Type | Weekly newspaper |
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Owner(s) | Free Press Publishing |
Founded | 1896 |
Headquarters | 1616 W. First St. Cheney, WA 99004 |
Circulation | 3,695(as of 2022) [1] |
Website | cheneyfreepress |
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]
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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