TheSiskiyou Daily News is adaily newspaper servingYreka,California,United States.^[1] It is owned byGannett. Former ownerGateHouse Media acquired the paper fromHollinger in 1997.^[2]

In August 1878, B. H. Evans published the first issue of theScott Valley News inFort Jones, California.^[3] At some point Frank Norcross became an owner and sold his stake to his partner Samuel P. Curtis in September 1879.^[4] A year later Ed. S. Culver bought a half-interest.^[5] Culver retired and was succeeded by Frank Markey on Jan. 1, 1883.^[6] In May 1886, Curtis skipped town. He left forUkiah, taking all the business' available funds and leaving it $500 in debt. Markey struggled to run the paper on his own and decided to close it that August due to financial problems.^[7]

About four months later, L.D. Clark, founder of theOroville Mercury, relaunched theNews.^[8] Clark continued to operate the paper in Fort Jones and invented an automatic hand-pressfrisket to improve production. He got it patented it in December 1891. TheScientific American published an article on Clark's device a year later.^[9] In May, 1894, Clark sold the paper to E. H. Ellsworth.^[10] In June 1895, J. N. Bohen joined Ellsworth as a co-owner and the two moved theScott Valley News to Yreka and changed its name to theSiskiyou News.^[11] In 1897, their partnership dissolved and Bohen exited.^[12] In 1898, W. J. Balfrey bought theNews for $2,150.^[13]

Ten days after selling the paper Ellsworth was stopped byConstable E. E. Dixon while attempting to board a train inMontague with his family toSan Francisco. At the time Ellsworth was being sued forlibel by local citizens and for unpaid wages from an employee.^[14] He posted bail but another warrant for his arrest was issued stemming from another libel case.^[15] Ellsworth refused to be detained and shot Dixon, who later died from his injuries.^[14] Ellsworth was later found guilty ofsecond-degree murder and sentenced to 21 years imprisonment.^[15]

In 1900, W. S. O'Brien paid Balfrey $2,850 for the business.^[16] A year later W. D. Crow bought the paper from O'Brien.^[17] Crow sold it in 1905 to brothers Frank E. and Horace Holbrook, former owners of theTimes-Index.^[18][19] Horace sold out to his brother two years later.^[20] In 1923, Frank Holbrook sold theNews to Herbert G. Moody, who had been editorThe Searchlight in Redding. At that time theNews had a 2,000 circulation and 17 paid correspondents.^[21] The Redding paper was owned by Moody's father, which he sold to his son in 1925.^[22] In 1929, H. G. Moody sold theNews to his father H.L. Moody.^[23] A year later business was acquired by the Siskiyou Publishing Company for $18,000.^[24]

On Oct. 2, 1941, theSiskiyou News, owned by Albert Wedin, and theYreka Journal, owned by Walter B. Stafford and William G. Bailey, were merged to form a daily called theSiskiyou Daily News.^[25] In 1948, Wedin sold theDaily News to E. Glenn Drake,^[26][27] who was succeeded as publisher in 1951 by Edgar J. Foss. At that time business operations were moved toTurlock.^[28] In 1979, the chain Thomson Newspapers Inc. bought the paper from Foss.^[29] The company owned more than 100 papers by 1993 when it sold theDaily News and four others toHollinger.^[30]

In 1997, theDaily News was among the 167 papers acquired byLeonard Green & Partners from Hollinger for $310 million.^[31] A year later the investment firm formedLiberty Group Publishing to manage its publications.^[32] In June 2005,Fortress Investment Group bought Liberty for $527 million.^[33] The company was then renamed toGateHouse Media.^[34] In 2019, GateHouse merged withGannett.^[35]

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