 The August 13, 2007, front page of theTri-City Herald | |
| Type | Twice-weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner | The McClatchy Company |
| Founder | Elwyn P. Greene |
| Editor | Laurie Williams[1] |
| Founded | 1903 (as thePasco Express) |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 4253 W 24th Ave #120 Kennewick, Washington, U.S. 99338 |
| Circulation | 16,776 Daily 18,715 Sunday (as of 2020)[2] |
| OCLC number | 17157840 |
| Website | tri-cityherald |
TheTri-City Herald is a twice-weeklynewspaper based inKennewick, Washington, United States. Owned byThe McClatchy Company, the newspaper serves southeasternWashington state, including the three cities of Kennewick,Pasco andRichland (which are collectively known as theTri-Cities).
In August 1903, Elwyn P. Greene founded thePasco Express.[3][4] Greene previously was a pastor inWalla Walla and had established theKennewick Courier.[5] In June 1905, he sold the paper to Charles T. Giezentanner.[6] In December 1910, E.J. Jones and Lee C. Henderson bought theExpress from Giezentanner.[7] In February 1912, theExpress was made theOfficial newspaper of record for the city of Pasco.[8]
Jones left at some point and Henderson withdrew from the paper in September 1913, leaving it to W.C. Sallee.[9] In April 1914, Sallee left theExpress due to failing health,[10] and died two months later.[11] Sallee had leased the paper and Henderson assumed editorial control in his absence.[12]
W.Y. Sanborn and P.A. Roberts leased the paper in May 1914.[13] A year later the two left and W.W. Quinian assumed control. In June 1915, he bought thePasco Progress and absorbed it into theExpress.[14] In January 1918, C.F. Lake left the paper.[15]
In April 1918,Charles A. Sprague and O.H. Olson bought theExpress from Quinian.[16] They then renamed it to thePasco Herald.[17] In June 1923, Hill Williams bought out Sprague.[18][19] In January 1943, he bought out Olson and acquired full ownership.[20] In June 1946, Bill Wilmot, who previously owned theRitzville Journal-Times, purchased theHerald from Williams.[21]
In May 1947, theHerald obtained associate membership in theAssociated Press.[22] That September, Wilmot sold the paper to a corporation headed by Hugh A. Scott, who was associated with Glenn C. Lee and Robert F. Philips.[23] A month later theHerald was expanded to a daily and renamed to theTri-City Herald.[24] In 1950, striking workers of theHerald launched a morning competitor in Pasco called theColumbia Basin News,. The Tri-Cities then became one of the smallest U.S. markets with two competing daily newspapers until theNews printed its last issue in 1963.[25]
Scott Publishing sold the paper toMcClatchy in 1979.[26] After over 30 years as an afternoon paper, it became a morning paper in 1984.[25] It added a Saturday edition in 1987.[25] TheHerald switched from carrier to postal delivery in December 2022. At that time a expanded Sunday edition was moved to a Saturday delivery.[27] A year later the paper deceased its print editions to twice weekly on Wednesdays and Saturdays[28]
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