The Chronicle is a weekly newspaper published in St. Helens, Oregon

St. Helens, Oregon

St. Helens is the county seat of Columbia County, Oregon. It was founded by Captain H. M. Knighton, a native of New England, in 1845 as "Plymouth". The name was changed to St. Helens in the latter part of 1850 for its view of Mount St. Helens some away in Washington. The population was 10,019 at...

, United States.

It was established in 1881 and is owned by Country Media. The Chronicle is published on Wednesdays and has a circulation of 4,372. It is the newspaper of record

Newspaper of record

Newspaper of record is a term that may refer either to any publicly available newspaper that has been authorized by a government to publish public or legal notices , or any major newspaper that has a large circulation and whose editorial and news-gathering functions are considered professional and...

 for Columbia County

Columbia County, Oregon

Columbia County is a county located in the U.S. state of Oregon. It was named for the Columbia River, which forms its eastern and northern borders. As of 2010, its population was 49,351. The county seat is St. Helens.-Economy:...

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History

When the newspaper started in 1881, it was named the Oregon Mist, later renamed to the St. Helens Mist. In 1933, the Mist bought out the St. Helens Sentinel, which was established in 1926, and the paper was renamed the Sentinel-Mist. In 1936, a paper named the St. Helens Chronicle was started. The Chronicle bought the Sentinel-Mist in 1968 and the combined publication became known as The Sentinel-Mist Chronicle, Columbia County's only newspaper. Later the name became The Chronicle and Sentinel-Mist, finally becoming The Chronicle in 2009.

External links

• The Chronicle (official website)