- Jefferson Post
The "Jefferson Post" is a twice-weekly newspaper printed in
West Jefferson, North Carolina . It prints news, announcements and obituaries for Ashe County.The newspaper is owned by
Mid-South Management Company Inc. ofSpartanburg, South Carolina , and has a circulation of 6,500, according to the company's website.The "Jefferson Post" began publishing in 1988. The newspaper is the result of a merger between Ashe County's historic weekly newspaper "The Skyland Post" and a competing weekly of 10 years, the "Jefferson Times".
"The Skyland Post" got its name from an early slogan for mountainous Ashe County, "The Land of the Sky." "The Skyland Post" was purchased in the 1930s by Ed M. Anderson, whose newspaper empire included "The Alleghany News" in Sparta, the "Spindale Sun" in Spindale, the "Transylvania Times" in
Transylvania County, North Carolina , and the "Courier" in Forest City. Stella W. Anderson was editor of "The Skyland Post" from her husband's death until the mid-1980s.In October
1988 "The Skyland Post" merged with the "Jefferson Times", which had been competing with the "Post" since August1978 .Today the "Jefferson Post" competes with the Ashe County edition of "The Mountain Times", which has the same corporate parent as the
Watauga Democrat in Boone.External links
* [http://www.jeffersonpost.com/ "Jefferson Post"]
* [http://www.midsouthmanagement.com/ Mid-South Management]
* [http://parklibrary.jomc.unc.edu/NCPAPERSCIRC2002.html The Park Library's list of North Carolina newspapers, by circulation]
* [http://statelibrary.dcr.state.nc.us/ncnp/ashe.htm Ashe County Newspapers at the North Carolina Newspaper Project]
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