Established | 1887 |
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Type | Nonprofit |
Purpose | Trade association of newspapers |
Headquarters | Lake Oswego, Oregon |
Website | www |
The Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association is a trade association for all paid-circulation daily, weekly, and multi-weekly newspapers in the U.S. state of Oregon. It represents and promotes newspapers, [1] and encourages excellence in reporting and coverage with an annual series of awards. [2]
The organization was established as the Oregon Press Association in 1887. It was renamed the Oregon State Editorial Association in 1909, and adopted its current name in 1936. [3] It has about 80 member newspapers plus additional associate member and collegiate member newspapers as of 2014. [4]
In 2025, ONPA expanded it's statewide newspaper contest to include newspapers in Idaho and Washington state, and the competition's name was changed to the Pacific NW News Publishing Contest. [5]
Besides providing advertising distribution, it also provides aggregation of public notices and other information from its member newspapers, [6] including state and city calls for bids, changes in municipal code, foreclosures, estate claims, forfeited property, probate, summons, and similar information. [7]
It also may sponsor and organize political debates, such as the 2014 governor candidates' debate. [8]
The Oregonian is a daily newspaper based in Portland, Oregon, United States, owned by Advance Publications. It is the oldest continuously published newspaper on the U.S. West Coast, founded as a weekly by Thomas J. Dryer on December 4, 1850, and published daily since 1861. It is the largest newspaper in Oregon and the second largest in the Pacific Northwest by circulation. It is one of the few newspapers with a statewide focus in the United States. The Sunday edition is published under the title The Sunday Oregonian. The regular edition was published under the title The Morning Oregonian from 1861 until 1937.
The World is a biweekly newspaper in Coos Bay, Oregon, United States. From its office on Anderson Avenue in downtown Coos Bay, The World serves Oregon's South Coast, including the cities of Coos Bay, North Bend, Reedsport, Bandon, Lakeside, Coquille and Myrtle Point.
Portland State Vanguard, formerly known as the Daily Vanguard and Vet's Extended, is an independent student newspaper for Portland State University, in Portland, Oregon, United States.
Elmo Everett Smith was an American politician and newspaper publisher who served as the 27th Governor of Oregon from 1956 to 1957. A member of the Republican Party, Smith served two terms as mayor of Ontario from 1940 to 1943 before resigning to enlist in the U.S. Navy during World War II. After returning to civilian life he severed as Ontario mayor for three more terms and was elected to the Oregon State Senate in 1948. He became President of the Senate in 1955. Smith was elevated to the governorship following the unexpected death of Governor Paul L. Patterson on January 31, 1956. A special election for November was called to fill the position for the final two years of Patterson's term. Smith won the Republication primary but lost in gubernatorial election to Democratic nominee Robert D. Holmes.
The Ashland Daily Tidings was a daily newspaper serving the city of Ashland, Oregon, United States. It was owned and published by Edd Rountree from 1960 to 1985 when he retired, and was subsequently owned by multiple entities before being purchased by Medford-based Mail Tribune, which it continued to publish until announcing that paper would close on January 13, 2023.
The Wilsonville Spokesman is the local weekly newspaper in Wilsonville, Oregon, United States. Published on Wednesdays, the paper is owned by Pamplin Media Group, which owns other local newspapers in Oregon such as The Newberg Graphic and The Canby Herald.
Dennis Alan Smith is an American businessman and former United States congressman from the state of Oregon. A native of the state, he served in the Air Force before working in the airline industry and taking over the family's newspaper business. A Republican, he served ten years in Congress from 1981 until 1991. His father was former Oregon Governor Elmo Smith.
The News-Register is a newspaper published in McMinnville, Oregon, United States. It is a weekly community newspaper serving McMinnville and the surrounding Yamhill Valley. The News-Register Publishing Co. and parent holding company Oregon Lithoprint, Inc. are a closely held corporation owned by members of the Bladine family of McMinnville.
The Hillsboro Argus was a twice-weekly newspaper in the city of Hillsboro, Oregon, from 1894 to 2017, known as the Washington County Argus for its final year. The Argus was distributed in Washington County, Oregon, United States. First published in 1894, but later merged with the older, 1873-introduced Forest Grove Independent, the paper was owned by the McKinney family for more than 90 years prior to being sold to Advance Publications in 1999. The Argus was published weekly until 1953, then twice-weekly from 1953 until 2015. In early 2017, it was reported that the paper was planning to cease publication in March 2017. The final edition was that of March 29, 2017.
The Linfield Review is a weekly newspaper published by students at Linfield College in McMinnville, Oregon, United States. It is distributed free across campus. Subscriptions cost $35 per year.
The Collegian or Willamette Collegian is the student-run newspaper of Willamette University in Salem, Oregon, United States. Founded in 1875, the weekly paper has been in continuous publication since 1889. It is a member of the College Publisher Network.
The Beaverton Valley Times, also known as the Valley Times, is a weekly newspaper covering the city of Beaverton, Oregon, United States, and adjacent unincorporated areas in the northern part of the Tualatin Valley. Owned since 2000 by the Pamplin Media Group, the paper was established in 1921. Currently based in neighboring Portland, the Valley Times is printed each Thursday.
The Hermiston Herald is a weekly newspaper published on Wednesdays in Hermiston, Oregon, United States, since 1906.
The News-Times is a weekly newspaper covering the cities of Forest Grove and Hillsboro in the U.S. state of Oregon. Established in 1886 and with coverage focused on Forest Grove for most of its history, the paper only recently added equivalent coverage of the much larger city of Hillsboro, when, in August 2019, publisher Pamplin Media Group launched a separate Hillsboro edition of the News-Times, to replace Pamplin's Hillsboro Tribune. The paper is published on Wednesdays. It is owned by Pamplin Media Group, which owns other community newspapers in the Portland metropolitan area.
Monica Wehby is an American physician and politician from the state of Oregon. She was the Republican nominee for the United States Senate from Oregon in the 2014 election against Democratic incumbent Jeff Merkley.
Journalism in the U.S. state of Oregon had its origins from the American settlers of the Oregon Country in the 1840s. This was decades after explorers like Robert Gray and Lewis and Clark first arrived in the region, several months before the first newspaper was issued in neighboring California, and several years before the United States formally asserted control of the region by establishing the Oregon Territory.
The Illinois Valley News is a weekly newspaper published in Josephine County in the U.S. state of Oregon. The paper is published in Cave Junction, Oregon, by Daniel J. Mancuso and Laura Mancuso.
The Dead Mountain Echo was a weekly newspaper published Tuesdays in Oakridge in the U.S. state of Oregon from 1973 to 2020. The Echo was a general member of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association and its coverage was mentioned or picked up by various neighboring news organizations. Its circulation was reported as 465.
The Heppner Gazette-Times is a weekly newspaper serving Morrow County in the U.S. state of Oregon. It has a circulation of 1,430.
A general election was held in the U.S. state of Oregon on November 3, 2020. Primary elections were held on May 19, 2020.