''The Madras Pioneer'' is a weekly paper published Wednesday in

Madras Chennai (, ), formerly known as Madras ( the official name until 1996), is the capital city of Tamil Nadu, the southernmost Indian state. The largest city of the state in area and population, Chennai is located on the Coromandel Coast of th ...

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, United States, since 1904. It is published on Wednesdays. It is the

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for Jefferson County. The paper was once owned by Oregon governor

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, whose family still owns Eagle Newspapers. In January 2013, the paper was sold to the

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along with five other papers owned by Eagle Newspapers.

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* Madras, Oregon 1904 establishments in Oregon Newspapers published by Pamplin Media Group Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association Newspapers established in 1904 Weekly newspapers published in the United States Newspapers published in Oregon {{Oregon-newspaper-stub