Cheney Free Press

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Cheney Free Press
Type Weekly newspaper
Owner(s)Free Press Publishing
Founded1896
Headquarters1616 W. First St. Cheney, WA 99004
Circulation 3,695(as of 2022) [1]
Website cheneyfreepress.com

The Cheney Free Press has been the dominant newspaper of Cheney in the U.S. state of Washington since its inception in 1896. [2] [3] It was not the first newspapers there; the North-West Tribune was published in Cheney from June 1880 to about 1886, and was the second in Spokane County. [4] [5]

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It was a Republican paper in its earliest days, but switched its allegiance to the People's Party when purchased in 1898. It has been firmly embedded in its community throughout, devoting a page to local high school student editors in the teens and using its press to print newspapers for various other companies in the region.

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