Lebanon Express
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The Lebanon Express was a weekly newspaper in Lebanon, Oregon. It was owned by Lee Enterprises.[1] The paper ceased publication in January 2023.[3]
Front page on March 5, 1887 | |
| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | Lee Enterprises |
| Publisher | Jeff Precourt[1] |
| Editor | Les Gehrett[2] |
| Founded | March 5, 1887 |
| Ceased publication | January 18, 2023 |
| Headquarters |
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| Country | United States |
| Circulation | 2,149 (as of 2014)[1] |
| ISSN | 2472-6648 |
| OCLC number | 38041261 |
| Website | lebanon-express |
History
The Lebanon Express was first published by Jacob H. Stine on March 5, 1887. Stine left the paper after a year. In 1987, Hugh Yandel Kirkpatrick merged the Lebanon Express with the Lebanon Advance to form Lebanon Express-Advance. The name was changed back to the Lebanon Express in 1912.[4]
Robert Hayden owned the Lebanon Express for 34 years until selling it in 1970 to the Democrat-Herald Publishing Co.[5] Capital Cities purchased the company in 1980,[6] which itself was acquired by The Walt Disney Company in 1995.[7] Disney sold its Oregon newspapers to Lee Enterprises in 1997.[8]
The paper published its final edition on Jan. 18, 2023 and rolled coverage of the area into The Albany Democrat-Herald.[9][3]
