The ''Great Falls Tribune'' is a daily morning
newspaper
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 an ...
printed in
Helena, Montana
Helena (; ) is the capital city of Montana, United States, and the county seat of Lewis and Clark County.
Helena was founded as a gold camp during the Montana gold rush, and established on October 30, 1864. Due to the gold rush, Helena would b ...
. It is one of Montana's largest newspaper companies.
History
The first edition of the newspaper then called the ''Weekly Tribune'' was printed on May 14, 1885.
Starting on May 16, 1887, the ''Tribune'' became a daily newspaper.
On May 19, 1890, delivery switched from afternoon to morning.
The ''Great Falls Tribune'' moved to a new printing facility on 2nd Street in 1916; it remained there until 1979, when it moved to the location at 205 River Drive South. In 2022, they moved to a warehouse space at 701 River Dr S #1.
The ''Tribune'' launched a subsidiary company, River's Edge Printing in 2006; the latter printed for weekly newspapers on a Goss Community press.
In July 2020, printing of the ''Great Falls Tribune'' moved to the presses of the
Independent Record
The ''Independent Record'' (often abbreviated to ''IR'') is a daily newspaper printed and distributed in Helena, Montana. The newspaper is part of the Lee Enterprises group.
History
The roots of the ''IR'' lie in two newspapers that were foun ...
in
Helena.
Awards
The ''Great Falls Tribune'' won the
Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting
The Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting has been presented since 1998, for a distinguished example of explanatory reporting that illuminates a significant and complex subject, demonstrating mastery of the subject, lucid writing and clear pr ...
in
2000
File:2000 Events Collage.png, From left, clockwise: Protests against Bush v. Gore after the 2000 United States presidential election; Heads of state meet for the Millennium Summit; The International Space Station in its infant form as seen from S ...
for a yearlong series on
alcoholism
Alcoholism is, broadly, any drinking of alcohol that results in significant mental or physical health problems. Because there is disagreement on the definition of the word ''alcoholism'', it is not a recognized diagnostic entity. Predomin ...
.
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Newspapers published in Montana
Great Falls, Montana
Gannett publications
1884 establishments in Montana Territory
Publications established in 1884
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