The Chief
TypeWeekly newspaper
Owner(s)Country Media, Inc.
Founder(s)F. T. Shute
PublisherDavid Thornberry
Founded1891
Headquarters1805 Columbia Blvd. St. Helens, OR 97051
Websitethechiefnews.com

The Chief is a weekly newspaper in Clatskanie, Oregon, United States. It is owned by Country Media, Inc. and publishes on Thursdays.[1]

History

The paper was founded in 1891 by F. T. Shute.[2] In its early days it offered a bundled subscription with Better Fruit, a publication in Hood River, Oregon.[3]

E. W. Conyers, a businessman and a former state legislator, became the controlling owner in 1889. Conyers had been a lifelong Whig, and became a Republican when that party was formed.[4]

Arthur Steele purchased the paper in 1922.[2] He was named president of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association in 1953.[5] Arthur and his wife Melvina ran the paper until Melvina's death in 1972, when their son Gail took over.[6][2] As of the early 2000s the owner was Deborah Steele Hazen.[7] As of 2013 its circulation was about 2,400.[2]

In 2014, the newspaper's name was changed from The Clatskanie Chief to simply The Chief.[8] That same year the newspaper was acquired by Country Media, Inc.[9] In December 2023, the company announced The Chief will merge with The Chronicle to create a new weekly newspaper called the Columbia County Chronicle & Chief.[10]

References

  1. ↑ "Clatskanie Chief". Mondo Times.
  2. 1 2 3 4 Bagwell, Steve; Stapilus, Randy (2013). New Editions: The Northwest's newspapers as they were, are, and will be. Carlton, Oregon: Ridenbaugh Press. ISBN 978-0-945648-10-9. OCLC 861618089.
  3. ↑ "Better fruit". 1910.
  4. ↑ "Republican League Register, a Record of the Republican Party in the State of". Register Pub. Co. 1896.
  5. ↑ "Editor & Publisher 1953-07-04: Vol 86 Iss 28". Duncan McIntosh. 4 July 1953.
  6. ↑ Walker, Bill (July 26, 1997). "Third Generation Alive And Well". Editor and Publisher.
  7. ↑ "The Sven Tollifsen Family". Cumtux. Winter 2008.
  8. ↑ "The Clatskanie chief" – via chroniclingamerica.loc.gov.
  9. ↑ "The Chronicle buys Clatskanie newpaper". St. Helens Chronicle. 2014-07-19. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
  10. ↑ Perea II, Frank (2023-12-27). "Announcement: The Chronicle and The Chief to become one weekly newspaper". St. Helens Chronicle. Retrieved 2023-12-29.
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