Hanford Sentinel

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Hanford Sentinel
Type Weekly newspaper
Owner(s)Santa Maria California News Media Inc.
Founder(s)Frank L. Dodge
David Dodge
Founded1886
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters421 E 6th St,
Hanford, CA 93230
OCLC number 27696061
Website hanfordsentinel.com

The Hanford Sentinel is a weekly newspaper in Hanford, California. [1]

History

The first issue of the Hanford Sentinel was published on Feb. 4, 1886. It was a Republican paper founded by brothers Frank L. Dodge and David Dodge. [2] The two sold the paper in 1897 to J.E. Richmond. [3]

Richmond operated the Sentinel for over four decades. In 1940, he sold the paper to a group of three men, including Stanley Beaubaire, who was named editor and publisher. [4] Beaubaire bought the Chico Record in 1945 [5] and sold it two years later. [6]

In 1952, Samuel M. Beaubaire sold the Sentinel and radio station KNGS-LP to Earl J. Fenston, owner of KSJV. [7] In 1958, Fenston Newspapers sold the Sentinel and Santa Maria Times to Scripps League Newspapers. [8] In 1996, Scrips was bought by Pulitzer, Inc. [9]

In 2005, Lee Enterprises acquired Pulitzer. [10] In 2020, Lee sold the Sentinel and Santa Maria Times, Lompoc Record, Santa Ynez Valley News and others to Santa Maria California News Media Inc., a newly formed company led by a group of Canadian newspaper executives. [11]

References

  1. "The Hanford Sentinel (Hanford, Kings County, Calif.) 1960-Current". Library of Congress. Retrieved September 17, 2025.
  2. "Notice". Tulare County Times. Visalia, California. February 11, 1886. p. 2.
  3. "Local Items". The Lemoore Leader. February 13, 1897. p. 3.
  4. "Sentinel, Journal Go Into New Hands Actively Monday". The Hanford Sentinel. October 5, 1940. p. 1.
  5. "Chico Record Sold". Medford Mail Tribune. Medford, Oregon. United Press. October 21, 1945. p. 9.
  6. "Chico Record sold to rival". The Peninsula Times Tribune. Palo Alto, California. Associated Press. November 14, 1947. p. 15.
  7. "Hanford Sentinel Sold To Fresno Interests". Tulare Advance-Register. Associated Press. June 30, 1952. p. 1.
  8. "Scrips League Buys Santa Maria Times". Santa Maria Times. February 8, 1958. p. 1.
  9. "Business in Brief | Hanford Sentinel Sold". The Fresno Bee. May 7, 1996. p. 35.
  10. Steinberg, Jacques (February 1, 2005). "Pulitzer to Be Acquired by Lee Enterprises". New York Times. Retrieved 7 July 2012.
  11. "Lee Enterprises sells papers in Santa Maria, Hanford". Santa Maria Times. March 13, 2020. Retrieved 2020-03-15.