Great Falls Tribune

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Great Falls Tribune
Great Falls Tribune 1887.png
May 18, 1887, issue of the Great Falls Tribune
TypeDaily newspaper
Format Broadsheet
Owner(s) Gannett
Founded1884
Headquarters205 River Drive South
Great Falls, Montana, United States
City Helena, Montana (publishing)
Website greatfallstribune.com

The Great Falls Tribune is a daily morning newspaper printed in Helena, Montana. It is one of Montana's largest newspaper companies.

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History

The first edition of the newspaper then called the Weekly Tribune was printed on May 14, 1885.

Starting on May 16, 1887, the Tribune became a daily newspaper.

On May 19, 1890, delivery switched from afternoon to morning.

The Great Falls Tribune moved to a new printing facility on 2nd Street in 1916; it remained there until 1979, when it moved to the location at 205 River Drive South. In 2022, they moved to a warehouse space at 701 River Dr S #1.

The Tribune launched a subsidiary company, River's Edge Printing in 2006; the latter printed for weekly newspapers on a Goss Community press. [1]

In July 2020, printing of the Great Falls Tribune moved to the presses of the Independent Record in Helena. [2]

Awards

The Great Falls Tribune won the Pulitzer Prize for Explanatory Reporting in 2000 for a yearlong series on alcoholism.

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References

  1. Flowers, Darryl L. "Great Falls Tribune's Presses To Go Silent In July". Fairfield Sun Times. Retrieved 2020-12-07.
  2. Independent Record and Associated Press. "Great Falls Tribune to be printed in Helena starting July 1". Helena Independent Record. Retrieved 2020-06-04.