''The Winchester Star'' is a daily newspaper (Monday-Friday) based in
Winchester, Virginia
Winchester is the most north western independent city in the Commonwealth of Virginia. It is the county seat of Frederick County, although the two are separate jurisdictions. The Bureau of Economic Analysis combines the city of Winchester wit ...
covering the
Shenandoah Valley
The Shenandoah Valley () is a geographic valley and cultural region of western Virginia and the Eastern Panhandle of West Virginia. The valley is bounded to the east by the Blue Ridge Mountains, to the west by the eastern front of the Ridge- ...
area. Subscribers may choose from either the print edition or a downloadable edition of the newspaper.
On March 6, 2018, it was announced that ''The Winchester Star'', along with the other Byrd family newspapers, were to be sold to
Ogden Newspapers
Ogden Newspapers Inc. is a Wheeling, West Virginia based publisher of daily and weekly newspapers, magazines, telephone directories, and shoppers guides. The company was founded by H.C. Ogden in 1890, and is currently run by the family of his gra ...
.
Members of the Byrd family had been the sole owners of ''The Winchester Star'' since 1897.
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Daily newspapers published in Virginia
Winchester, Virginia
Newspapers established in 1896
1896 establishments in Virginia
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