The Examiner is an investigative weekly newspaper

Weekly newspaper

A weekly newspaper is a general-news publication that is published on newsprint once or twice a week.Such newspapers tend to have smaller circulations than daily newspapers, and are usually based in less-populous communities or small, defined areas within large cities; often, they may cover a...

 created in 1995 by The Examiner Corporation based in Beaumont, Texas

Beaumont, Texas

Beaumont is a city in and county seat of Jefferson County, Texas, United States, within the Beaumont–Port Arthur Metropolitan Statistical Area. The city's population was 118,296 at the 2010 census. With Port Arthur and Orange, it forms the Golden Triangle, a major industrial area on the...

. The newspaper's staff has been awarded numerous local, state and national awards for its in-depth coverage of news events in Southeast Texas. The periodical styles itself an "Independent Voice" in the region, regularly assuming a critical attitude toward area intuitions.

The Examiner is best known locally for exposing corruption within Jefferson

Jefferson County, Texas

Jefferson County is a county located in the state of Texas, United States. As of 2000, the population was 252,051. Its county seat is Beaumont, and it is named for the former U.S...

, Hardin and Orange

Orange County, Texas

Orange County is one of 254 counties of the State of Texas and its county seat is the city of Orange, Texas. In the year 2000, the population of Orange County was about 85,000. Orange County is the county in the very southeastern corner of Texas, with a boundary with Louisiana and a seacoast on the...

counties, as well as numerous investigations which have resulted in more than a dozen public officials and local government employees being removed from office.