''The Western News'' is a twice-weekly

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 ...

Libby, Montana Libby is a city in northwestern Montana, United States and the county seat of Lincoln County. The population was 2,775 at the 2020 census. Libby suffered from the area's contamination from nearby vermiculite mines contaminated with particularl ...

. Its coverage area is southern Lincoln County, which includes the communities of Libby and

Troy Troy ( el, Τροία and Latin: Troia, Hittite language, Hittite: 𒋫𒊒𒄿𒊭 ''Truwiša'') or Ilion ( el, Ίλιον and Latin: Ilium, Hittite language, Hittite: 𒃾𒇻𒊭 ''Wiluša'') was an ancient city located at Hisarlik in prese ...

. ''The Western News'' was founded in 1902, and is owned by

Duane Hagadone Duane B. Hagadone (September 3, 1932 – April 24, 2021) was an American newspaper publisher, urban planner, real estate and land developer. Hagadone is known as the founder of the Coeur d'Alene Resort and Golf Course in northern Idaho, which ha ...

and the Hagadone Newspaper Group. The newspaper carries publication dates of Wednesday and Friday, though copies are available as early as Tuesday and Thursday afternoons in local newsstands. Its online edition was introduced in the spring of 1995.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Western News, The Newspapers published in Montana Newspapers established in 1902 1902 establishments in Montana