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Type | Weekly newspaper |
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Owner(s) | Country Media, Inc. |
Publisher | Joe Warren |
Editor | Chantelle Meyer |
Founded | 1904 |
Language | English |
Headquarters | 4969 HWY. 101, North, #4, Florence, OR 97439 |
Circulation | 4,000 |
OCLC number | 23860221 |
Website | thesiuslawnews |
The Siuslaw News is a weekly newspaper published in Florence, Oregon, United States, since 1904. [1] The News covers western Lane County, from the Pacific Ocean to Deadwood and Greenleaf, and from Yachats on the north to Gardiner on the south. [2] It is published on Wednesdays and has a circulation of 4,000. [1] The paper was published weekly until 2000, when its frequency was increased to twice-weekly, and returned to weekly publication in July 2022. [3]
Around 1890, Col. B. F. Alley founded a printing plant in Florence and started a newspaper called The West. [4] The paper ceased after six years. [5] M. D. Morgan later bought the facility and published the first issue of the Siuslaw Oar on June 8, 1928. [6] [7]
In 1958, B. H. "Bud" Rose started two papers, the Southern Douglas Register-Advertiser in Myrtle Creek and the Western Lane News-Advertiser in Florence. [8] Later that year Dave Holman purchased the plant and continued the Florence-edition of the paper. [9]
In 1960, Carroll Morgan sold the Siuslaw Oar, which his father had founded, to Dave and Marge Holman. [10] The couple then merged it with their Florence News to form the Siuslaw News. [11] The Holmans sold the paper to their son Paul Holman in 1980 after they retired, and he sold it to News Media Corporation in 2000. [12] The company sold the newspaper in September 2023 to Country Media, Inc. [13]