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columbia gorge news wikipedia jump to content main menu main menu move to sidebar hide navigation main page contents current events random article about wikipedia contact us contribute help learn to edit community portal recent changes upload file special pages search search appearance donate create account log in personal tools donate create account log in contents move to sidebar hide top 1 history toggle history subsection 1 1 the dalles chronicle 1 2 hood river news 1 3 white salmon enterprise 1 4 merger 2 references 3 external links toggle the table of contents columbia gorge news add languages add links article talk english read edit view history tools tools move to sidebar hide actions read edit view history general what links here related changes upload file permanent link page information cite this page get shortened url switch to legacy parser print export download as pdf printable version in other projects wikidata item appearance move to sidebar hide from wikipedia the free encyclopedia weekly newspaper published in hood river oregon columbia gorge news type weekly newspaper owner s columbia gorge news llc publisher chelsea marr editor trisha walker founded december 10 1890 as the dalles chronicle language english headquarters 600 e port marina way hood river or issn 2996 6558 oclc number 1246672441 website columbiagorgenews 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 wednesdays columbia gorge news is a member of the oregon newspaper publishers association 1 history edit the dalles chronicle edit the dalles chronicle was first published on december 10 1890 2 the paper had many managers and owners in its early days in 1906 ben r litfin arrived in the dalles three days before christmas with 20 cents in his pocket he would go on to become publisher of a newspaper which he developed beyond the dreams of any of his predecessor litfin become a part owner in 1909 3 clarence hedges acquired the paper in 1915 4 litfin became a co owner again in 1920 3 and then the sole owner in 1923 5 the dalles chronicle logo litfin would be remembered for gradually turning the pile of junk he found into a living breathing fighting newspaper when advertisers threatened to boycott his paper for publishing a divorce story about a prominent business man litfin refused to yield saying i m going to print the news i m going to make my paper so widely read that you ll have to buy space in its columns and if you want to boycott i ll fill up the columns with portland advertising 6 3 in 1933 the chronicle acquired the property of the defunct hood river glacier 7 a fire caused 40 000 worth of damage to the paper s office in 1946 8 litfin sold the chronicle in 1947 to victor j morgan 9 and died three years later 10 the chronicle was then acquired by robert s howard in december 1948 11 scripps league newspapers became a co owner with howard in june 1949 with the joint venture called western publishing company 12 howard sold his interests to scripps in 1955 so he could focus on establishing his own newspaper chain called howard publications 13 14 scripps was acquired by pulitzer in 1996 15 16 who then sold the chronicle later that year to eagle newspapers 17 eagle then merged the dalles reminder into the dalles chronicle 18 hood river news edit hood river news was founded in 1905 19 c p sonnichsen and hugh g ball bought the paper 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 20 during his career ball headed the oregon newspaper publishers association and was on the board of directors for the national editorial association 21 he was skilled at his job with one paper writing editor ball has brought envy to the eye of many visiting editors with his ability to set editorials directly on the machine without need of copy 22 in 1961 e a sonnichsen sold hood river news to eagle newspapers 23 white salmon enterprise edit the white salmon enterprise began publishing in 1903 24 j h ginder owned the paper for four years until selling it in 1908 to the estee investment company 25 the meresse family owned the enterprise from 1912 until it was purchased by hood river news on july 1 1976 which was part of eagle newspapers 26 27 merger edit 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 28 instead the papers publisher chelsea marr purchased them 29 the three combined to form the columbia gorge news on april 8 30 31 references edit columbia gorge news oregon newspaper publishers association retrieved july 27 2024 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 1 2 3 turnbull george s 1939 wasco county history of oregon newspapers binfords and mort the dalles chronicle sold the oregon daily journal september 4 1915 p 9 litfin acquires control of paper the oregon daily journal february 3 1923 p 2 ben litfin s success at the dalles the oregon daily journal july 2 1947 p 22 pioneers see river as hopes fulfilled hood river old timers in annual reunion the oregonian may 9 1934 p 3 flames damage dalles newspaper kitsap sun associated press september 25 1946 p 9 the dalles chronicle sold by litfin the capital journal june 26 1947 p 1 ben r litfin dies at the dalles the bend bulletin november 24 1950 p 1 the dalles paper changes hands the oregonian portland oregon december 3 1948 p 40 scripps steps in at dalles paper the oregonian june 24 1949 p 1 chester times sold to idaho publisher the daily news huntingdon pennsylvania october 7 1955 p 15 obituaries robert staples howard the desert sun palm springs california february 20 2022 pp a26 times wire services may 7 1996 pulitzer to purchase scripps newspapers los angeles times changes at the helms the bulletin bend oregon july 13 1973 p 4 pulitzer in paper deals the new york times associated press october 2 1996 retrieved february 2 2023 edstrom judy august 15 2012 eagle s 76 years our history first installment eagle newspapers inc retrieved september 23 2024 hood river news letter hood river or 1905 1909 library of congress washington d c 20540 usa retrieved july 27 2024 hood river news modernized the oregon daily journal november 2 1912 p 12 retrieved july 19 2018 hugh ball of hood river the bend bulletin february 2 1951 p 4 retrieved july 19 2018 editor at hood river reviews 30 year job the oregon daily journal october 24 1948 p 59 elmo smith buys hood river news the bend bulletin united press international september 7 1961 p 1 white salmon thumbnail history historylink february 27 2023 retrieved july 27 2024 white salmon the spokesman review august 11 1908 p 2 yesteryears the hood river runs out of water in 1976 columbia gorge news july 6 2016 retrieved july 27 2024 gorge weekly changes hands the columbian july 15 1976 p 33 nichols rodger january 2021 don t stop the presses northern wasco county pud retrieved october 1 2023 chronicle under new ownership columbia gorge news march 31 2020 retrieved october 1 2023 commentary introducing the once and future columbia gorge news columbia gorge news april 8 2020 retrieved july 27 2024 columbia gorge news wins state recognition columbia gorge news september 21 2021 retrieved april 19 2023 external links edit columbia gorge news official website v t e oregon newspaper publishers association general members albany democrat herald argus observer the astorian baker city herald beaverton valley times blue mountain eagle the bulletin burns times herald canyon weekly central oregonian the chronicle columbia county spotlight columbia gorge news coquille valley sentinel corvallis gazette times cottage grove sentinel curry coastal pilot curry county reporter daily journal of commerce east oregonian grants pass daily courier headlight herald hells canyon journal heppner gazette times herald and news the herald pioneer the hermiston herald illinois valley news lake county examiner lake oswego review lincoln county leader the madras pioneer mckenzie river reflections myrtle point herald the new era the newberg graphic the news review news register news times the observer the oregonian the outlook polk county itemizer observer the redmond spokesman the register guard rogue river press rogue valley times siuslaw news statesman journal the times times journal wallowa county chieftain west linn tidings wilsonville spokesman woodburn independent the world associate members the bee capital press the charbonneau villager eugene weekly north peninsula review nugget newspaper oregon association of broadcasters oregon city news oregon state university our town port orford news smoke signals the source weekly university of oregon collegiate members the broadside university of portland clackamas print clackamas community college the collegian willamette university the commuter linn benton community college the crescent george fox university the daily barometer oregon state university daily emerald university of oregon the hilltop corban university the linfield review linfield college the mainstream umpqua community college the pacific index pacific university the mossy log lewis clark college the siskiyou southern oregon university the torch lane community college the vanguard portland state university the voice eastern oregon university the western howl western oregon university other list of all oregon 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