Fayette Tribune
Newspaper in Oak Hill, West Virginia
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The Fayette Tribune is a newspaper serving Oak Hill, West Virginia, and surrounding Fayette County.[2] Published on Thursday, it has a circulation of 1,093 and is owned by Community Newspaper Holdings.[3]
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| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner | CNHI |
| Founded | 1915 |
| Headquarters | 417 Main Street, Oak Hill, WV 25901 |
| Circulation | 1,093 (as of 2016)[1] |
| Website | fayettetribune |
History
In 1915, Charles A. Goddard acquired the Fayette Tribune and Free Press,[4] a name simplified to the Fayette Tribune in 1924.[5] In 1930 the Tribune was sold to the Woodyard brothers, who also purchased the Fayette Democrat.[4]
The Fayette Tribune was the first newspaper to call attention to the Hawk's Nest Tunnel disaster,[6] a large scale incident of occupational silicosis, considered to be one of the worst industrial tragedies in the history of the United States.[7] Reporting in February 1931 the paper broke the story:
- "Their [sic] is a great deal of comment regarding the unusually large number of deaths among the colored laborers in the tunnel works. The deaths totaled about 37 in the past two weeks."[6]
The mining continued, however, resulting in an estimated 476 deaths before construction halted.[8]
In 2022, The Montgomery Herald was merged into the Fayette Tribune.[9]
