The Columbus Packet
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The Columbus Packet is a weekly newspaper published in Columbus, Mississippi (USA). It was founded in 1991 by its current and sole editor and publisher, Roger Larsen. The Packet is published once a week on Thursdays. It focuses on stories and advertisements of local interest, and has grown rapidly in circulation in recent years. A particular focus of the paper has been to increase media exposure of the affairs of local government in the area.
The Packet considers its main competition to be the local daily, The Commercial Dispatch.