Emerald’s Gem Box…

We want to tell your stories Here at ECB Publishing, Inc. (The Monticello News and the Jefferson County Journal) we take pride in our work. We work hard to bring the citizens of Jefferson County the local news, to the best of our ability. The purpose of a newspaper is to inform, interpret and entertain. We try to keep you, our readers informed by providing you with facts, statistics and feature stories. We report on stories that directly and indirectly affect all of us, here in Jefferson C