The Sun (Sheridan)

The Sun

Offices of the newspaper
Type Weekly newspaper
Owner Clinton Vining Company LLC
Publisher Clinton Vining Company
Editor Clinton Vining Company
Founded 1890
Headquarters Sheridan, Oregon
Official website www.sheridansun.com

The Sun is the newspaper for Sheridan, Oregon, United States. The paper is published once per week on Wednesdays. Coverage of The Sun is the West Valley communities of Sheridan, Willamina, and Grand Ronde in the Yamhill Valley of Yamhill and Polk counties.[1]

History

Sheridan’s newspaper started in 1890,[2] and was a weekly newspaper.[3] In 1908, O. D. Hamstreet purchased the newspaper after moving from Sheridan, Wyoming, where he had been editor of the Sheridan Enterprise.[4] The owner and editor of the paper in 2007 was George Robertson. As of 2009, it has a circulation of just over 1,200 copies with Clinton Vining as editor and publisher, with ownership by Clinton Vining Company LLC.[2]

References

  1. ^ The Sun Archives. SmallTownPapers. Retrieved on March 18, 2008.
  2. ^ a b The Sun. Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association. Retrieved on March 18, 2008.
  3. ^ Edward Gardner Jones, ed (1894). The Oregonian's handbook of the Pacific Northwest. p. 258. http://books.google.com/books?id=FIduAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA257&dq=sheridan+oregon&lr=&as_brr=1&client=firefox-a#v=onepage&q=sheridan%20oregon&f=false. 
  4. ^ Gaston, Joseph (1912). The Centennial History of Oregon, 1811-1912. 3. The S.J. Clarke Publishing Company. pp. 47–48. http://books.google.com/books?id=YmUUAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA48&dq=sheridan+oregon+school&ei=Bs1rS9n8CaT4MNmt4fsK&cd=1#v=onepage&q=sheridan%20oregon%20school&f=false. 

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