Siuslaw News

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Siuslaw News
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Type Weekly newspaper
Owner(s) Country Media, Inc.
PublisherJoe Warren
EditorChantelle Meyer
Founded1904
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters4969 HWY. 101, North, #4,
Florence, OR 97439
Circulation 4,000
OCLC number 23860221
Website thesiuslawnews.com

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]

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History

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]

References

  1. 1 2 "Siuslaw News". Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association . Retrieved April 3, 2020.
  2. "Merchants of Old Town". Florence Chamber of Commerce. Retrieved March 1, 2011.
  3. Meyer, Chantelle; Bartlett, Jenna (June 22, 2022). "Siuslaw News to return to weekly news". Siuslaw News. Archived from the original on July 6, 2022. Retrieved May 13, 2023.
  4. "Oregoniana". The Oregonian. April 19, 1890. p. 4.
  5. "Brevities". Morning Register. Eugene, Oregon. March 8, 1896. p. 4.
  6. Lockley, Fred (November 25, 1936). "Impressions and Observations of The Journal Man". The Oregon Daily Journal. p. 6.
  7. "Florence Paper Out | Siuslaw Oar Is Name Of New Publication". Morning Register. Eugene, Oregon. June 10, 1928. p. 4.
  8. "New Newspaper Appears In Southern Douglas". The News-Review. April 16, 1958. p. 2.
  9. "Ad Man Resigns, Buys Own Paper". The Sunday Oregonian. June 15, 1958. p. 28.
  10. "Weekly Paper In Siuslaw Sold". The Daily Astorian. United Press International. December 10, 1960. p. 4.
  11. Hayes, Joyce (January 4, 1961). "Merged Paper Is Siuslaw News". The World. Coos Bay, Oregon. p. 2.
  12. "After 42 years, Florence newspaper sold to News Media, Illinois". The World . Coos Bay, Oregon. September 15, 2000. p. 3. Retrieved September 11, 2024.
  13. "News Media Corporation sells Oregon cluster to Country Media, Inc". Editor and Publisher . September 5, 2023. Archived from the original on September 6, 2023. Retrieved September 6, 2023.