The Capitol News and Tie Creek News has been written by many writers who have contributed their work to local newspapers as a community service. Past writers such as Elizabeth Babb, Olive Odell, and Betty Loken have included the weekly lives of their neighbors to help keep their communities connected at home and all across the country. When their children leave home for the armed services or college or to begin a new life in the far reaches of Alaska or the East Coast, they have been able to keep a connection to home, because their communities are kind enough to share their lives through these writers and the newspapers that have received their work. No matter where in the world they go, The Capitol News goes along, and even their new college friends, army buddies, or new family soon feel they are a part of The Capitol News.