The East Oregonian is a daily newspaper

Newspaper

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 published in Pendleton

Pendleton, Oregon

Pendleton is a city in Umatilla County, Oregon, United States. Pendleton was named in 1868 by the county commissioners for George H. Pendleton, Democratic candidate for Vice-President in the 1864 presidential campaign. The population was 16,612 at the 2010 census...

, Oregon

Oregon

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, United States and covering Umatilla

Umatilla County, Oregon

Umatilla County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oregon. It is included in the 8 county definition of Eastern Oregon. The county is named for the Umatilla River. In 2010, its population was 75,889...

 and Morrow

Morrow County, Oregon

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 counties. The newspaper was established in 1875 as a weekly by M. P. Bull. In 1882, C. S. "Sam" Jackson

Charles Samuel Jackson

Charles Samuel "Sam" Jackson was a prominent newspaper publisher in the U.S. state of Oregon.Born in Deltaville, Virginia, Jackson went west in 1880, settling in Pendleton, Oregon...

 purchased the EO. Within a year it had become a semiweekly, and in 1888, the paper was published every day except Sunday. Jackson went on to become the publisher of the Oregon Journal

Oregon Journal

The Oregon Journal was Portland, Oregon's daily afternoon newspaper from 1902 to 1982. The Journal was founded in Portland by C. S. Jackson, the publisher of Pendleton, Oregon's East Oregonian newspaper, after a group of Portlanders convinced Jackson to help in the reorganization of the Portland...

in Portland

Portland, Oregon

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.

The newspaper is owned by the East Oregonian Publishing Company and as of 2011, it is published Tuesday through Sunday and has a circulation of 7,797. The Tuesday through Friday editions are afternoon papers, and the Saturday and Sunday editions are morning papers. The paper maintains a bureau in Hermiston

Hermiston, Oregon

As of the census of 2010, there were 16,745 people, 4,964 households, and 3,360 families residing in the city. The population density was 2,035.4 people per square mile . There were 5,383 housing units at an average density of 832.9 per square mile...

. The EO is the newspaper of record

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 for Umatilla County.

East Oregonian Publishing Company

In addition to the East Oregonian, the East Oregonian Publishing Company publishes the Blue Mountain Eagle, The Hermiston Herald

The Hermiston Herald

The Hermiston Herald is a bi-weekly paper published in Hermiston, Oregon, United States, since 1906. The Herald was founded by Horace Greeley Newport and William Skinner. It is published on Wednesdays and Fridays by the East Oregonian Publishing Company and has a circulation of 2,128. The paper was...

, and the Wallowa County Chieftain in Eastern Oregon

Eastern Oregon

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.

The company also owns The Daily Astorian

The Daily Astorian

The Daily Astorian is a daily newspaper, published in Astoria, Oregon, United States. The paper serves the Astoria, Warrenton, Seaside area, the Long Beach Peninsula, and surrounding areas. The newspaper has a circulation of approximately 8,400 Monday through Friday. The newspaper is owned by the...

, the Capital Press

Capital Press

The Capital Press is a weekly agricultural newspaper covering the West Coast of the United States, and published in Salem, Oregon. The newspaper, which covers farming, ranching and agriculture industries, has a circulation of approximately 35,000...

, The North Coast Citizen (Manzanita, Oregon

Manzanita, Oregon

Manzanita is a coastal city in Tillamook County, Oregon, United States. It is located on U.S. Route 101 about 25 miles south of Seaside and 25 miles north of Tillamook. The population was 564 as of the 2000 census.-History:...

), and the Chinook Observer (Long Beach, Washington

Long Beach, Washington

Long Beach is a city in Pacific County, Washington, United States. The population was 1,283 at the 2000 census and grew to 1,392 at the 2010 census...

).

External links

• The East Oregonian (official website)