Curry County Reporter

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Curry County Reporter
Type Weekly newspaper
Founder(s)E. M. Bogardus
Founded1914
LanguageEnglish
HeadquartersPO Box 5, Port Orford, OR 97465
Circulation 2,180
Website currycountyreporter.com

The Curry County Reporter is a weekly newspaper in Gold Beach, Oregon. It was established in 1914, and has a circulation of 2180. [1]

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History

Founded in 1914 by E. M. Bogardus [2] as the Gold Beach Reporter, [3] the Gold Beach paper was sold in 1917 to A. E. Guyton and John A. Juza, [4] with Juza assuming complete ownership in 1922 and W.E. Hassler becoming editor. [5] [6] In 1956 it was purchased by Robert and Betty Van Leer. It gradually expanded though the 1980s, at which point it employed six full time and two part time workers. Robert and Betty Van Leer passed it to Jim and Molly Walker, their daughter and son-in-law. in 1997. [7] It was bought by Matt and Kim Hall, owners of the Port Orford News in February 2016. [8]

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