Camas-Washougal Post-Record

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Camas-Washougal Post-Record
TypeWeekly newspaper
Owner(s)Columbian Publishing Co.
(Campbell family)
Founder(s)Kelley Loe
Managing editorKelly Moyer
Founded1908
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters701 W. Eighth St.,
Vancouver, Washington
Circulation10,000 (as of 2022)[1]
Sister newspapersThe Columbian
OCLC number17023401
Websitecamaspostrecord.com

The Camas-Washougal Post-Record is a weekly newspaper in Camas, Washington.[2]

History

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The LaCamas Post was first published by Kelley Loe on Jan. 25, 1908.[3][4] Nine months later Loe announced the paper had been purchased by G. O. Mercer, a newspaper man from Ohio.[4] The paper was soon renamed to the Camas Post. Mercer sold the Post in 1910 to E. V. Hartman.[5] The paper was returned to Mercer who sold it again to Arthur A. Hay,[6] who two years later sold it to George Washington Hopp.[7]

In 1925, Elmer M. Armstrong, who edited the Washougal Record for the past five years, sold the Record to Upton H. Gibbs, who previously edited the Eastern Clackamas News in Estacada.[8]

In 1928, Post editor Hopp died.[9] John V. Lund succeeded him as editor and purchased the paper from his estate a few months later.[10] In 1929, Gibbs sold the Record to Ray D. Fisher, of McMinnville.[11]

In 1930, Lund purchased the Record from Fisher and merged the two together to form the Camas-Washougal Post-Record.[12] The following owners were E. F. Glick (1942),[13] L. M. Slinkard (1944),[4] Clyde Brown and Leland R. Dowlin (1946),[4][14] Hal and Judy Zimmerman (1957).[15]

In 1980, Eagle Newspapers of Salem, Oregon, obtained ownership of the Post-Record through a merger.[16][17] In 2004, the company sold the paper to The Columbian Publishing Co.[18] In 2025, the paper's print edition was redesigned and the Post-Record's and The Columbian's newsrooms was merged together.[19]

References

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  1. ^ "The Decline of Local News and Its Impact on Democracy" (PDF). League of Women Voters of Washington Education Fund. 2022-11-14.
  2. ^ "The Camas-Washougal Post Record & Buyers' Bonus (Camas, Wash.) 1984-Current". Library of Congress, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA. Retrieved 2025-06-21.
  3. ^ "Notice". Vancouver Weekly Columbian. January 30, 1908. p. 4.
  4. ^ a b c d "Post's Origins Date To 1908". Camas-Washougal Post-Record. 1976. Retrieved June 21, 2025 – via Internet Archive.
  5. ^ "Newspaper At Camas Sold | The Camas Post Changes Hands". The Columbian. March 5, 1910. p. 2.
  6. ^ "Notice". The Columbian. April 5, 1911. p. 3.
  7. ^ "Camas Post Sold To George W. Hopp". Vancouver Weekly Columbian. May 15, 1913. p. 1.
  8. ^ "Upton Gibbs Buys Washougal Record". The Columbian. January 22, 1925. p. 1.
  9. ^ "Veteran Editor Suddenly; Was Well Known | Publisher Of Post in Newspaper Business All of Life, Dead". The Columbian. November 26, 1928. p. 1.
  10. ^ "Lund New Editor Of Camas Post". The Columbian. January 25, 1929. p. 1.
  11. ^ "Washougal Record Is Sold To Fisher From McMinnville". The Columbian. June 21, 1929. p. 8.
  12. ^ "Weekly Papers In Consolidation". The Columbian. June 6, 1930. p. 6.
  13. ^ "Camas Post Changes Hands". The Columbian. February 27, 1942. p. 10.
  14. ^ "Obituary | Leland Dowlin". The Oregonian. April 12, 1965. p. 21.
  15. ^ "Castle Rock Publisher Buys Weekly at Camas". The Columbian. September 27, 1957. p. 3.
  16. ^ "Papers talking about merger". The Columbian. August 29, 1980. p. 9.
  17. ^ "Publisher Redd could be leaving". Tri-City Herald. September 2, 1980. p. 3.
  18. ^ Anderson, Julia (August 17, 2004). "Columbian buys Post-Record | Paper serving Camas, Washougal will remain independent weekly". The Columbian. p. 37.
  19. ^ Campbell, Will (January 30, 2025). "Post-Record co-owner details changes at newspaper, plans for future". Camas-Washougal Post-Record. Retrieved 2025-06-21.