Chris - thank you for your reply. I commend you and your staff for the front page print coverage in this morning's paper. Saw it waiting for me when I got home!
As to the web site - my point is that many people rely on this site for their primary (sometimes only) information, and this should have been front and center, in my opinion. It affects all Texans. True, perhaps not in the way astronomical gas prices or monster zucchinis may, but this is our heritage. I looked under regional/state, then under national/world, and not a word. I went to the site you referenced, but other than following your link, I still cannot figure how to get there from the home page. I think some improvements can be made on this. It should not be this convoluted.
Another question, I realize you get much of your information via AP news feeds, but my question is why can't your reporters do their own little write up of this. It was breaking news as of YESTERDAY morning. Surely you have reporters that try to stay on top of the news of their own accord. If one of them noticed it online, or in another print edition, or even on television, would not the best thing for them to do in the interest of the public be to follow up in any way they can in order to be able to write a little blip online, just to keep the public abreast of latest news. To me, this is what reporters do, and what the public expects. We now live in a 24/7 world, for bettter, and for worse, and the public by and large expects timely reports. It should be easy enough for a reporter to get wind of a story, use their resources (being reporters, they likely have many more than the average joe blow, or me), and bring the story to the people without relying on AP feeds to simply pass on. Chris, you are in the newspaper business, and I am not, so could you clarify this? Is it possible to get timelier reports? I should think that it is, in this day and age. Thank you for your thoughts on this.

Sugar,

The story about the fire is on the front page of today's print edition. Online, Associated Press stories appear on the site as we receive them. Click here for latest story on our site with a video. Older wire stories do drop off the site fairly quickly, so you need to keep checking back for the latest. We'll keep looking at ways to improve the presentation to make such stories easier for you to find.

Regarding the "latest news" on the home page, you're absolutely correct. The stories were supposed to automatically drop off the site after June 6, but didn't. Thanks.

Chris