Port Orford News

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Port Orford News
Type Weekly newspaper
Founder(s)George W. Soranson
Founded1926
HeadquartersPO Box 5, Port Orford, OR
Circulation 900
Website www.portorfordnews.net

The Port Orford News is a weekly newspaper [1] published in Port Orford on the coast of the U.S. state of Oregon since 1926.

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History

Established by George W. Soranson in 1926, the News has been credited with promoting the development of Port Orford. [2]

In 2005 Matt Hall, co-owner and editor of the News, went to New Orleans to help with Hurricane Katrina relief efforts. [3] Portland-based Beacon Communication bought the News in 2006 from the Halls, who had owned it since 2003. [4] By 2013, the Halls were again the owners; in that year, the couple also bought the Myrtle Point Herald, and were also considering purchasing the Coquille Sentinel. [5] [6]

Archive

The University of Oregon Library has archives of the News. [7]

Current issues of the newspaper are available online at portorfordnews.net. [8]

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