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(except Saturday and Sunday) serving Minidoka and Cassia counties ( Minidoka County

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) in south-central

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. The paper had a circulation of 3,850.Lee Enterprises Daily Newspapers Circulation
Accessed 15 August 2007 It was formerly owned by

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, which was acquired by

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in 1996. It was one of the papers that was sold to

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the next year. GateHouse Media acquired the paper in 1998 and sold it in 2004 to

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, where it was a part of the Twin Falls Group along with the

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(

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).Daily Newspaper Sales, Jan.-Dec. 2004
/ref> The ''South Idaho Press'' was a consolidation and successor of the ''Burley Bulletin'', which began in 1904 and the ''Burley Herald''.About the South Idaho Press
Accessed 12 April 2007 The ''South Idaho Press'' was merged with the ''Times-News'' in August 2008. The office and printing operation were shut down, with some of the editorial, advertising and circulation staff remaining as a bureau of the Twin Falls-based ''Times-News''.

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* http://www.magicvalley.com
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