Eagle Newspapers is an American newspaper publisher serving the states of

Oregon Oregon () is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. The Columbia River delineates much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington, while the Snake River delineates much of its eastern boundary with Idaho. T ...

Washington Washington commonly refers to: * Washington (state), United States * Washington, D.C., the capital of the United States ** A metonym for the federal government of the United States ** Washington metropolitan area, the metropolitan area centered o ...

and

Idaho Idaho ( ) is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the Western United States. To the north, it shares a small portion of the Canada–United States border with the province of British Columbia. It borders the states of Montana and Wyomi ...

History

The origins of the company date back to 1933 when Elmo Smith and his wife, Dorothy, borrowed $25 to establish a mimeographed weekly newspaper in

Ontario, Oregon Ontario is the largest city in Malheur County, Oregon, United States. It lies along the Snake River at the Idaho border. The population was 11,366 at the 2010 census. The city is the largest community in the region of far eastern Oregon, also k ...

. In 1948, Smith sold the paper and used the proceeds to purchase the Blue Mountain Eagle in

John Day, Oregon John Day is a city located about north of Canyon City in Grant County, Oregon, at the intersection of U.S. Routes 26 and 395. The city was named for the nearby John Day River, which had been named for a Virginian member of the 1811 Astor Exped ...

. That same year Smith and his friend, Bill Robinson, purchased

The Madras Pioneer ''The Madras Pioneer'' is a weekly paper published Wednesday in Madras, Oregon, United States, since 1904. It is published on Wednesdays. It is the newspaper of record for Jefferson County. The paper was once owned by Oregon governor Elmo Smith, w ...

and the family business was incorporated. In 1961, the company purchased the Hood River News. The company changed its name to Eagle Newspapers, Inc. in 1979. In 2013, Eagle Newspapers sold six Oregon newspapers in

Central Oregon Central Oregon is a geographic region in the U.S. state of Oregon and is traditionally considered to be made up of Deschutes, Jefferson, and Crook counties. Other definitions include larger areas, often encompassing areas to the north towards ...

and the

Willamette Valley The Willamette Valley ( ) is a long valley in Oregon, in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. The Willamette River flows the entire length of the valley and is surrounded by mountains on three sides: the Cascade Range to the eas ...

to the

Pamplin Media Group The Pamplin Media Group (PMG) is a media conglomerate owned by Robert B. Pamplin, Jr. and operating primarily in the Portland metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of 2019, the company owns 25 newspapers and employs 200 people. H ...

. In 2020, the company sold the Polk County Itemizer-Observer to SJ Olson Publishing, Inc. That same year, the company ceased publication of Hood River News, '' The Dalles Chronicle'' and the ''White Salmon Enterprise'' on March 31. They were replaced by the combined '' Columbia Gorge News'' on April 8.

Current newspapers

;Oregon * '' Columbia Gorge News'' ;Idaho * '' Idaho County Free Press'' ( Grangeville)

Newspapers formerly published by Eagle

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The Omak-Okanogan County Chronicle ''The Omak-Okanogan County Chronicle'' is a newspaper serving North-Central Washington's Okanogan County. The weekly newspaper also covers Ferry County and parts of Douglas County. The newspaper's primary readership is on the U.S. Route 97 corrid ...

'' (

Omak Omak ( Merriam (1997), p. 869) is a city located in the foothills of the Okanogan Highlands in north-central Washington, United States. With an estimated 4,845 residents as of 2010, distributed over a land area of , Omak is the largest municipa ...

) * '' Camas-Washougal Post Record'' * ''

Canby Herald The ''Canby Herald'' is a weekly paper published in Canby, Oregon, United States, since 1906, and covering the cities of Canby and Aurora. As of 2014, the paper is published on Wednesdays. The paper was previously (as of 2012) published bi-weekly, ...

'' * ''

Central Oregonian The ''Central Oregonian'' is a twice-weekly newspaper published in Prineville in the U.S. state of Oregon. Tracing its roots to 1881, the paper covers Central Oregon where it is the newspaper of record for Crook County. In 1921, a merger of the ...

'' * '' Daily Sun News'' ( Sunnyside) * '' The Dalles Chronicle'' * '' The Enterprise'' ( White Salmon) * '' Hood River News'' * ''

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Molalla Pioneer The ''Molalla Pioneer'' is the local weekly newspaper in Molalla, Oregon, United States which began publishing in 1913. The ''Pioneer'' is currently a weekly newspaper published on Wednesdays. History In January 2013, the paper was bought by ...

'' * '' The Newberg Graphic'' * '' Polk County Itemizer-Observer'' (

Dallas Dallas () is the List of municipalities in Texas, third largest city in Texas and the largest city in the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, the List of metropolitan statistical areas, fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 7.5 ...

) * ''

Wilsonville Spokesman The ''Wilsonville Spokesman'' is the local weekly newspaper in Wilsonville, Oregon, United States. Started in 1983 in the southern suburb of Portland, Oregon, the publication has a circulation of approximately 3,500. Published on Wednesdays,

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Woodburn Independent The ''Woodburn Independent'' is a weekly paper published in Woodburn, Oregon, United States, and also covering the cities of Hubbard, Aurora, Donald, Gervais, St. Paul and Mt. Angel, and the surrounding area of Marion County. The ''Independent ...

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External links

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History

Current newspapers

Newspapers formerly published by Eagle

See also

References

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