Lander Journal

The paper has been in existence under different names since the early days of Lander, beginning around 1908.^[2] The name Lander Journal was adopted in the 1990s, but previously it was called the Wyoming State Journal and the Lander Wyoming State Journal.^[3][4]

In 1909, the Journal was expanded into a daily with John W. Cook as editor.^[5] Cook disposed of his interests in the paper in 1912,^[6] but resumed control in 1918.^[7] Cook died in January 1924.^[8][9] The paper was then acquired by Len L. Newton in May 1924,^[10][11] who sold it to his son Ernest L. Newton in 1938.^[12] The Newtown family bought and absorbed the Lander Evening Post in 1942.^[13]

The Journal was then purchased by Edward J. Breece in 1947,^[14] followed in 1956 by Roger D. Burdow, managing editor of the Ogden Standard Examiner.^[15] Burdow brought Bruce Kennedy on as partner in 1967. The two sold the paper in 1982 to Swift-Pioneer Newspapers, Inc. William "Bill" C. Sniffin stayed on as publisher and editor.^[16][17] In 1991, the Journal won third place in the National Newspaper Association contest for an investigative series on uranium miners. It was also nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.^[18]

In 1999, Steve Peck, owner of the Riverton Ranger, acquired the Lander Journal.^[19] A few years later Sniffin ran for governor.^[20] The Peck family managed the Journal until January 2022, when all of its publications were sold to Grace Andrus, a local financial adviser.^[21] However, a month after Andrus purchased the papers, they were sold again to the Edwards Group.^[22][23]

List of newspapers in Wyoming