The Alleghany News

	The Alleghany News ''The Alleghany News'' is a weekly newspaper, published in Sparta, North Carolina Sparta is a town in Alleghany County, North Carolina, United States. At the last 2010 census, the population was 1,770 people. It is the county seat of Alleghany County. History James H. Parks, an early businessman whose store stood near the pres ..., United States. The newspaper is locally owned by Alleghany Holdings, LLC. The paper has its origins in ''The Alleghany Star'', which was first published in 1889, by a man named A. S. Carson. In the 1930s, the ''Alleghany Star'' merged with ''Alleghany Times'' and became ''Alleghany News''. As of 2016 the publisher of the paper was Coby Larue and the editor was Bob Bamberg. See also * List of newspapers in North Carolina References Alleghany County, North Carolina Weekly newspapers published in North Carolina Newspapers established in 1889 1889 establishments in North Carolina {{northCarolina-newspaper-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Sparta, North Carolina Sparta is a town in Alleghany County, North Carolina, United States. At the last 2010 census, the population was 1,770 people. It is the county seat of Alleghany County. History James H. Parks, an early businessman whose store stood near the present location of the ABC store, was one of three men who donated land for the county seat in 1866. Parks is credited with suggesting the name "Sparta", after the Greek city-state. Noteworthy businesses established in Sparta included '' The Alleghany News'' (1889), the Bank of Sparta (1902), and the second store purchased by home improvement giant Lowe's (1949). Sparta's first shopping center, Trojan Village, opened in 1977, followed by Sparta Plaza in 1986. The Alleghany County Courthouse and Jarvis House are listed on the National Register of Historic Places. On August 9, 2020, the town was the epicenter of a moderate earthquake that was felt as far as Georgia. The earthquake, which registered as a 5.1 on the Richter magnitude scale, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Weekly Newspaper A weekly newspaper is a general-news or Current affairs (news format), current affairs publication that is issued once or twice a week in a wide variety broadsheet, magazine, and electronic publishing, digital formats. Similarly, a biweekly newspaper is published once every two weeks. Weekly newspapers tend to have smaller circulations than daily newspapers, and often cover smaller territories, such as one or more smaller towns, a rural county, or a few neighborhoods in a large city. Frequently, weeklies cover local news and engage in community journalism. Most weekly newspapers follow a similar format as daily newspapers (i.e., news, sports, obituary, obituaries, etc.). However, the primary focus is on news within a coverage area. The publication dates of weekly newspapers in North America vary, but often they come out in the middle of the week (Wednesday or Thursday). However, in the United Kingdom where they come out on Sundays, the weeklies which are called ''Sunday newspape ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Broadsheet A broadsheet is the largest newspaper format and is characterized by long Vertical and horizontal, vertical pages, typically of . Other common newspaper formats include the smaller Berliner (format), Berliner and Tabloid (newspaper format), tabloid–Compact (newspaper), compact formats. Description Many broadsheets measure roughly per full broadsheet spread, twice the size of a standard tabloid. Australians, Australian and New Zealand broadsheets always have a paper size of ISO 216, A1 per spread (). South Africa, South African broadsheet newspapers have a double-page spread sheet size of (single-page live print area of 380 x 545 mm). Others measure 22 in (560 mm) vertically. In the United States, the traditional dimensions for the front page half of a broadsheet are wide by long. However, in efforts to save newsprint costs, many U.S. newspapers have downsized to wide by long for a folded page. Many rate cards and specification cards refer to the "broadsheet size ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	List Of Newspapers In North Carolina There have been newspapers in North Carolina since the ''North-Carolina Gazette'' began publication in the Province of North Carolina in 1751. As of January 2020, there were approximately 260 newspapers in publication in North Carolina. While printed newspaper circulation has declined in the last 10 years, the total paid print circulation of newspapers in North Carolina is over 4 million. The newspapers with the largest paid circulation are ''The Charlotte Observer'' and ''The News & Observer'' of Raleigh. The largest number of North Carolina newspapers are focused on local news at the county level. In addition to print versions of North Carolina newspapers, most newspapers have online websites, as well as Facebook and Twitter accounts for distribution of news media and interacting with their community. List of newspapers There were approximately 260 North Carolina newspapers in publication at the beginning of 2020. ''The Fayetteville Observer'' (established in 1816) is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Alleghany County, North Carolina Alleghany County ( , from the North Carolina Collection website at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill . Retrieved 2013-01-29.) is a county located in the U.S. state of North Carolina . As of the [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Weekly Newspapers Published In North Carolina Weekly, The Weekly, or variations, may refer to: News media * ''Weekly'' (news magazine), an English-language national news magazine published in Mauritius Weekly newspaper, any newspaper published on a weekly schedule Alternative newspaper, also known as ''alternative weekly'', a newspaper with magazine-style feature stories ''The Weekly with Charlie Pickering'', an Australian satirical news program ''The Weekly with Wendy Mesley'', a Canadian Sunday morning news talk show ''The Weekly'', the original name of the television documentary series ''The New York Times Presents'' Other Weekley, a village in Northamptonshire, UK Weeekly, a South Korean girl-group See also Weekly News (other) ''Weekly News'' is generally a title given to a newspaper that is published on a weekly basis. Some examples of newspapers with Weekly News in their title include: Turks and Caicos Islands ''Turks and Caicos Weekly News'' United Kingdom ''The W ... Weekley (surname) {{ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Newspapers Established In 1889 A newspaper is a periodical publication containing written information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as politics, business, sports and art, and often include materials such as opinion columns, weather forecasts, reviews of local services, obituaries, birth notices, crosswords, editorial cartoons, comic strips, and advice columns. Most newspapers are businesses, and they pay their expenses with a mixture of subscription revenue, newsstand sales, and advertising revenue. The journalism organizations that publish newspapers are themselves often metonymically called newspapers. Newspapers have traditionally been published in print (usually on cheap, low-grade paper called newsprint). However, today most newspapers are also published on websites as online newspapers, and some have even abandoned their print versions entirely. Newspapers developed in the 17th century ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]