SA regional paper closes after 27 years

Almost 30 years of local news has come to an end in a remote South Australian town.

Fairfax Regional Media's free weekly paper the Roxby Downs Sun published its last edition on Thursday as part of a restructure.

Under the changes, announced earlier this year, the Whyalla News will also move from a bi-weekly to a weekly publication and a commercial printing business in Bordertown, in SA's southeast, will close later this year.

The Roxby Downs Sun began as a family business in 1988 and was bought out by Fairfax Media in 1991.