Central Oregonian

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Central Oregonian
TypeTwice-weekly newspaper
Owner(s) Pamplin Media Group
Founded1881
Headquarters Prineville, Oregon
Circulation 5,253(as of 2022) [1]
Website centraloregonian.com

The Central Oregonian is a twice-weekly newspaper published in Prineville in the U.S. state of Oregon.

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History

Tracing its roots to 1881, the paper covers Central Oregon where it is the newspaper of record for Crook County. [2] [3] In 1921, a merger of the Prineville Call and the Crook County Journal formed the Central Oregonian. [4] The Journal had previously absorbed the Mitchell Monitor. [5]

Doris Donnelly owned the Central Oregonian until selling it in September 1969 to Eagle Newspapers. [6] Eagle sold the paper to Pamplin Media Group in June 2013. [6] [7] As of 2014, the paper was published on Tuesdays and Fridays. [3]

In October 2018, implemented a paywall on its website, under which users are permitted free access to three stories per calendar month, after which payment of per-story fee is required for non-subscribers. [8]

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