Nisqually Valley News
| Type | Weekly newspaper |
|---|---|
| Owner(s) | CT Publishing LLC |
| Founder(s) | Elmer K. Fristoe Sam Sparks |
| Editor | Jessica Keller |
| Founded | 1922 |
| Language | English |
| Headquarters | 401 Creek St. SE Ste B Yelm, Washington 98597 |
| Circulation | 4,000 (as of 2022)[1] |
| OCLC number | 18338016 |
| Website | yelmonline |
The Nisqually Valley News is a weekly newspaper based in Yelm in Thurston County, Washington.[2][3] The newspaper is published weekly on Fridays with a circulation of 4,000.[3]
History
[edit]The Nisqually Valley News was first published in February 1922.[2][3] The editor at that time was Sam Sparks.[4] The newspaper was originally independent and published by O.K. Press Company.[2][4] Another News founder was Elmer Keller Fristoe,[5] a traveling advertising salesman who settled in Yelm following WWI.[6] Fristoe's son-in-law Don Miller took over the business around 1955 after Fristoe suffered a stroke.[7]
Fristoe was made an honorary lifetime member by the Washington Newspaper Publishers Association[8] and he served as Yelm mayor for ten years. He died in 1964 after owning the paper for 42 years.[9] In 1994, Don and Charlotte Miller sold the News to Lafromboise Newspapers.[10] In 2020, the paper was sold by Jenifer Lafromboise of Lafromboise Communications, Inc. to Chad and Coralee Taylor, who own The Silver Agency in Chehalis.[11]
Censorship
[edit]In 2007, a Washington superior court judge in Pierce County approved a prior restraint order that censored a story the News planned to run on a Roy city councilwoman investigated by police for criminal assistance and obstructing a public servant. The gag order was dropped a few days later after state Attorney General Rob McKenna intervened. The judge later apologized to the paper.[12]
References
[edit]- ^ "The Decline of Local News and Its Impact on Democracy" (PDF). League of Women Voters of Washington Education Fund. 2022-11-14.
- ^ a b c "The Nisqually Valley News (Yelm, Wash.) 1922-Current". Library of Congress. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
- ^ a b c "Nisqually Valley News newspaper in Yelm Washington - MondoTimes.com". MondoTimes. Retrieved 2020-12-01.
- ^ a b N.W. Ayer & Son's American Newspaper Annual and Directory. N.W. Ayer and Son. 1923.
- ^ "Social And Personal Items". The Chehalis Bee-Nugget. May 12, 1922. p. 9.
- ^ Fox, Bill (January 11, 1949). "Yelm Area Has Own Weekly Publication". The Olympian. p. 1.
- ^ "Around South Sound | Miller chosen top citizen". The Olympian. January 11, 1989. p. 12.
- ^ "Elmer Fristoe Honored By Publisher's Group". The Olympian. September 29, 1957. p. 19.
- ^ "Death Claims Elmer Fristoe". The Olympian. January 9, 1964. p. 1.
- ^ "New owner buys Nisqually Valley News". The News Tribune. January 5, 1994. p. 17.
- ^ "Nisqually Valley News Sold to New Owners". Nisqually Valley News. 2020-12-31. Retrieved 2023-04-05.
- ^ O'Callahan, Patrick (July 4, 2007). "Freedom of the press got run over in Roy". The News Tribune. pp. B6.
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