List of newspapers in Arkansas

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This is a list of newspapers in Arkansas , USA.

Contents

Daily newspapers and online publications (currently published)

TitleLocaleYear est.FrequencyOwnerNotes
Batesville Daily Guard Batesville Daily Paxton Media Group
The Saline Courier Benton 1876DailyHorizon PublicationsNotes
The Camden News Camden Daily WEHCO Media
Log Cabin Democrat Conway Daily Paxton Media Group
El Dorado News-Times El Dorado DailyWEHCO Media
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Fayetteville Daily WEHCO Media/ Stephens Media
Southwest Times Record Fort Smith Daily GateHouse Media [1]
The Harrison Daily Times Harrison 1876Daily Carpenter Media Group
Hot Springs Sentinel-Record Hot Springs Daily WEHCO Media
The Jonesboro Sun Jonesboro Daily Paxton Media Group
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Little Rock [2] Daily WEHCO Media
The Baxter Bulletin Mountain Home 1901 [3] Daily Carpenter Media Group [4]
Paragould Daily Press Paragould Daily Paxton Media Group
Pine Bluff Commercial Pine Bluff DailyWEHCO Media
The Courier Russellville Daily Paxton Media Group
The Daily Citizen Searcy Daily Paxton Media Group
Stuttgart Daily Leader Stuttgart Daily GateHouse Media [1]
Texarkana Gazette Texarkana Daily WEHCO Media

Weekly newspapers (currently published)

TitleLocaleYear est.FrequencyPublisher/parent companyNotes
Little River Post Ashdown2020WeeklyJournal Agency, LLC https://www.littleriverpost.com
Atkins Chronicle Atkins Weekly
The Johnson County Graphic Clarksville 1877Weekly https://www.thegraphic.org
Van Buren County Democrat Clinton WeeklyPaxton Media Group
The Ashley News Observer Crossett Weekly
Yell County Record Danville Weekly
Dardanelle Post-Dispatch Dardanelle Weekly
DeWitt Era Enterprise DeWitt 1929WeeklyDeWitt Publishing Company Inc
Washington County Enterprise-Leader Farmington Weekly Northwest Arkansas Newspapers LLC
The Ashley County Ledger Hamburg Weekly
The Sun-Times Heber Springs WeeklyPaxton Media Group
The Helena World Helena-West Helena 1871WeeklyHelena World Chronicle, LLCwww.helenaworld.org
Hot Springs Village Voice Hot Springs Village 1990WeeklyJ. Allen, LLChsvvoice.com
The Chicot County Spectator/Eudora Enterprise Lake Village Weekly
Arkansas Times Little Rock Weekly
Petit Jean Country Headlight Morrilton, Perryville Weekly
Newport Independent Newport WeeklyPaxton Media Group
Times of Northeast Benton County Pea Ridge Weekly WEHCO Media/ Stephens Media
Siloam Springs Herald-Leader Siloam Springs Weekly
Wynne Progress Wynne 1904Weekly
Cross County Times Wynne1988

University newspapers

Defunct

TitleLocaleYear est.CeasedNotes
Arkansas AdvocateLittle Rock18301837 [5]
Arkansas BannerLittle Rock18431845Owned by the Democratic Party of Arkansas in 1945 [5]
Arkansas County Gazette DeWitt 18841886 [6]
Arkansas DemocratDeWitt18791882 [7]
Arkansas FarmerLittle Rock18441845 [5]
Arkansas ForumSiloam Springs1921c. 1921 [8]
Arkansas Gazette Arkansas Post, Little Rock1819 [9] 1991 [10]
Arkansas HeraldSiloam Springs18821889 [11]
Arkansas IntelligencerVan Buren18421845 [12]
Arkansas JournalHelena18431845 [13]
Arkansas Ladies JournalLittle Rock18841886founded by Mary W. Loughborough [14]
Arkansas PostDeWitt18821882 [7]
Arkansas ReporterDeWitt18851885? [6]
Arkansas State DemocratHelena18391841Successor to the Helena Spy [13]
Arkansas StarLittle Rock18391841 [15]
Arkansas Temperance JournalLittle Rock18441845 [15]
Arkansas Times and AdvocateLittle Rock18371844?Combination of the Arkansas Weekly Times and Arkansas Advocate [15]
Arkansas TravelerBentonville18681869 [16]
Arkansas UnionSiloam Springs18901890 [11]
Arkansas Weekly TimesLittle Rock18351837Known as the Little Rock Times, 1835-1836 [17]
Ashley County EagleHamburg18891920Successor to the El Dorado Eagle, merged with the Ashley County Leader [18]
Ashley County LeaderHamburg19201969Successor to the Hamburg Budget, [18] merged with The Crossett News Observer
Batesville News Batesville 18381843Suspended in 1843, later revived as the North Arkansas [19]
Benton County Gazette Gravette 1908 [20]
Benton County JournalBentonville18861886 [21]
Benton County GazetteGravette1911c. 1922 [20]
Benton County RecordBentonville1916 [22]
Benton County SunBentonville18901921Merged into the Benton County Record [23]
Bentonville AdvanceBentonville18731883Merged into The Bentonian [16]
Bentonville BeaconBentonville18661866 [16]
Bentonville CornerstoneBentonville18271827 [16]
Bentonville DemocratBentonville18591859Successor to the Northwest Appeal [24]
Bentonville DemocratBentonville18691869Successor to the Arkansas Traveler [16]
Bentonville DemocratBentonville1886 [25]
Bentonville NewsBentonville19051905Merged into the Benton County Sun [26]
Brinkley Argus [27] Brinkley [27] 2007 [27] Merged into Central Delta Argus-Sun [27]
Bull Shoals GazetteCotter1946c. 1946 [28]
Cabot Star-Herald Cabot
Carlisle Independent Carlisle
Central Delta Argus-Sun [27] Brinkley 20072016Combination of Brinkley Argus and Monroe County Sun
Commercial Advertiser Napoleon 18431844 [17]
Constitution JournalHelena18361838Successor to the Helena Herald [13]
Cotter Courier Cotter 1903c. 1918 [29]
The Cotter RecordCotter19111937 [28]
Cross County Democrat Wynne 1895c. 1910Merged into The Blade-Democrat [30]
Cross County DemocratWynne19121924Successor to The Blade-Democrat [31]
Cross County NewsWynne1899c. 1899 [31]
Cross County Times Parkin 19331987Successor to the Parkin Times before becoming the Cross County Times [32]
DemocratDeWitt18711871 [7]
DeWitt ChronicleDeWitt18611862 [33]
DeWitt DemocratDeWitt18981898 [6]
DeWitt EnterpriseDeWitt18711874 [7]
DeWitt EnterpriseDeWitt1916 [6] 1929Merged into the DeWitt Era Enterprise
DeWitt Free LanceDeWitt18881888 [6]
DeWitt New EraDeWitt1884 [6] 1929Merged into the DeWitt Era Enterprise
DeWitt RepublicanDeWitt1880s1880s [6]
Fayetteville WitnessFayetteville18401842 [34]
Goldman Times Goldman 18841885 [35]
Gravette DemocratGravette [20]
Gravette HeraldGravette [20]
Gravette NewsGravette [20]
Gravette News HeraldGravetteCombination of the Gravette Herald and the Gravette News [36]
Hamburg BudgetHamburg19121920Renamed Ashley County Leader [37]
Hamburg MonitorHamburg1874c. 1876Founded as Hamburg Enterprise, renamed November 1874 [38]
Hamburg NewsHamburg18841889Successor to The Ashley County Times, merged into the Ashley County Eagle [38]
Hamburg ReporterHamburg1859c. 1865 [38]
Helena HeraldHelena18331835 [13]
Helena SpyHelena18381838Successor to the Constitution Journal [5]
Hope Star Hope 18832018 [39]
Independent DemocratLittle Rock18431843 [17]
IndicatorDeWitt18751875? [7]
I.O.O.F. Beacon Light and Masonic GuideGravette1914Renamed Sovereign Odd Fellow before ending. [20]
Life LineWynnec. 1900c. 1900Black newspaper [31]
Marvell MessengerMarvell19651980
Monroe County Sun [27] Clarendon 2007 [27] Merged into Central Delta Argus-Sun
Monte Ne Herald Monte Ne 19031905 [20]
The Morning News [40] 2009 [40] Merged with the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's northwest operation [40]
Mountain View HeraldMountain View19321953Merged with the Stone County Leader
Napoleon JournalNapoleon18391840Known as the Napoleon Messenger for two months in 1840 before cessation [12]
Nevada County Picayune Prescott 2018 [39]
Norfork Enterprise Norfork [29]
North ArkansasBatesville18431845 [34]
North Arkansas Herald Harrison c. 1915 [41]
North Arkansas HeraldMountain Home1890c. 1891 [3]
North Arkansas ViewMountain Home19841994 [42]
Northwest AppealBentonville18571858 [43]
Ouachita Herald Camden 18451845 [34]
The PalladiumMonte Ne1921Quarterly special interest publication about bimetallism [44]
Parkin Free Press Parkin 19331934Renamed Parkin Times for one month [32]
Parkin SentinelParkin1911c. 1911
People's Friend Rogers c. 19101916Socialist [11]
Phillips County ProgressHelena19842004
Political IntelligencerLittle Rock18341835 [17]
The Pulaskian Pulaski Heights 19151929
Quid NuncMountain Home18771880 [3]
Rogers DemocratRogers1881Founded as the Rogers New Era [45]
Rogers Daily PostRogers1910 [46]
Rogers EnterpriseRogers18971897 [46]
Rogers JournalRogersc. 19001914Known as the Rogers Advocate and Rogers Republican [46]
Rogers LeaderRogers18961897 [46]
Rogers RepublicanRogers18831909Merged into the Rogers Journal [46]
Sentinel DeWitt 18581859Moved to Lake Village [33]
SentinelDeWitt18691871 [33]
Sentry, De WittDeWitt18841884 [7]
Siloam Springs AdvertiserSiloam Springs1918c. 1918 [8]
Siloam Springs Daily RegisterSiloam Springs1911 [8]
Siloam Springs Free PressSiloam Springs1912 [8]
Siloam Springs GlobeSiloam Springs18811881 [11]
Siloam Springs Herald-DemocratSiloam Springs1889Combination of the Arkansas Herald and Siloam Springs Globe [11]
Siloam Springs HummerSiloam Springs19021902 [8]
Siloam Springs Locomotive HeraldSiloam Springs18801902 [47]
Siloam Springs SunSiloam Springs18801881Briefly named Siloam Springs Dispatch before ending [11]
Southern ShieldHelena18401845 [13]
Spirit of the AgeLittle Rock18451845 [17]
Standard and Commercial AdviserNapoleon18411841 [12]
Stuttgart ChronicleStuttgart1880s1906Renamed The Arkansawyer [48]
Stuttgart Free PressStuttgart1889c. 1921 [49]
Stuttgart GermaniaStuttgart1895Published in German [50]
Stuttgart RepublicanStuttgart19151915 [48] Restored 1920 and merged into The Arkansawyer [51]
Stuttgart StarStuttgart18901892Known as the Republican Star in 1892 before cessation [52]
Tax-Payers BulletinSiloam Springs1921Successor to the Arkansas Forum [8]
Telegraph Washington 18401845Known as the Arkansas Telegraph at founding [12]
The Arkansas GleanorDeWitt18821883 [7]
The Arkansas NewsMountain Home1897 [3]
The Arkansas Traveler Wittsburg c. 1853c. 1854 [30]
The ArkansawyerStuttgart19061915Successor to Stuttgart Chronicle [48]
The ArkansawyerStuttgart1920Combination of The Stuttgart Booster and Stuttgart Republican [51]
The Ashley County TimesHamburg18651873 [38]
The Ashley County TimesHamburg18761884Renamed Hamburg News [38]
The Baxter County Citizen Mountain Home 18801938 [3]
The BentonianBentonville18731873 [16]
The BentonianBentonville1883Successor to The New Bentonville [25]
The Blade-Democrat Wynne 19101912Combination of Cross County Democrat and The Blade Exchange [31]
The Blade ExchangeWynne1900c. 1910Merged into The Blade-Democrat [31]
The Chronicle Wittsburg 18751877 [30]
The Citizen-NewsMountain Home
The ClarionHamburg1901c. 1901 [38]
The CourierHamburg1901c. 1902 [38]
The Crossett Home-News Crossett 19491950Merged into The Crossett News Observer
The Crossett News-ObserverCrossett19501980Renamed The Ashley News Observer
The Crossett ObserverCrossett1906c. 1940Owned by the Crossett Lumber Co. [53]
The Daily NewsMountain Home19941999Succeeded the North Arkansas View [54]
The Daily Siftings Herald Arkadelphia 2018 [39]
The ElectorDeWitt18661866 [33]
The Epworth NewsWynne1896c. 1896 [31]
The Harrison Daily Eclipse Harrison 19011901 [41]
The Gillett Reporter Gillett 1914 [35] 1926
The Grand Prairie NewsStuttgart1916 [48]
The JournalBentonville1880 [25]
The New BentonvilleBentonville1881 [25]
The North Arkansas HeraldMountain Home1890Monthly [3]
The Ozark Clarion Three Brothers 1912c. 1912 [29]
The Parkdale News Parkdale 1900c. 1900 [53]
The Pilot Wynne 18971899 Black newspaper [30]
The Prairie FarmerGoldman18841884 [35]
The RecordGillett19271936
The ReviewStuttgart19121912 [48]
The Rogers ChampionRogers18811881 [55]
The Screech OwlCotter19211921
The Southern Rising Wave of TemperanceBentonville1884 [21]
The Spectator Ozark 19112024 [56]
The Stuttgart BoosterStuttgart19151920Merged into The Arkansawyer [51]
The Wheel ReporterStuttgart18861886 [52]
The White River HeadlightCotter19211922Successor to Cotter Courier [29]
The Wilmot Weekly Wilmot 1912c. 1914Resumed in 1920 [53]
The Wynne Ripsaw Wynne 18881891Briefly renamed Wynne Gazette before ending [31]
Twin City Tribune1984
Western Frontier WhigVan Buren18441845 [12]
Wittsburg GazetteWittsburg18711874 [30]
Wittsburg PhoenixWittsburg18751876 [30]
Wittsburg StandardWittsburg18751877 [30]
Wynne StarWynnec. 19241949Successor to the Cross County Democrat, also known as the Wynne Daily Star-Progress and the Wynne Evening Star [32]

See also

U.S. newspapers

References

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