Lone Peak Lookout

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Lone Peak Lookout
Type Weekly newspaper
Founder(s)Kevin Kelleher
PublisherSusanne Hill, Erin Leonard
EditorDavid Madison
Founded1982
LanguageEnglish
Ceased publication2015-09-03
Relaunched2017-12-07
Headquarters Big Sky, Montana
Website lonepeaklookout.com

Lone Peak Lookout was a weekly newspaper in Big Sky, Montana, United States. [1]

History

Founded in 1982 as a seasonal newspaper by Kevin Kelleher, the Lookout replaced as the Big Sky View. [2] The newspaper covered the abduction of biathlete Kari Swenson in 1984. It became a year-round weekly newspaper in 1992 and became Montana's first full-color weekly newspaper. [3]

It was acquired by Pioneer News Group in 1998, [3] and that company closed the Lookout in 2015 for financial reasons. [4] The Lookout reopened in 2017 under new ownership. [2] It was closed again in 2019. [5]

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References

  1. "Contact | Lone Peak Lookout". www.lonepeaklookout.com. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
  2. 1 2 Madison, David (2017-12-07). "Lone Peak Lookout returns". Lone Peak Lookout. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
  3. 1 2 Keller, Jolene (2012-01-11). "Three decades of covering Big Sky". Bozeman Daily Chronicle. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
  4. Adair, Wayne (2015-09-03). "Farewell". Bozeman Daily Chronicle. Retrieved 2018-06-12.
  5. "Lone Peak Lookout". Montana Secretary of State. Retrieved 28 December 2023.