 Front page on March 5, 1887 | |
| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Lee Enterprises |
| Publisher | Jeff Precourt [1] |
| Editor | Les Gehrett [2] |
| Founded | March 5, 1887 |
| Ceased publication | January 18, 2023 |
| Headquarters |
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| Country | United States |
| Circulation | 2,149(as of 2014) [1] |
| ISSN | 2472-6648 |
| OCLC number | 38041261 |
| Website | lebanon-express |
The Lebanon Express was a weekly newspaper in Lebanon, Oregon. It was owned by Lee Enterprises. [1] The paper ceased publication in January 2023. [3]
The Lebanon Express was first published by Jacob H. Stine on March 5, 1887. Stine left the paper after a year. In 1987, Hugh Yandel Kirkpatrick merged the Lebanon Express with the Lebanon Advance to form Lebanon Express-Advance. The name was changed back to the Lebanon Express in 1912. [4]
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The paper published its final edition on Jan. 18, 2023 and rolled coverage of the area into The Albany Democrat-Herald. [9] [3]
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