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The Observer (La Grande)
''The Observer'', established in 1896, is a newspaper that serves Union and Wallowa counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. Its headquarters are in La Grande, the seat of Union County. ''The Observer'' circulates Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons. EO Media Group based in Salem, Oregon, publishes the newspaper. History ''The Observer'' was founded in 1896 by brothers Frederick Barlow Currey and George H. Currey. Bruce Dennis bought it from them in 1910, and he sold the paper in 1925 to Frank B. Appleby. Peter R. Finlay purchased the paper from him in 1930, and died two years later of a sudden heart attack. The ''La Grande Evening Observer'' was purchased by Frank Schiro and Fred Weybret on October 1, 1941. The Grande Ronde Valley Publishing Company was soon established. At the time of the sale, the paper had less than 1,700 subscribers, which grew to more than 3,600 by 1949. Schiro sold his ownership stake to Weybret on June 10, 1951. From then on the paper was managed by ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Weekly Newspaper
Weekly newspaper is a general-news or Current affairs (news format), current affairs publication that is issued once or twice a week in a wide variety broadsheet, magazine, and electronic publishing, digital formats. Similarly, a biweekly newspaper is published once every two weeks. Weekly newspapers tend to have smaller circulations than daily newspapers, and often cover smaller territories, such as one or more smaller towns, a rural county, or a few neighborhoods in a large city. Frequently, weeklies cover local news and engage in community journalism. Most weekly newspapers follow a similar format as daily newspapers (i.e., news, sports, obituary, obituaries, etc.). However, the primary focus is on news within a coverage area. The publication dates of weekly newspapers in North America vary, but often they come out in the middle of the week (Wednesday or Thursday). However, in the United Kingdom where they come out on Sundays, the weeklies which are called ''Sunday newspapers'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Lodi News-Sentinel
The ''Lodi News-Sentinel'' is a daily newspaper based in Lodi, California, United States, and serving northern San Joaquin and southern Sacramento Sacramento ( or ; ; ) is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the seat of Sacramento County. Located at the confluence of the Sacramento and American Rivers in Northern California's Sacramento Valley, Sacramento's 2020 p ... counties. History The ''Lodi News-Sentinel'' was founded in 1881 by Ralph Ellis, a former sheriff, farmer and flourmill operator. Ownership has changed several times over the years, from Ralph Ellis to Samuel B. Axtell then to Fordyce P. Roper and George H. Moore, followed by Clyde C. Church, and later to Fred E. Weybret. On June 1, 2015, the paper was sold to Central Valley News-Sentinel Inc., led by veteran newspaper publisher Steven Malkowich. The new owners manage newspaper assets in both the United States and Canada, including several in California. The newspaper has moved loc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association
The Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association is a trade association for all paid-circulation daily, weekly, and multi-weekly newspapers in the U.S. state of Oregon Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while t .... It represents and promotes newspapers, and encourages excellence in reporting and coverage with an annual series of awards. History The organization was established as the Oregon Press Association in 1887. It was renamed the Oregon State Editorial Association in 1909, and adopted its current name in 1936. It has about 80 member newspapers plus additional associate member and collegiate member newspapers as of 2014. In 2025, ONPA expanded it's statewide newspaper contest to include newspapers in Idaho and Washington state, and the competition's name was changed to the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Newspapers Published In Oregon
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, art, and science. They often include materials such as opinion columns, weather forecasts, reviews of local services, obituaries, birth notices, crosswords, editorial cartoons, comic strips, and advice columns. Most newspapers are businesses, and they pay their expenses with a mixture of subscription revenue, newsstand sales, and advertising revenue. The journalism organizations that publish newspapers are themselves often metonymically called newspapers. Newspapers have traditionally been published in print (usually on cheap, low-grade paper called newsprint). However, today most newspapers are also published on websites as online newspapers, and some have even abandoned their print versions entirely. Newspapers developed in the 17th c ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
1896 Establishments In Oregon
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East Oregonian
The ''East Oregonian'' is a weekly newspaper published in Pendleton, Oregon, United States and covering Umatilla and Morrow counties. ''EO'' is owned by EO Media Group and is the newspaper of record for Umatilla County. History M.P. Bull first published the ''East Oregonian'' on Oct. 16, 1875. It was a weekly Democratic newspaper serving Pendleton, Oregon. At that time the population was around 250. Bull used a Washington hand press to print the first issue. He previously lived in Portland and decided to name his paper in reference to ''The Oregonian''. This caused some people to link the two, although they're unrelated. Bull, a member of the Oregon Bar, was in poor health and sold the paper to lawyer J. H. Turner, who bought it out of concern of the paper falling into Republican hands. Turner and six other men formed the East Oregonian Publishing Co. and purchased the publication on Oct. 9, 1877. Turner brought on B. B. Bishop and the two sold the paper in 1880, they sol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Western Communications
Western Communications, Inc. was an American newspaper publisher serving the states of Oregon and California from 1953 to 2019. The family-owned company was based in Bend, Oregon and was founded by Robert W. Chandler. Its flagship paper was '' The Bulletin''. History Robert W. Chandler bought '' The Bulletin'' in 1953 and built his newspaper company up over the ensuing decades, prior to his death in 1996. The company was recognized by an Oregon State University awards program in 1995, for an effective ownership transition from Chandler to his daughter, Elizabeth McCool, and for remaining actively engaged in its community. At the time, the chain consisted of eight papers and employed 300 people. When the company bought '' The Redmond Spokesman'' from Mary Brown in 1971, it owned radio stations in Oregon and California. Western Communications purchased the '' La Grande Observer'' in 1959, ''Baker City Herald'' in 1967, '' The Redmond Spokesman'' in 1971, '' Burns Times-Herald'' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Baker City Herald
The ''Baker City Herald'' is a tri-weekly paper published in Baker City, Oregon Oregon ( , ) is a U.S. state, state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is a part of the Western U.S., with the Columbia River delineating much of Oregon's northern boundary with Washington (state), Washington, while t ..., United States, since 1870. It is published on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays and is owned by EO Media Group. History The ''Herald'' was established as the ''Bedrock-Democrat'' on May 11, 1870. Its founders were Milton H. Abbott, who had previously launched the '' Oregon Herald'', and Lewis Linn McArthur. In 1887, Ira Bowen and George Small purchased the newspaper for $2,500. Bowen and Small published the ''Daily Democrat'' and ran the ''Bedrock Democrat'' as a weekly edition. Their partnership ended in 1919. In 1929, the ''Bedrock-Democrat'' was purchased by Lucien P. Arant and Bernard Mainwaring. The new owners merged it with the city's other dai ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Robert W
The name Robert is an ancient Germanic given name, from Proto-Germanic "fame" and "bright" (''Hrōþiberhtaz''). Compare Old Dutch ''Robrecht'' and Old High German ''Hrodebert'' (a compound of '' Hruod'' () "fame, glory, honour, praise, renown, godlike" and ''berht'' "bright, light, shining"). It is the second most frequently used given name of ancient Germanic origin.Reaney & Wilson, 1997. ''Dictionary of English Surnames''. Oxford University Press. It is also in use as a surname. Another commonly used form of the name is Rupert. After becoming widely used in Continental Europe, the name entered England in its Old French form ''Robert'', where an Old English cognate form (''Hrēodbēorht'', ''Hrodberht'', ''Hrēodbēorð'', ''Hrœdbœrð'', ''Hrœdberð'', ''Hrōðberχtŕ'') had existed before the Norman Conquest. The feminine version is Roberta. The Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish form is Roberto. Robert is also a common name in many Germanic languages, including En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
EO Media Group
The EO Media Group, formerly known as the East Oregonian Publishing Company, is a newspaper publishing company based in the U.S. state of Oregon. It publishes 17 newspapers in the state and in southwestern Washington. History The company, which has been family-owned for four generations, was previously known as the East Oregonian Publishing Company. It changed its name to EO Media Group in January 2013. It is owned by the Aldrich and Forrester families, members of which previously owned several newspapers (including the ''East Oregonian'' and ''The Daily Astorian'') independently. The connection between the ''East Oregonian'' and ''The Daily Astorian'' dates to 1909, when several ''East Oregonian'' staffers bought the ''Astoria Budget'', which was later merged with the ''Astorian''. In 1973, the father and son (J. W. Forrester, Jr. and Michael A. Forrester) who had been publishing the ''East Oregonian'' and the ''Daily Astorian'' switched positions. The company acquired the '' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Paso Robles Press
The ''Paso Robles Press'' began in June 1889, and has published continually since. The publication is currently a weekly printed newspaper and daily online publication based in Paso Robles, California, United States that serves the residents of northern San Luis Obispo County. It is operated by 13 Stars Media, with a readership primarily in Paso Robles and surrounding communities, including Templeton, San Miguel San Miguel, Spanish for Saint Michael, may refer to: Places Argentina *San Miguel Partido *San Miguel, Buenos Aires * San Miguel, Catamarca * San Miguel, Corrientes * San Miguel, La Rioja *San Miguel Arcángel, a Volga German colony in Adolfo Al ... and Shandon. History Fred. E. Weybret purchased the newspaper in 1956 and sold it three years later to Arther C. Youngberg. In 2000, Dick Reddick sold the paper to News Media Corporation. The company sold the ''Paso Robles Press'' and '' Atascadero News'' in August 2019 to Nicholas and Hayley Mattson. The official h ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
California State Senate
The California State Senate is the upper house of the California State Legislature (the lower house being the California State Assembly). The state senate convenes, along with the state assembly, at the California State Capitol in Sacramento. Neither house has expanded from the sizes set in the 1879 constitution, and each of the 40 state senators represents approximately 931,349 people. This is a higher number than that of any other state legislative house and than that of California's representatives in the United States House of Representatives, and each state senator represents more than the population of each of five U.S. states. In the current legislative session, the Democratic Party holds 30 out of the 40 seats, which constitutes a 75% majority, more than the two-thirds supermajority threshold of 27. History The 1849 constitution of California provided that the "number of Senators shall not be less than one third, nor more than one half of that of the members of th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
