The ''Henderson Home News'' was a
community newspaper
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If it covers wider topics, community j ...
based in
Henderson, Nevada
Henderson is a city in Clark County, Nevada, United States, about southeast of downtown Las Vegas. It is the second largest city in Nevada, after Las Vegas, with an estimated population of 320,189 in 2019. The city is part of the Las Vegas Vall ...
. The ''Henderson Home News'' had a close, working alliance with the larger ''
Las Vegas Sun
The ''Las Vegas Sun'' is one of the Las Vegas Valley's two daily Subscription business model, subscription newspapers. It is owned by the Greenspun family and is affiliated with Greenspun Media Group. The paper published afternoons on weekdays ...
'' throughout its existence.
[ The ''Las Vegas Sun'' later acquired the ''Henderson Home News'' outright and closed the smaller newspaper in 2010.][
]Lorna Kesterson
Lorna J. Kesterson (December 30, 1925 – January 16, 2012) was an American journalist, newspaper editor and politician. She served as the first female mayor of the city of Henderson, Nevada, for two consecutive four-year terms from 1985 to 199 ...
worked as a reporter and, later, managing editor
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United States
In the United States, a managing edito ...
of the ''Henderson Home News'' for nearly thirty years. She was later elected the first female Mayor of Henderson in 1985.
References
Publications disestablished in 2010
Newspapers published in Nevada
Mass media in Henderson, Nevada
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