Leavenworth Echo

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Leavenworth Echo
Type Weekly newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s)
  • Independent
  • (1904–20)
  • Echo Publishing Company
  • (1920–2000)
  • NCW Media, Inc.
  • (2000–23)
  • Ward Media, LLC
  • (2023–present)
Founded1904;119 years ago (1904)
Language English
Headquarters Leavenworth, Washington
Circulation 1,600(as of 2022) [1]
OCLC number 16996294
Website leavenworthecho.com

The Leavenworth Echo is a weekly newspaper in Leavenworth, Washington, United States. Founded in 1904, it was sold to Ward Media LLC in August 2023. [2]

History

The Echo was founded by Deed H. Mayar and published its first edition on January 15, 1904. [3] It was preceded by a now-defunct newspaper, the Journal, which began publication in 1898. [4] The newspaper leaned Republican and was published from Mayar's home in a five-column format. [5]

Mayar was later elected as the first mayor of Leavenworth when the town was incorporated in 1906. [3] [6] The newspaper's editors during this period were Deed and his son Julian, who later enlisted in the U.S. Navy during World War I. [7]

Mayar retired in 1919 and sold the newspaper to the Echo Publishing Company (EPC). [3] After acquiring it from EPC along with the Cashmere Valley Record in 2000, [8] [9] NCW Media, Inc. sold the newspaper in August 2023 to Ward Media, LLC. [10]

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