# The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal

> Breaking News + eNewspaper

Canonical page: [https://chrome-stats.com/d/id443181422](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id443181422)

## Overview

- **ID:** `id443181422`
- **Platform:** Apple
- **Type:** Apple app
- **Status:** Available
- **Publisher:** Gannett
- **Category:** News
- **Rating:** 4.20 / 5 (429 ratings)
- **Version:** 28.10.2
- **Last updated:** 2026-05-27
- **First published:** 2011-06-16
- **Size:** 182 MB
- **Data as of:** 2026-09-03
- **Store listing:** [Apple App Store](https://apps.apple.com/us/app/the-lubbock-avalanche-journal/id443181422)
- **Website:** [https://www.lubbockonline.com](https://www.lubbockonline.com/)
- **Privacy policy:** [https://cm.lubbockonline.com/privacy](https://cm.lubbockonline.com/privacy)

## Description

The Lubbock Avalanche-Journal Chrome extension delivers trusted local journalism to your device, featuring breaking news, sports, weather updates, and multimedia stories that matter to the Lubbock community.

Enjoy a fast, streamlined reading experience with offline access, saved favorites, adjustable text size, and night mode, plus a full eNewspaper offering including USA Today and 200+ local papers.

## Rankings

- #80,533 — Overall

## Review summary

Users praise strong local coverage and easy online access on tablets and via a widget, with appreciation for certain local writers. However, recurring reliability problems, confusing navigation, and disorganization hinder the experience. Printing puzzles often fails and access to full editions/older issues is inconsistent, sometimes accompanied by redirects to another app. Overall, readers want improved stability, cleaner navigation, and reliable access to the full paper.

### Pros

- Strong local coverage with trusted journalists (Don Williams, Nathan Giese) and USA Today sports reporting.
- Excellent accessibility across devices—read on iPad/tablet and online, with iPhone widget support.
- Positive sentiment from multiple users who enjoy reading the paper online and want it to continue improving.
- Content variety including local news, obituaries, sports, and comics meets readers' needs.

### Cons

- Frequent reliability issues (crashes, freezes, loading problems, and periods when paid content isn’t accessible).
- Hard to navigate and disorganized layout with inconsistent headlines; missing menus/instructions and older editions not easily accessible.
- Puzzles and print features sometimes fail to print (crosswords, Sudoku) and the full newspaper edition is harder to read.
- Content accessibility issues for older issues and redirects to another app, reducing overall usability.

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Source: [Chrome-Stats](https://chrome-stats.com/d/id443181422)