The Bellingham Herald

Infobox Newspaper
name = The Bellingham Herald


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type = Daily newspaper
format = Broadsheet
foundation = 1890
ceased publication =
price = USD 0.50 Monday-Saturday
USD 1.50 Sunday
owners = The McClatchy Company
publisher = Glen Nardi
editor = Julie Shirley
language =
political =
circulation = 23,933 Daily
30,415 Sunday
headquarters = 1155 N. State St.
Bellingham, WA 98225
United States
ISSN =
website = [http://www.bellinghamherald.com/ www.BellinghamHerald.com]

"The Bellingham Herald" is the only daily newspaper published in Bellingham, Washington, in the United States. It is currently owned by The McClatchy Company.

History

"The Bellingham Herald" began publication on March 10, 1890 as the tri-weekly "Fairhaven Herald". "The Herald" went through many changes in its early years, including temporary suspension and a merger with a competing weekly. In 1900, the newspaper purchased the first linotype on the West Coast. When neighboring communities of Sehome, Whatcom and Fairhaven consolidated into the city of Bellingham in 1903, the paper was first printed as "The Bellingham Herald".

There were many who filled the roles of publisher and editor over the years but perhaps the most notable was the Sefrit-Carver team under the ownership of Sidney Albert "Sam" Perkins, which began in 1911 and lasted into the 1950s. Federated Publications bought "The Herald" in 1967. In 1971 Federated Publications merged with Gannett Corporation. "The Herald" switched to morning delivery in May 1997. Knight Ridder acquired "The Bellingham Herald" in 2005. Knight Ridder was purchased by McClatchy in 2006.

The Herald Building

The Herald Building is centrally located in downtown Bellingham on the corner of State and Chestnut Street. The building, built in 1926 as an eight-story office building, houses "The Bellingham Herald"'s main offices on the first and second floors. Tenant businesses occupy the upper floors.

References

[http://news.bellinghamherald.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060313/NEWS03/60313002 McClatchy to buy Knight Ridder for $4.5 billion - As reported in the Herald]

External links

* [http://bellinghamherald.com/ The Bellingham Herald official website]
* [http://www.mcclatchy.com/146/story/343.html The McClatchy Company's subsidiary profile of "The Bellingham Herald"]