid contact address. The Big Lake Times has a convenient form in the front page for submitting text, images, and other materials.
Discounts available for selecting 2 or more advertising venues. Send us your advertising artwork and text, or custom request today. We will work with you to maximize your advertising dollars.
We do not accept flashing or or otherwise annoying ads, or ads for pornographic websites or services, or any illegal activity. We reserve the right to reject any ad that is in conflict with our editorial standards, or that may offend the community. We do not allow affiliate links for gambling, get-rich-quick schemes, multi-level marketing programs, disreputable merchants, pornography, malware, or phishing-type scams.
We also do not allow sites that exist primarily to drive traffic to affiliate links. We actively delete spam messages.
Contact us today and get your message out.
DMCA
The Big Lake Times community is an online service provider as defined in the Digital Millennium Copyright Act.
We provide legal copyright owners with the ability to self-publish to the Big Lake Times community by uploading, storing and displaying images and texts.
We do not actively monitor, screen or otherwise review the media which is uploaded to our servers by users of the service, but we have moderators and admins.
We take copyright violation very seriously and will vigorously protect the rights of legal copyright owners.
If you are the copyright owner of content which appears in the Big Lake Times community and you did not authorize the use of the content you must notify us in writing in order for us to identify the allegedly infringing content and take action.
You need to make a written notice via certified mail, return receipt, postal mail to:
The Big Lake Times
DMCA
P.O. Box 520481
Big Lake Alaska 99652-0481
Your written notice must include the following:
Specific identification of the copyrighted work which you are alleging to have been infringed.
Specific identification of the location and description of the material that is claimed to be infringing or to be the subject of infringing activity with enough detailed information to permit us to locate the material.
You should include the specific URL or URLs of the webpages where the allegedly infringing material is located.
Information reasonably sufficient to allow us to contact the complaining party which may include a name, address, telephone number and electronic mail address at which the complaining party may be contacted.
A statement that the complaining party has a good faith belief that use of the material in the manner complained of is not authorized by the copyright owner, its agent or the law.
A statement that the information in the notification is accurate, and under penalty of perjury that the complaining party is authorized to act on behalf of the owner of an exclusive right that is allegedly infringed. This statement should be Notarized by a Notary Public or similar official in your jurisdiction, otherwise there will be a delay while we verify your information. It’s your responsibility to prove that you are the copyright owner of the material. We do not take the responsibility of ownership lightly.
We will be unable to take any action if you do not provide us with the required information, so please provide us all information accurately and completely. We value your security and privacy and so you will have to provide us with information to prove that it’s really you. The Big Lake Times will never contact you for this information, but if you contact us, we will contact you for a follow-up and verification.
Please also note that under applicable law, 17 U.S.C. 512 (f), any person who knowingly materially misrepresents that material or activity is infringing may be subject to civil and criminal liability. And we have lawyers.
