The ''News-Times'' is a weekly newspaper covering the cities of

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and Hillsboro in the U.S. state of Oregon. Established in 1886 and with coverage focused on Forest Grove for most of its history, the paper only recently added equivalent coverage of the much larger city of Hillsboro, when, in August 2019, publisher Pamplin Media Group launched a separate Hillsboro edition of the ''News-Times'', to replace Pamplin's ''

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''. The paper is published on Wednesdays. As of 2014, it had a

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of approximately 3,100. It is owned by Pamplin Media Group, which owns other community newspapers in the Portland metropolitan area.

History

The newspaper was established in 1886 as the ''Washington County News-Times''. Over time the newspaper changed its name to the ''Forest Grove News-Times'' and became part of Community Newspapers Inc., which owned other Portland-area community papers. The paper took first place in its division for spot news coverage and enterprise reporting in 1999 from the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association, and the following year took first for news photo and local column. In August 2000, Community Newspapers was acquired by Pamplin Communications, passing ownership of the ''News-Times'' to Pamplin Media Group. The ''News-Times'' took home two more first-place prizes at the Better Newspaper Contest in 2001, but just one in 2002. In 2006, the newspaper had three first-place finishes at the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association’s Better Newspaper Contest. The paper took first place for its division for educational coverage in 2007 from the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association. Pamplin Media Group launched the ''

'' in nearby Hillsboro in September 2012, which then competed with '' The Hillsboro Argus''. ''The Argus'' publisher then launched the ''

Forest Grove Leader The ''Forest Grove Leader'' was a weekly community newspaper in Forest Grove in the U.S. state of Oregon. Started in 2012, it was published by the Oregonian Publishing Company, which also published ''The Hillsboro Argus'' newspaper and continues ...

'' in October 2012. The ''News-Times'' publisher claimed the launch of the second Forest Grove newspaper was retaliation for starting the Hillsboro paper. The competition between the media companies was the focus of a "Think Out Loud" segment on Oregon Public Broadcasting in November 2012 featuring ''News-Times'' publisher John Schrag. The ''Argus'' and ''Leader'' were later merged into a single paper called the ''Washington County Argus'', which ceased publication in 2017. Schrag, a former '' Willamette Week'' editor, became the paper's editor in the mid-2000s, and the ''News-Times'' won several statewide awards for general excellence during his tenure. Nikki DeBuse became the ''News-Times'' publisher on February 1, 2016. In August 2019, owner Pamplin Media announced that a new Hillsboro edition of the ''News-Times'' would be launched on August 14, replacing the Pamplin-owned ''

'', which had been in publication since 2012. The final newsprint edition under the ''Tribune'' name was published on August 7, 2019, and the first "Hillsboro Edition" of the ''News-Times'' was published on August 14, 2019. The two papers were already owned by the same company, and had been operating out of the same office in Forest Grove since the ''Tribune''s inception.

Details

As of 2014, the paper had a circulation of 3,102 for its weekly run. Nikki DeBuse is the publisher and Mark Miller the editor of the newspaper, which is owned by Pamplin Media Group. The ''News-Times'' is published on Wednesdays.Contact Us - News-Times
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External links

About Forest Grove News-Times. (Forest Grove, Or.) 1981-1985
{{Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association 1886 establishments in Oregon Forest Grove, Oregon Newspapers published by Pamplin Media Group Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association Publications established in 1886 Newspapers published in Oregon