Skagit Valley Herald

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Skagit Valley Herald
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) Adams Publishing Group
PublisherSkagit Valley Publishing Co.
FoundedMarch 4, 1884;140 years ago (1884-03-04)
Headquarters1215 Anderson Road
Mount Vernon, WA 98274
CountryUnited States
Circulation 8,774(as of 2020)
Sister newspapers
OCLC number 17347816
Website goskagit.com

The Skagit Valley Herald is a daily newspaper serving Skagit County, Washington. It has a circulation of 8,774. [1]

Contents

Skagit Valley Publishing also publishes the weekly Anacortes American, Fidalgo This Week, The Argus, Stanwood Camano News , and Courier-Times. [2]

History

The Skagit News was founded in 1884 as a weekly newspaper. [3] In 1922, it was renamed to the Mount Vernon Herald and transitioned to daily circulation. [4]

In 1924, the paper's publisher M. J. Beaumont was assaulted in his office by monument maker D. Frets, who was upset about paper's criticisms on the work done on the cornerstone of the new courthouse. Beaumont in an editorial called it a "billboard cornerstone" and demanded it be removed because "a monument maker had been given the right to place his advertisement on the cornerstone." [5]

Beaumont sold the paper in 1926 to Harry B. Averill. [6] Averill published the paper for decades until selling it to brothers M. D. Glover and W. H. Glover Jr. in 1954. [7] The paper's name was changed two years later to Skagit Valley Herald. [4] The Glovers and others established the Herald-American Publishing Co. in 1961 to manage the Herald and Anacortes America, [8] which was acquired by Skagit Valley Publishing Co. in 1964. This venture was affiliated with Scripps League Newspapers, [9] which at the time had an controlling interest in Pioneer News Group. [2] In 2017, Pioneer sold its papers to Adams Publishing Group. [10]

Starting March 1, 2023, the paper transitioned from carrier to mail delivery. [11]

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References

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  2. 1 2 "About Skagit Publishing Company". Goskagit.com. Skagit Publishing. Retrieved 12 May 2020.
  3. Meany, Edmond S. (October 1922). "Newspapers of Washington Territory (Continued)". The Washington Historical Quarterly. 13 (4): 254. JSTOR   40474796.
  4. 1 2 "Herald Changes Name". Port Angeles Evening News. Associated Press. January 5, 1956. p. 2 via Newspapers.com.
  5. "Skagit Publisher Is Assaulted By Monument Maker". The Bellingham Herald. April 11, 1924. p. 17.
  6. "Mount Vernon Herald is Sold To Averill". Peninsula Daily News. Associated Press. November 2, 1926. p. 1.
  7. "Mount Vernon Newspaper Reported Sold". Tri-City Herald. Associated Press. November 2, 1954. p. 10.
  8. "Purchase Of Papers Finished". Tri-City Herald. December 31, 1961. p. 23.
  9. "Newspaper Is Sold To Scripps". Ellensburg Daily Record. Associated Press. July 29, 1964. p. 18. Retrieved September 27, 2016.
  10. Hammer, Barb. "Pioneer News Group selling media division to Adams Publishing Group" . Retrieved 2018-02-19.
  11. Distelhorst, Michael (2023-01-28). "Changes coming for the Skagit Valley Herald". Skagit Valley Herald. Retrieved 2023-06-29.

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