List of newspapers in Oregon explained

This is a list of newspapers in the U.S. state of Oregon. The list is divided between papers currently being produced and those produced in the past and subsequently terminated.

Daily newspapers

• Albany Democrat-Herald – Albany
• The Daily Astorian – Astoria
• The Bulletin – Bend
• Corvallis Gazette-Times – Corvallis
• The Register-Guard – Eugene
• Grants Pass Daily Courier – Grants Pass
• Herald and News – Klamath Falls
• Argus Observer – Ontario
• East Oregonian – Pendleton
• The Oregonian – Portland
• The News-Review – Roseburg
• Statesman Journal – Salem

Weekly, semi-weekly and monthly newspapers

• Baker City Herald – Baker City
• Beaverton Valley Times – Beaverton
• Cascade Business News – Bend
• Curry Coastal Pilot – Brookings
• The Times – Brownsville
• Burns Times-Herald – Burns
• Canby Herald – Canby
• Cannon Beach Gazette – Cannon Beach
• Illinois Valley News – Cave Junction
• The Times-Journal – Condon
• The World – Coos Bay
• The Coquille Valley Sentinel – Coquille
• Cottage Grove Sentinel – Cottage Grove
• Creswell Chronicle – Creswell
• Polk County Itemizer-Observer – Dallas
• The Drain Enterprise – Drain
• Wallowa County Chieftain – Enterprise
• Estacada News – Estacada
• Siuslaw News – Florence
• News-Times – Forest Grove
• Curry County Reporter – Gold Beach
• Smoke Signals – Grand Ronde
• The Outlook – Gresham
• Hells Canyon Journal – Halfway
• Heppner Gazette-Times – Heppner
• Hillsboro Tribune – Hillsboro
• Blue Mountain Eagle – John Day
• The Tribune News – Junction City
• Keizertimes – Keizer
• King City Regal Courier – King City
• The Observer – La Grande
• Lake Oswego Review – Lake Oswego
• Lake County Examiner – Lakeview
• The Madras Pioneer – Madras
• The North Coast Citizen – Manzanita
• McKenzie River Reflections – McKenzie Bridge
• The News-Register – McMinnville
• Rogue Valley Times – Medford
• Valley Herald – Milton-Freewater
• Clackamas Review – Milwaukie
• Molalla Pioneer – Molalla
• The Douglas County Mail – Myrtle Creek
• Myrtle Point Herald – Myrtle Point
• The Newberg Graphic – Newberg
• Lincoln County Leader – Newport
• Oregon City News – Oregon City
• Portland Tribune – Portland
• Port Orford News – Port Orford
• The Asian Reporter – Portland
• The Bee – Portland
• Daily Journal of Commerce – Portland
• The Hollywood Star News – Portland
• Northwest Examiner – Portland
• Northwest Labor Press – Portland
• Portland Business Journal – Portland
• Portland Observer – Portland
• Southwest Community Connection – Portland
• St. Johns Review – Portland
• Street Roots – Portland
• Central Oregonian – Prineville
• The Redmond Spokesman – Redmond
• Rogue River Press – Rogue River
• The Columbia County Chronicle & Chief – St. Helens
• Capital Press – Salem
• The Sandy Post – Sandy
• The South County Spotlight – Scappoose
• Scio Tribune – Scio^[1]
• Seaside Signal – Seaside
• Sherwood Gazette – Sherwood
• Siletz News – Siletz
• Nugget Newspaper – Sisters
• Columbia Gorge News – The Dalles
• The New Era – Sweet Home
• The Times – Tigard
• Headlight-Herald – Tillamook
• Confederated Umatilla Journal – Umatilla
• Malheur Enterprise – Vale
• Spilyay Tymoo – Warm Springs
• The Columbia Press – Warrenton
• West Linn Tidings – West Linn
• Wilsonville Spokesman – Wilsonville
• Woodburn Independent – Woodburn

Alternative newspapers

• The Source Weekly – Bend
• Eugene Weekly – Eugene
• The Portland Mercury – Portland
• Willamette Week – Portland

Digital only newspapers

• Ashland.news – Ashland
• Highway 58 Herald – Oakridge
• Jewish Review – Portland
• Klamath Falls News – Klamath Falls
• Portland Alliance – Portland
• Salem Reporter – Salem
• The Skanner – Portland

College newspapers

• The Clackamas Print – Clackamas Community College
• Concordia Chronicles – Concordia University
• Hilltop News – Corban University
  • • • • Eastern Voice – Eastern Oregon University The Crescent – George Fox University The Torch – Lane Community College The Pioneer Log – Lewis & Clark College The Linfield Review – Linfield University
• The Commuter – Linn-Benton Community College
• The Advocate – Mt. Hood Community College
• The Edge – Oregon Institute of Technology
• The Daily Barometer – Oregon State University
• The Pacific Index – Pacific University
• Daily Vanguard – Portland State University
  • The Quest – Reed College The Siskiyou – Southern Oregon University
• Daily Emerald – University of Oregon
• The Beacon – University of Portland
• The Western Oregon Journal – Western Oregon University
• The Collegian – Willamette University

Newspapers no longer in print

The earliest newspaper in Oregon was the Oregon Spectator, published in Oregon City from 1846, by a press association headed by George Abernethy.^[2] This was joined in November 1850 by the Milwaukie Western Star and two partisan papers – the Whig Oregonian, published in Portland beginning on December 4, 1850, and the Democratic Statesman, launched in Oregon City in March 1851. The latter paper would subsequently move to Salem, and it continues today as the Statesman-Journal.

!Name!City!Year Est.!Defunct!Notes

Abbot Engineer	Camp Abbot	1943	1944	^[3]
	Portland	circa 1903	1933	^[4]
Albany Inquirer	Albany	February 1861	Spring 1862	suppressed
Albany Journal	Albany	March 1863	March 1868
Albany Register	Albany	September 1868
Ashland Daily Tidings	Ashland	1876	August 1, 2021
Astoria Marine Gazette	Astoria	August 1864
Bandon Western World	Bandon	1912	August, 2020
The Beaverton Leader	Beaverton	March 2013	2016
Beaverton Review	Beaverton	1922	1941
Bedrock Democrat	Baker City	1869
Blue Mountain Times	La Grande	April 1868
Brownsville Times	Brownsville	1889	1960	^[5]
Bulletin	Grants Pass	1949	1960	Also published 1964–1970^[6]
The Bumble Bee	Coos Bay	1869	1869
Catholic Sentinel	Portland	1869	2022
Capital City Chronicle	Salem	August 1867
Christian Messenger	Monmouth	October 1870	1887
Commonwealth	Harrisburg	191?	1916	^[7]
Coos Bay News	Coos Bay	October 1870		Originally named Monthly Guide
Daily Grants Pass Courier aka Rogue River Daily Courier	Grants Pass	1886	1934	^[8] ^[9] ^[10]
The Dalles Chronicle	The Dalles	1890	2020
Dalles Democratic State Journal	The Dalles		1863
Dalles Journal	The Dalles	March 1859	April 1860
Dalles Mountaineer	The Dalles	February 1860	1866
Dalles Republican	The Dalles	1870	1901
Dallas Times	Dallas	1869
Damascus/Boring Observer	Boring	1970	2010	^[11]
Dayton Tribune	Dayton	1912	2006	^[12]
Dead Mountain Echo	Oakridge	1973	2020	^[13]
Democratic Crisis	Corvallis	February 1859
	Sutherlin	2002	2015
Oregon Deutsche Zeitung	Portland	1867	1884	German newspaper
Eugene Democratic Herald	Eugene	March 1859	September 1862	suppressed
Eugene News	Eugene	March 1856	November 1856
Eugene State Republican	Eugene	January 1862	March 1864
	Portland	1877	1939	Renamed to News-Telegram in 1931
Forest Grove Leader	Forest Grove	2012	2016
Forest Grove Monthly	Forest Grove	June 1864
Grande Ronde Sentinel	La Grande	May 1868
Grants Pass Bulletin	Grants Pass	1927	1949	Also published 1960–1964^[14]
Greater Oregon	Halsey	1929	1978	^[15]
Halsey Enterprise	Halsey	1927	1929	^[16]
Halsey Journal	Halsey	1932	1938	^[17]
Halsey Review	Halsey	1938	1963	^[18]
Hood River News	Hood River	1905	2020
Irrigon Irrigator	Irrigon	1904	1914	Originally named Oregon Irrigator
Jacksonville Civilian	Jacksonville	March 1862
Jacksonville Democratic News	Jacksonville	May 1869	1872
Jefferson Review	Jefferson	1890	2012	^[19]
The Hillsboro Argus	Hillsboro	1873	2017
Herald of Reform	Eugene	January 1863
Klamath Republican	Klamath Falls	1896	1914
Klamath Reveille	Klamath Falls	July 1868
Lafayette Courier	Lafayette	1865
Lebanon Express	Lebanon	March 5, 1887	January 18, 2023
Lincoln County Leader	Toledo	1893	1987	^[20]
Lincoln City News Guard	Lincoln City	1937	2024	Merged with Newport News-Times
Newport News-Times	Newport	1882	2024	Merged with Lincoln City News Guard
Mail Tribune	Medford	April 2, 1907	January 13, 2023
McMinnville Reporter	McMinnville	1870
Metropolis Herald	Portland	circa 1855
Mid-county Memo	Portland	May 1985	January 2019	^[21]
Milwaukie Western Star	Milwaukie	November 1850	June 1851
Mill City Independent Press	Mill City	1998	2014	^[22]
The Monmouth Herald	Monmouth	1908	1969	^[23]
The New Northwest	Portland	1871	1887
North Pacific Rural Spirit	Portland	1869	1878
Nyssa Gate City Journal	Nyssa	1937	199?	^[24]
Occidental Messenger	Corvallis	June 1857
Oregon Agriculturalist	Salem	1865
Oregon American and Evangelican Unionist	Tualatin Plains	June 1848	May 1849
Oregon Arena	Salem	1862
Oregon Churchman	Portland	1861
Oregon City Argus	Oregon City	April 1855	May 1863
Oregon City Courier	Oregon City	1902	1919	^[25]
Oregon City Enterprise	Oregon City	October 1866	1875
Oregon City Free Press	Oregon City	March 1948	October 1948
Oregon Farmer	Portland	August 1858	February 1863
Oregon Herald	Portland	March 1866	1871
Oregon Intelligencer	Jacksonville	November 1862	1864
The Oregon Journal	Portland	1902	1982
Oregon News Budget	Portland	circa 1869
Oregon Observer	Grants Pass	18??-	1927	^[26]
Oregon Reporter	Jacksonville	January 1865	1867
Oregon Sentinel	Jacksonville	1855	1888	Originally named the Table Rock Sentinel until 1858^[27]
Oregon Spectator	Oregon City	1846	1855
Oregon State Journal	Eugene	March 1864
Oregon Unionist	Salem	1866
Oregon Weekly Times	Portland	May 1851	1864	suppressed
Oregon Weekly Union	Corvallis		1863
Orenco Herald	Orenco	1914	circa 1930	^[28]
Pacific Blade	McMinnville	October 1860
Pacific Christian Advocate	Salem (1850-1859); Portland (1859-1932)	December 1850	1932
Pacific Journal	Eugene	July 1858
PDXS	Portland	circa 1990	circa 2000
People's Press	Eugene	1858
Polk County Itemizer	Dallas	1875
Polk County Signal	Dallas	1968	Spring 1869
Portland Bee	Portland	1876	1882
Portland Daily Advertiser	Portland	May 1859	1862	suppressed^[29]
Portland Daily Bulletin	Portland	1870	October 1875
Portland Daily Evening Tribune	Portland	January 1865	February 1865
Portland Daily News	Portland	April 1859	December 1860
Portland Daily Plaindealer	Portland	May 1863
Portland Daily Times	Portland	December 1860	January 1864
Portland Daily Union	Portland	January 1864	May 1864
Portland Democratic Standard	Portland	July 1854	1859
Portland Evening Bulletin	Portland	January 1868
Portland Evening Journal	Portland
Portland Evening Call	Portland	circa 1870
Portland Evening Commercial	Portland	August 1868
Portland Letter Sheet	Portland	August 1869
Portland News-Telegram	Portland	1906
The Portland Reporter	Portland	February 11, 1960	October 1, 1964	^[30]
Portland Sunday Welcome	Portland	1870
The Portland Times	Portland	between 1903 and 1919		Weekly black-owned paper edited by Advocate founder Merriman.^[31]
The Record-Courier	Baker City	1901	2016
Religious Expositor	Eola and Corvallis	May 1856	October 1856
Rogue Valley Messenger	Medford	2013	January 2023	^[32]
Roseburg Ensign	Roseburg	May 1867
Roseburg Express	Roseburg	1859	1860
Salem Daily Democratic Press	Salem	1870
Salem Daily Democratic Tocsin	Salem	January 1868	February 1869
Salem Daily Record	Salem	June 1867
Salem Daily Visitor	Salem	September 1870
Salem Democratic Review	Salem	September 1865
Salem Mercury	Salem and Portland	1869	1893	Also known as the Sunday Mercury and Portland Mercury, not to be confused with current The Portland Mercury, in the list above
Salem Press	Salem	February 1869
Salem Recorder	Salem	March 1861
Salem Weekly	Salem	2005	2018
Scio News	Scio	after 1985	2012
Silverton Appeal Tribune	Silverton	1880	Sept. 14, 2022
Southern Oregon Spokesman	Grants Pass	1924	1927	^[33]
Springfield News	Springfield	1903	2006	^[34]
Springfield Times	Springfield	2008	2017	^[35]
Stayton Mail	Stayton	1894	Sept. 14, 2022
	Sheridan	1890	2014
Table Rock Sentinel	Jacksonville	November 1855	1878
Torch of Reason	Silverton	November 5, 1896	December 24, 1903
Toveritar	Astoria		1930	^[36]
Tri-County News	Junction City	1977	2009	^[37]
Umatilla Advertiser	Umatilla	1865	1869
Umatilla Press	Umatilla	circa 1866
Umpqua Gazette	Scottsburg	April 1854	September 1855
The Umpqua Post	Reedsport	1996	June 2020
Union Mountain Sentinel	Union	1868
Vox Populi	Salem	December 1851	January 1852
West-Lane News	Veneta	1961	2009
Willamette Farmer	Salem	March 1869
Willamette Valley Mercury	Corvallis	August 1868
Pendleton Record	Pendleton	1954	2022

See also

• Lists of Oregon-related topics
• Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association

Further reading

• History of the Press of Oregon, 1839–1850 . Oregon Historical Quarterly/Volume 3 . George H. . Himes . George H. Himes . December 1902 . . . Portland, Oregon . 3 . 4 . 327–370.
• First Newspapers of Southern Oregon and Their Editors . Oregon Historical Quarterly/Volume 24 . George H. . Himes . George H. Himes . March 1923 . . . Portland, Oregon . 24 . 56–67.
• History of Oregon Newspapers . George Stanley . Turnbull . George Stanley Turnbull . History of Oregon Newspapers . . Portland, Oregon . 1939.

External links

• Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association
• . (Survey of local news existence and ownership in 21st century)
• Map of newspapers in Oregon based on Wikidata, Wikipedia content. Takes some time to load.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Scio Newspaper History. www.linncountyroots.com. 2019-01-26.
2. Book: Hines, Harvey Kimball. An illustrated history of the state of Oregon [microform] : containing a history of Oregon from the earliest period of its discovery to the present time, together with glimpses of its auspicious future; illustrations and full-page portraits of some of its eminent men and biographical mention of many of its pioneers and prominent citizens of to-day]. 1893. Chicago : Lewis Pub. Co.. Canadiana.org. 155. 9780665152344.
3. University of Oregon Libraries. Abbot Engineer. 14 October 2020.
4. The Newspapers of Oregon, 1846-1870 . Oregon Historical Quarterly/Volume 26 . Ludington. Flora Belle. Flora Belle Ludington . September 1925 . . . Portland, Oregon . 26 . 3 . 229–262.
5. News: About The Brownsville times. (Brownsville, Or.) 1889–1960 . 31 May 2017 . Library of Congress.
6. News: About The Bulletin. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1964–1970 . 31 May 2017 . Library of Congress.
7. News: About The Commonwealth. (Harrisburg, Linn County, Or.) 191?–1916 . 31 May 2017 . Library of Congress.
8. News: About Daily Grants Pass courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1931–1934 . 31 May 2017 . Library of Congress.
9. News: About Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886–1927 . 31 May 2017 . Library of Congress.
10. News: Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1886–1927 . 7 April 2017.
11. Web site: Damascus/Boring Observer newspaper closes after 26 years. OregonLive.com. 5 June 2010. en-US. 2019-01-26.
12. Web site: Oregon Obituaries: Edwina Meitzen. Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association. en. 2019-01-26.
13. Web site: Bates . Doug . 2021-03-01 . Welcome to a New Website Devoted to Filling the Void for Oregon's Highway 58 Region • Highway 58 Herald . 2023-03-30 . Highway 58 Herald . en-US.
14. News: About Grants Pass bulletin. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1927–1949 . 31 May 2017 . Library of Congress.
15. News: About Greater Oregon. (Halsey, Or.) 1929–1978 . 31 May 2017 . Library of Congress.
16. News: About Halsey enterprise. (Halsey, Or.) 1927–1929 . 31 May 2017 . Library of Congress.
17. News: About Halsey journal. (Halsey, Linn County, Or.) 1932–1938 . 31 May 2017 . Library of Congress.
18. News: About Halsey review. (Halsey, Linn County, Or.) 1938–1963 . 31 May 2017 . Library of Congress.
19. Web site: Jefferson, Scio newspapers to close. Democrat-Herald. Cathy Ingalls, Albany. December 6, 2012. Albany Democrat Herald. en. 2019-01-26.
20. News: Lincoln County leader.. Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. 2019-01-26. 0892-3353. Library of Congress.
21. Web site: Memo stops the presses. 2019-01-03. Mid-county Memo. en-US. 2019-01-26.
22. Web site: Press closes in Mill City. Statesman Journal. en. 2019-01-26.
23. The Monmouth Herald . University of Oregon Libraries, Historic Oregon Newspaper Collection . 2021-11-02.
24. Nyssa gate city journal.
25. University of Oregon Libraries . Oregon City Courier. 14 October 2020.
26. News: About The Oregon observer. (Grants Pass, Or.) 18??-1927 . 31 May 2017 . Library of Congress.
27. Web site: Gaston. sites.rootsweb.com. 2019-01-26.
28. Book: Hanberg, Lou . Orenco Heritage Series: Book One, 1905-1938 . Orenco Heritage Collection. 1992.
29. Book: Himes, George H.. Life of Most Pioneer Papers in Oregon Country Was Very Brief. The Morning Oregonian. February 4, 1911. Section 2, p. 13. George H. Himes.
30. Web site: The Portland Reporter. Diehl. Caleb. www.oregonencyclopedia.org. November 29, 2023.
31. Web site: Morning Oregonian. (Portland, Or.) 1861-1937, October 09, 1919, Page 9, Image 9 « Historic Oregon Newspapers . November 29, 2023 . oregonnews.uoregon.edu.
32. News: Taylor . Brett . Rogue Valley Messenger ends publication one day after the Mail Tribune . March 19, 2023 . . January 15, 2023.
33. News: About Southern Oregon spokesman. (Grants Pass, Or.) 1924–1927 . 31 May 2017 . Library of Congress.
34. Web site: Springfield News « Historic Oregon Newspapers. oregonnews.uoregon.edu. 2019-01-26.
35. Web site: Springfield newspaper shuts doors. Glucklich. Elon. The Register-Guard. en. 2019-01-26.
36. News: About Toveritar. (Astoria, Or.) 19??-1930 . 7 April 2017 . Library of Congress.
37. Web site: Two small weekly papers fold City Region Eugene, Oregon. special.registerguard.com. 2019-01-26.