For as long as The Mountain Eagle has been published, our relationship with our readers has been built on one simple promise: to show up every week with honest, local journalism. That promise has always been kept in print. This week, we are keeping it online as well.

We are proud to announce the public launch of www.MountainEagle.net — a secure, subscriber-based platform where readers can access, save, and explore the Eagle on any device. This is not a third-party service or a temporary workaround. It is a permanent digital home we built and operate ourselves, here in our region, for our community.

Over the past week, we quietly invited a small group of subscribers to help us test the system before opening it to everyone. Their feedback helped us refine the experience, and we are grateful for their support. As of this edition, the site is officially open.

What You Receive as a Digital Subscriber

Your subscription now includes secure, login-based access to each week’s edition — no more shared links or temporary access. Your account also provides entry to our growing digital archive, where decades of Mountain Eagle history are being preserved and made available to subscribers.

Your login is tied to the email address on your account, and setup takes less than a minute.

How to Activate Your Access

If you are a current subscriber, you should have received an email with an activation link. Click the link, create your password, and you’re ready to go.

If you did not receive the email or need assistance, please submit a request through our secure contact form.

Our team will respond promptly and ensure you are up and running.

Local journalism does not thrive by accident. It depends on a community that chooses to support it, and a publisher that treats that trust as a responsibility.

MountainEagle.net is our commitment to making news more accessible, more durable, and more useful to the people of Schoharie, Delaware, Ulster, and Greene counties — not as a novelty, but as long-term local infrastructure.

If you are not yet a subscriber, we invite you to join us. A digital subscription is $45 per year.

Thank you, as always, for reading.