The price of single copies of The Panolian increase to $1 beginning today.

It is the first increase in single copies since 1995.

The price change will coincide with an increase in subscription prices as well as fewer free stories from the newspaper’s Web Site, publisher John Howell Sr. announced.

“We’ve absorbed increases in the cost of producing the newspaper and web site as long as we could. We regret that the increase has become necessary, but it is our only option if we are to continue to gather and report the volume of Panola County news that we make available each day to our print and online readers,” Howell said.

Effective August 1 in-state subscriptions for the print edition will cost $49.95 for one year; $35 for six months. A nine-month college subscription will cost $40.

“Subscribers will still have the options to receive the newspaper delivered to them for less than 50 cents per issue,” Howell said.

Discounted print edition subscriptions for senior citizens age 65 and above and military personnel will cost $44.95 annually.

All out-of-state subscriptions to the print edition will cost $64.95 for one year; $44.95 for six months.