News-Examiner
Newspaper
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The News-Examiner is a weekly newspaper published in Montpelier, Idaho.[1]
| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner | Adams MultiMedia |
| Founder | Charles Harris |
| Founded | 1895 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 843 Washington St, Montpelier, ID 83254 |
| OCLC number | 13168790 |
| Website | hjnews |
History
On March 2, 1895, Charles Edward Harris published the first edition of The Montpelier Examiner.[2] In 1903, C. A. Brewster and Dr. H. M. Holbrook became the proprietors.[3] In 1904, a cooperation headed by C.E. Wright took ownership.[4] In 1908, L.G. Bradley purchased the business, but was later bought out a year later by Clyde Hansen[5] who then later resold it to Wright.[6][7]
In 1920, H.M. Nelson, of Pocatello, purchased the paper.[8] He died a decade later and his widow and children continued operating the Examiner.[9] In 1937, Mable C. Nelson sold the Examiner to W. Jerome Taylor.[10] A week later Taylor merged his paper with the Bear Lake Valley News, owned by H. A. and A.M. Robinson, to form The News-Examiner. The first issue was published Sept. 16, 1937.[11]
The Robinsons left at some point and the Taylors continued to operate the paper until selling it in 1974 to L.W. "Bill" Thompson, Wayne Bell and Walter Ross.[12] All the owners had retired by the time Ross sold The News-Examiner, and several other they started or acquired, to a company called Sun News Inc. in 1999.[13] The business later became SWI News, which sold the all of its papers in Idaho and Utah to Pioneer News Group in 2007.[14] A decade later the company sold its 22 papers to Adams Publishing Group in 2017.[15]