In addition to local news and events, "Council Matters", the Kangaroo Island Council's information to the community, is also published in the newspaper every Thursday[1] It was later sold to Rural Press in 1995, previously owned by Fairfax Media, but now an Australian media company trading as Australian Community Media.
[2] In June 1951, it was incorporated by the Glenelg Guardian, and a later separate insert version of that newspaper, The K.I.
[3] It celebrated its 50 years in 2017 with a 1960s retro-party event at its main office on Osmond Street, Kingscote.
[5] Given Kangaroo Island's population of approximately 4,500 and the paper's weekly circulation of 2,000 copies[6] the average issue readership is calculated to be around 3,200.
[8] The South Australian Library carries microfiche versions of the newspaper from the 1960s to 1970s, accessible on-line.