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| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner | CNHI |
| Founded | 1915 |
| Headquarters | 417 Main Street, Oak Hill, WV 25901 |
| Circulation | 1,093 (as of 2016)[1] |
| Website | fayettetribune |
TheFayette Tribune is a newspaper servingOak Hill, West Virginia, and surrounding Fayette County.[2] Published on Thursday, it has a circulation of 1,093 and is owned by Community Newspaper Holdings.[3]
In 1915, Charles A. Goddard acquired theFayette Tribune and Free Press,[4] a name simplified to theFayette Tribune in 1924.[5] In 1930 theTribune was sold to the Woodyard brothers, who also purchased theFayette Democrat.[4]
TheFayette Tribune was the first newspaper to call attention to theHawk's Nest Tunnel disaster,[6] a large scale incident of occupational silicosis, considered to be one of the worst industrial tragedies in the history of the United States.[7] Reporting in February 1931 the paper broke the story:
The mining continued, however, resulting in an estimated 476 deaths before construction halted.[8]
In 2022,The Montgomery Herald was merged into theFayette Tribune.[9]
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