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| Type | Daily newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner | Gannett |
| Founder | Michael Weyland |
| Founded | 1807; 218 years ago (1807) (AsBeaver Minerva) |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | Aliquippa, Pennsylvania |
| Country | United States |
| OCLC number | 14348988 |
| Website | timesonline |
The Beaver County Times is a daily newspaper published inAliquippa, Pennsylvania, United States, serving suburbanBeaver County northwest ofPittsburgh. It is the sole newspaper covering Beaver County.[1] TheTimes has previously produced several online video series, including its flagship news program The Times Today, Game On, History in a Minute, Get Out This Weekend, and more. Archival issues ofThe Beaver County Times can be viewed online atGoogle News.[2]
TheTimes is the result of the merger of many of Beaver County's newspapers, starting with theBeaverMinerva, first published in 1807 and generally believed to have been the county's first newspaper.[3] TheBeaver Times was founded by Michael Weyland and was published from 1851 to 1895, when the name was changed to theBeaver Argus. It was changed again toThe Daily Times from 1909 to 1946. It was sold in 1946 to S. W. Calkins, who combined it with his 1943 acquisitionAliquippa Gazette. This paper was known asThe Beaver Valley Times until 1957, when it becameThe Beaver County Times after its acquisition of theAmbridge Daily Citizen. In 1979,The Times purchased the last remaining competing daily newspaper in the county,The News Tribune of Beaver Falls.[4] In April 1997, the paper switched from an evening print to morning.
Times ownerCalkins Media was acquired byGateHouse Media in 2017,[5] and GateHouse was merged intoGannett in 2019.[6] Since 2017,The Beaver County Times has experienced massive cuts in staff, as well as the newspaper's coverage.[1]
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