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Revision as of 04:56, 27 July 2024

Columbia Gorge News
TypeWeekly newspaper
Owner(s)Columbia Gorge News, LLC
PublisherChelsea Marr
EditorMark Gibson
FoundedDecember 10, 1890 (as The Dalles Chronicle)
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters600 E. Port Marina Way, Hood River County, OR
ISSN2996-6558
OCLC number1246672441
Websitecolumbiagorgenews.com

Columbia Gorge News is a weekly newspaper based in Hood River, Oregon. It covers communities throughout the Columbia River Gorge, including those in Wasco County, Oregon and Klickitat County, Washington. It was formed in April 2020 by the merger of The Dalles Chronicle, Hood River News and White Salmon Enterprise after Eagle Newspapers sold them to Chelsea Marr. The paper has a circulation around 7,000 and publishes on Wednesday. Columbia Gorge News is a member of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association.[1]

History

The Dalles Chronicle was first published on December 10, 1890.[2] The Chronicle was formerly owned by Scripps League Newspapers, which was acquired by Pulitzer in 1996.[3][4] Pulitzer sold the paper to Eagle Newspapers later that year.[5]

Hood River News was founded in 1905,[6] and it was bought by C. P. Sonnichsen and Hugh G. Ball in 1908. Sonnichsen assumed the role of manager and Ball as editor. By 1912 the newspaper had 1,500 subscribers and transitioned from weekly to semiweekly.[7] During his career, Ball headed the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association and was on the board of directors for the National Editorial Association.[8] In 1961, Hood River News was sold to Eagle Newspapers.[9]

The White Salmon Enterprise had been owned by the Meresse family since 1912 until it was purchased by Hood River News on July 1, 1976.[10]

''The Dalles Chronicle'' logo

Due to the COVID-19 recession in the United States, Eagle Newspapers announced plans to shutter the Hood River News, The Dalles Chronicle and the White Salmon Enterprise on March 31, 2020.[11] Instead the papers' publisher Chelsea Marr purchased them.[12] The three combined to form the Columbia Gorge News on April 8.[13]

References

  1. ^ "Columbia Gorge News". Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  2. ^ Spatz, Dan (2001). "The Dalles hosted region's first paper". "About Us: History of The Dalles Chronicle". The Dalles Chronicle. Archived from the original (web article) on February 17, 2007. Retrieved November 28, 2006.
  3. ^ Times Wire Services (May 7, 1996). "Pulitzer to Purchase Scripps Newspapers". Los Angeles Times.
  4. ^ "Changes at the Helms". The Bulletin. Bend, Oregon. July 13, 1973. p. 4.
  5. ^ "Pulitzer in Paper Deals". The New York Times. Associated Press. October 2, 1996. Retrieved February 2, 2023.
  6. ^ "Hood River News=letter (Hood River, Or.) 1905-1909". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  7. ^ "Hood River News Modernized". The Oregon Daily Journal. November 2, 1912. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  8. ^ "Hugh Ball of Hood River". The Bend Bulletin. February 2, 1951. Retrieved July 19, 2018.
  9. ^ "About Us". Eagle Newspapers. Retrieved July 25, 2022.
  10. ^ "Yesteryears: The Hood River 'runs out of water' in 1976". Columbia Gorge News. July 6, 2016. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
  11. ^ Nichols, Rodger (January 2021). "Don't Stop the Presses". Northern Wasco County PUD. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
  12. ^ "Chronicle under new ownership". Columbia Gorge News. March 31, 2020. Retrieved October 1, 2023.
  13. ^ "Columbia Gorge News wins state recognition". Columbia Gorge News. September 21, 2021. Retrieved April 19, 2023.
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