Type Weekly newspaper Owner(s) Pamplin Media Group Managing editors Nancy Townsley | Format Tabloid Publisher Nikki DeBuse Founded 1886 | |
The Forest Grove News-Times is a weekly newspaper covering the city of Forest Grove in the U.S. state of Oregon. Published on Wednesdays, it has a circulation of approximately 3,100. The paper is owned by Pamplin Media Group, which owns other community newspapers in the Portland metropolitan area.
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History
The newspaper was established in 1886 as the Washington County News-Times. Over time the newspaper changed its name to the Forest Grove News-Times and became part of Community Newspapers Inc., which owned other Portland-area community papers. The paper took first place in its division for spot news coverage and enterprise reporting in 1999 from the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association, and the following year took first for news photo and local column.
In August 2000, Community Newspapers was acquired by Pamplin Communications, passing ownership of the New-Times to the now Pamplin Media Group. The News-Times took home two more first-place prizes at the Better Newspaper Contest in 2001, but just one in 2002. In 2006, the newspaper had three first-place finishes at the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association’s Better Newspaper Contest. The paper took first place for its division for educational coverage in 2007 from the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association,
Pamplin Media Group launched the Hillsboro Tribune in nearby Hillsboro in September 2012, which competes with The Hillsboro Argus. The Argus’ publisher then launched the Forest Grove Leader in October 2012. The News-Times’ publisher claimed the launch of the second Forest Grove newspaper was retaliation for starting the Hillsboro paper. The competition between the media companies was the focus of a "Think Out Loud" segment on Oregon Public Broadcasting in November 2012 featuring News-Times publisher John Schrag. Nancy Townsley became managing editor in March 2013. Nikki DeBuse became the paper's publisher on February 1, 2016.
Details
As of 2014, the paper had a circulation of 3,102 for its weekly run. John Schrag is the publisher and Nancy Townsley the editor of the newspaper, which is owned by Pamplin Media Group. The News-Times is published on Wednesdays.