Times-News (Idaho)
Newspaper in Twin Falls, Idaho, United States
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The Times-News is a US daily newspaper serving the Twin Falls, Idaho area. The paper is owned by Lee Enterprises and is available throughout the Magic Valley region of south-central Idaho as well as in parts of Elko County, Nevada, as far south as Wells.
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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | Lee Enterprises |
| Founder(s) | Charles Diehl O. H. Barber |
| Publisher | Matt Sandberg |
Managing editor | Mychel Matthews |
| Founded | 1904 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 132 Fairfield Street West, Twin Falls, Idaho, 83303 |
| Circulation | 9,270 Daily (as of 2023)[1] |
| OCLC number | 12292697 |
| Website | magicvalley |
History
The Twin Falls News was first published on Oct. 28, 1904 by Charles Diehl and O. H. Barber.[2] Their partnership soon dissolved and Barber left on Feb. 3, 1905 and launched the Twin Falls Times on March 23, 1905.[2]
George A. Fraser edited and managed the News until 1910.[2] He was followed by several others. News editor Karl. H. Dixon sold his interests in 1912 to Carl. G. Anderson.[3] In 1913, the News was purchased by J. F. Melvin and A. D. Milligan, who owned the Twin Falls Daily Press.[4] The Press folded two months later and the News returned to its previous owner.[3] Roy A. Read took the helm of the News and at some point got a controlling-interest in the business.[2]
In March 1907, Wilbur S. Hill purchased the Times from Frank Eastman and Charles Collis.[2] Hill sold it in January 1916 to C. O. Langley, Daniel Denton and Harold Sims.[5][2] In 1921, the Times went bankrupt and was bought by J. A. Crumb,[2] who resold it a year later to Ira H. Masters, who later became Secretary of State of Idaho.[6][2] Masters published Times until 1927. It was then briefly owned by two men from Montana followed by a partnership formed by three Oregon men: Lee D. Drake, E. B. Aldrich and F. W. Lampkiin. They renamed the paper to the Idaho Evening Times.[2]
On April 1, 1930, H. G. Kruse purchased the Times.[7] Shortly after he died in a car crash and his son-in-law Emil Bordewick and R. S. Tofflemire became co-owners in 1932.[2] On Jan. 1, 1937, Tofflemire and Bordewick purchased the Twin Falls Daily News from Read.[8] On Feb. 16, 1942, the Times and the News merged to form the Times-News. The papers were combined to help conserve resources during World War II.[9]
In 1961, Tofflemire and Bordewick sold the paper to Jared How.[10] In 1968, Howard Publications acquired the Time-News from How,[11] and in 2002 sold it to Lee Enterprises.[12] In 2008, the South Idaho Press, of Burley, was absorbed into the Times-News.[13] In 2023, the paper reduced it print days to three: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Also, it switched from carrier to mail delivery.[14]