Fayette Tribune

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Fayette Tribune
Type Weekly newspaper
Owner(s) CNHI
Founded1915
Headquarters417 Main Street, Oak Hill, WV 25901
Circulation 1,093(as of 2016) [1]
Website fayettetribune.com

The Fayette Tribune is a newspaper serving Oak Hill, West Virginia, and surrounding Fayette County. [2] Published on Thursday, it has a circulation of 1,093 and is owned by Community Newspaper Holdings. [3]

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History

In 1915, Charles A. Goddard acquired the Fayette Tribune and Free Press, [4] a name simplified to the Fayette Tribune in 1924. [5] In 1930 the Tribune was sold to the Woodyard brothers, who also purchased the Fayette Democrat. [4]

The Fayette Tribune was the first newspaper to call attention to the Hawk's Nest Tunnel disaster, [6] a large scale incident of occupational silicosis, considered to be one of the worst industrial tragedies in the history of the United States. [7] Reporting in February 1931 the paper broke the story:

"Their [sic] is a great deal of comment regarding the unusually large number of deaths among the colored laborers in the tunnel works. The deaths totaled about 37 in the past two weeks." [6]

The mining continued, however, resulting in an estimated 476 deaths before construction halted. [8]

In 2022, The Montgomery Herald was merged into the Fayette Tribune. [9]

References

  1. ↑ 2016 West Virginia Press Association Newspaper Directory (PDF). West Virginia Press Association. 2016.
  2. ↑ "Newspapers Currently Received in the West Virginia Archives and History Library" (PDF). West Virginia Division of Culture and History. State of West Virginia. December 2016.
  3. ↑ 2016 West Virginia Press Association Newspaper Directory (PDF). West Virginia Press Association. 2016.
  4. 1 2 "Another Fayette Newspaper Is No More". Beckley Post-Herald. October 2, 1972.
  5. ↑ "About The Fayette Tribune". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress.
  6. 1 2 "Memorial Sought for Those Lost". The Atlanta Constitution. July 25, 2010.
  7. ↑ "The Hawk's Nest Tunnel Disaster: Summersville, WV". National Park Service. U. S. Department of the Interior.
  8. ↑ "Book explores Hawks Nest tunnel history". Fayette Tribune. April 2, 2008.
  9. ↑ Keenan, Cheryl (May 5, 2022). "Fayette papers to merge". The Montgomery Herald. Retrieved July 28, 2024.


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