The ''Danville Register & Bee'' is a

daily 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 a ...

serving

Danville, Virginia Danville is an independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States, located in the Southside Virginia region and on the fall line of the Dan River. It was a center of tobacco production and was an area of Confederate activity ...

, United States, published seven days a week. It is owned by

Lee Enterprises Lee Enterprises, Inc. is a publicly traded American media company. It publishes 77 daily newspapers in 26 states, and more than 350 weekly, classified, and specialty publications. Lee Enterprises was founded in 1890 by Alfred Wilson Lee and is b ...

History

The paper was previously published as ''The Danville Register'' and ''The Bee''. The two were merged on July 1, 1989. ''The Register'' was founded as ''The Daily Register'', in February 1882. ''The Bee'' was founded as the ''Danville Daily Bee'', in 1899.

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* * 1882 establishments in Virginia Daily newspapers published in Virginia Danville, Virginia Lee Enterprises publications Newspapers established in 1882 {{Virginia-newspaper-stub