The Wenatchee World

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The Wenatchee World
Type Daily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) Wick Communications
Founder(s)C.A. Briggs and Nat Ament
PublisherSean Flaherty [1]
EditorNancy Niles [2]
Founded1905
Headquarters14 N. Mission Street, Wenatchee, WA 98801
Circulation 15,001(as of 2022) [3]
ISSN 2328-3882
OCLC number 14402228
Website wenatcheeworld.com

The Wenatchee World is the leading daily newspaper in Wenatchee and East Wenatchee, Washington, United States. Serving Chelan, Douglas and other North Central Washington counties since 1905, The Wenatchee World prints on its front page that it is "Published in the Apple Capital of the World and the Buckle of the Power Belt of the Great Northwest".

History

The World Publishing Company was founded in 1905 by businessmen C.A. Briggs and Nat Ament. On July 3, 1905, the company published the first issue of The Wenatchee Daily World. The issue included a pledge "to be an active, helping factor in not alone the city of Wenatchee and the county of Chelan, but also in our neighbor counties of Douglas and Okanogan." [4] The newspaper was a forceful proponent for economic development of the Columbia Basin and the area the newspaper called North Central Washington.

Two years later, the newspaper was purchased by Rufus Woods and his twin brother Ralph. Rufus published the newspaper while Ralph, a Tacoma attorney, provided legal advice to the fledgling paper. Later, their cousin Warren Woods joined the company to handle the newspaper's finances. [5]

Rufus Woods and the Daily World became integrally involved in the 23-year battle for Coulee Dam [6] and the Columbia Basin Irrigation Project. Woods wrote the first story about the proposal in 1918, which was followed by hundreds of articles about the project and editorials promoting the concept. [7]

Upon Rufus Woods' death in 1950, his son Wilfred became editor and publisher of the newspaper and continued to promote economic development in North Central Washington. Warren Woods' son, Robert, was the newspaper's editor and later editorial page writer. In the 1960s and 1970s, the Daily World (the name was shortened to The Wenatchee World in 1971) continued to promote regional development, sponsoring a series of trips through Canada and Alaska to study the region's energy resources.

In 1997, Wilfred Woods turned the management of the company over to his son, Rufus Woods. The newspaper was owned by the families of Wilfred and Robert Woods until March 2018, when Rufus Woods announced that he sold the newspaper to Wick Communications. All of the employees at that time were offered jobs with the new owners. [8]

On April 1, 2015, the newspaper switched to morning delivery, ending the practice of youth carriers delivering the paper. At that time, there were about 50 youth carriers still employed by the paper. [9]

In September 2023, the newspaper transitioned from carrier to postal delivery via the U.S. Postal Service. [9] [10] In October 2024, the newspaper purchased the television station, NCWLife channel. [11]

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References

  1. ↑ Flaherty, Sean. "Publisher".
  2. ↑ Niles, Nancy. "Managing Editor".
  3. ↑ "The Decline of Local News and Its Impact on Democracy" (PDF). League of Women Voters of Washington Education Fund. November 14, 2022.
  4. ↑ "Wenatchee's First Daily". The Wenatchee Daily World. July 3, 1905. p. 2. Retrieved October 7, 2018– via Newspapers.com.
  5. ↑ Woods, Rufus. "History of The Wenatchee World". World Publishing, Inc. Retrieved April 30, 2012.
  6. ↑ Paul C. Pitzer. "Grand Coulee: Harnessing a Dream (book excerpt)". Washington State Univ Pr (1994).
  7. ↑ Robert E. Ficken. Rufus Woods, the Columbia River, & the Building of Modern Washington. Washington State Univ Pr (November 1995). ISBN   0874221226.
  8. ↑ "Woods family sells Wenatchee World to Wick Communications". The Seattle Times. March 29, 2018. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
  9. 1 2 Ford, Jacob (April 3, 2024). "Looking Back: Wenatchee World Paperboys". The Wenatchee World. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
  10. ↑ "The Wenatchee World to complete transition to mail delivery Sept. 12". The Wenatchee World. August 19, 2023. Retrieved April 5, 2024.
  11. ↑ Bernstein, Dave (October 1, 2024). "Wenatchee World Buys NCWLife Channel". KPQ (AM). Retrieved October 10, 2024.
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