As many of you know, the world recession has hit SW City hard and many businesses and people have had to make adjustments to save their money and protect their families.  The most well known newsprint source in SW City, the SW City Times, had to shut down their printing presses for almost a year due to not being able to meet their usual profit margins. With the announcement of the building of the Scoperta Mining facilities on the west side of SW Island and the massive number of jobs it has created, the printing presses are back up and running.

The recession is still in place in the city, but the mining facilities will surely help it come around. The May 2009 issue of the Times discusses some of the issues surrounding the recession.