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20-676: The newspaper was founded in 1983 by Thomas Russ Dillon. Eagle Newspapers sold the newspaper in January 2013 to Pamplin Media Group . In 2003, the newspaper won two awards from the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association . That year an opinion piece printed in the paper was part of a lawsuit by a city employee against the city council relating to protected speech under the First Amendment to

40-628: A way to cut overall costs through consolidation and to create more opportunities for employees to advance. BME purchased the Central Oregonian in 1969. A year later the company moved its headquarters in 1970 from Dallas to Salem after a gas leak led to an explosion that destroyed its printing plant. The Eagle Web Press in Salem was completed in 1971. The company acquired the Independence Enterprise-Herald and

60-665: The Hermiston Herald , in a stock-for-stock exchange along with Dick Nafsinger, who owned the remaining shares in Hood River News which had been operating as a subsidiary of Eagle. That same year Eagle launched the free weekly Tualatin Valley Observer, which ceased after three years. In 1981, Joe Blaha, who worked at Eagle, founded the West Linn Tidings . That same year Eagle acquired

80-595: The Hood River News and the Polk County Itemizer-Observer in 1964. The Blue Mountain Eagle was sold In 1968 to Donna and John Moreau. Elmo Smith died in 1968 and the company was inherited by his son Denny Smith . At the time he worked as a pilot for Pan American Airlines and had served as a jet fighter pilot in the Vietnam War . The new owner set a goal of buying 10 newspapers as

100-819: The Sunnyside Sun . A year later Eagle sold the Idaho County Free Press in Grangeville to the paper's publisher Sarah Klement. The Omak-Okanogan County Chronicle was also sold in 2019 to the paper's manager J. Louis Mullen. Due to the COVID-19 recession in the United States , Eagle Newspapers announced plans to shutter the Hood River News , The Dalles Chronicle and the White Salmon Enterprise. Instead

120-625: The Woodburn Independent in 1971; the Canby Herald in 1972; Goldendale Sentinel in 1974; Polk Sun of Monmouth in 1975; White Salmon Enterprise, Molalla Pioneer and North Willamette News in 1976; and The Dalles Reminder , Sheridan Sun and Lake Oswego Review in 1978. BME purchased the Polk Sun of Monmouth in 1975 from Frank Parchman, and then merged it with the Independence Enterprise-Herald to form

140-699: The Daily News of Sunnyside and merged it with Sunnyside Sun in 1986 to form the Daily Sun News . Eagle also bought Daily Shipping News in 1995, The Omak-Okanogan County Chronicle in 1996, and The Dalles Chronicle from Pulitzer in 1996. In October 2004, the company sold the Camas-Washougal Post Record to The Columbian Publishing Co. In January 2013, Eagle sold six newspapers in Central Oregon and

160-727: The Eastern Oregon Observer. Smith sold the newspaper in December 1946 to Jessica Longston and Robert Pollock. He used the proceeds in 1948 to purchase the Blue Mountain Eagle in John Day, Oregon . That same year Smith and his friend Bill Robinson purchased The Madras Pioneer and the family business was incorporated as Blue Mountain Eagle Newspapers, Inc. In 1961, the company purchased

180-872: The Idaho County Free Press and sold the Sheridan Sun to its publisher. In 1984, Eagle bought the Sunnyside Sun and sold the Goldendale Sentinel to A.J. and Lynda McNab. That same year Jerry Reed divested from Eagle Newspapers and regained full ownership of the Hermiston Herald . The company purchased the Newberg Graphic in 1985. Also in 1985, Eagle entered into an agreement with The Guard Publishing Co., which owned The Register-Guard , to manage its five weekly newspapers in Washington County. The papers were operated by its subsidiary Times Publishing Co. and included

200-788: The Sun-Enterprise. A year later BME merged operations with the owners of the North Willamette News of Aurora in 1976. The deal included the Molalla Pioneer and Wilsonville News along with the BME-owned newspapers Canby Herald and Woodburn Independent . The company's name was shortened to Eagle Newspapers, Inc. in 1979 when it merged with newspaper publishing companies in Hood River and Hermiston. Eagle pooled resources with Jerry Reed, who owned

220-670: The Valley Times in Beaverton , Tigard Times, Tualatin Times, Forest Grove News-Times and Cornelius Times . In 1987, the Lake Oswego Review (which also published the Lake Oswego Review and West Linn Tidings ) was merged into Times Publishing Co. and Eagle obtained part ownership of the new joint venture, which was called Community Newspapers, Inc. The business was sold to Steve Clark in 1996. Eagle purchased

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240-603: The Willamette Valley to the Pamplin Media Group . The sale included the Canby Herald , Madras Pioneer , Molalla Pioneer , Newberg Graphic , Wilsonville Spokesman and Woodburn Independent . In June 2013, Eagle also sold Pamplin the Central Oregonian and its printing facility in Prineville . In 2018, the company sold the Daily Sun News to Andy McNab, who renamed it back to

260-534: The United States Constitution . In 2006, the paper took two second and two third place awards for newspapers in their category from the local chapter of the Society of Professional Journalists . This article about an Oregon newspaper is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Eagle Newspapers (Oregon) Eagle Newspapers was an American newspaper publisher serving

280-548: The cities of Aurora and Molalla . The Herald-Pioneer was formed in 2020 through the merger of the Canby Herald and Molalla Pioneer. The Canby Herald dates back to 1906. In 1915, G.E. Brookins purchased the newspaper. W. E. Hassler owned the Clackamas County News for three years until selling the newspaper in January 1922 to M.J. Lee, who renamed it to the Canby Herald. A month later Lee sold

300-411: The paper to A.W. Bond. In June 1923, the paper was acquired by W.C. Culbertson. Henry E. Browne worked as the Canby Herald 's publisher for 15 years and became its owner at some point. He sold it to Elbert Floyd Hall and Esther May Hall in 1937. A decade later the couple sold the paper to William Weston. In 1972, Weston and his wife merged their company with Eagle Newspapers . The Molalla Pioneer

320-568: The paper to Paul F. Ruud. Ruud ran the Molalla Pioneer for close to two decades until Pioneer Publishing, Inc. acquired the paper from him in 1971. Three years later the company sold it to Rodger Eddy, owner of North Willamette News. Two years later Eddy merged his company with Eagle Newspapers in 1976. Eagle owned the Canby Herald and Molalla Pioneer for nearly four decades until selling them along with three other newspapers in January 2013 to Pamplin Media Group . Pamplin sold

340-618: The paper's publisher Chelsea Marr purchased them in March 2020. The three were combined to form the Columbia Gorge News on April 8. In April 2020, the company sold the Polk County Itemizer-Observer to SJ Olson Publishing, Inc. Molalla Pioneer The Herald-Pioneer is a weekly newspaper published in Canby , Oregon , United States. It dates back to 1906 and is owned by Pamplin Media Group . The paper also serves

360-511: The span of two decades. By 1985, Eagle Newspapers publications accounted for nearly one-half of the weekly newspapers sold each week in Oregon. The company sold off its last paper in 2020. The origins of the company date back to 1933 when Elmo Smith and his wife, Dorothy, borrowed $ 25 to establish a mimeographed pennysaver in Ontario, Oregon . In 1936, the couple bought a press and founded

380-405: The states of Oregon , Washington and Idaho . The company originated in 1948 when Elmo Smith purchased the Blue Mountain Eagle . He would later sell the paper but the company's name would be derived from that title. Smith served a partial term as Oregon Governor and upon his death the business was managed by his son Denny Smith , who rapidly grew it from three newspapers to nearly twenty in

400-461: Was first published on March 28, 1913, and was founded by Gordon J. Taylor. In 1930, he and his son Walter R. Taylor sold the paper to J. Vila Blake. A year later Blake sold the Molalla Pioneer to C. L. Ireland, who owned the paper for 15 years until selling it in January 1946 to Monroe Sweetland. In 1948, Sweetland sold the paper to Charles N. Burger, who then sold it again two years later to Howard Durfee and Earl C. Brannan. In 1952, Durfee sold

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