- The Columbian
Infobox Newspaper
name = The Columbian
caption =January 14 ,2006 edition of "The Columbian"
type = Dailynewspaper
format =Broadsheet
foundation = 1890
ceased publication =
price =
owners = Scott Campbell
political position = Republican
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editor =
circulation =
headquarters =Vancouver, Washington
ISSN =
website = [http://www.columbian.com/index.cfm Official website]
price ="The Columbian" is a daily
newspaper forVancouver, Washington and Clark County inWashington State in theUnited States . The paper was published for its first decade (1890-1900) as a four page daily that was meant as a counterweight to the local Republican newspaper "The Independent". Printer Tom Carolan began publication of "The Vancouver Columbian" onOctober 10 ,1890 . Later, the paper became staunchly Republican in editorial outlook, and supported Republican political candidates across the board (though it does syndicate some liberal editorialists, its local editorials are conservative). It successfully hedged out daily competition, such as the former Independent, to become the sole daily in the city today. A former weekly "The Sun" which published for 39 years prior to going daily, was absorbed by the Columbian and for a time the paper was published as "The Vancouver Columbian and the Sun". Today the paper is published by Scott Campbell [http://www.columbian.com/services/history] , and is the official paper of the Cities of Vancouver and Washougal [As appointed by Washougal city code section 1.08.010, http://search.mrsc.org/nxt/gateway.dll/wsglmc?f=templates&fn=wsglpage.htm$vid=municodes:Washougal] .Members of The Columbian's editorial board are Scott Campbell, Lou Brancaccio, John Laird, Tom Koenninger, Douglas E. Ness and editorial writers Elizabeth Hovde and Gregg Herrington.
History
The "Vancouver Columbian" was first published as a weekly on October 10, 1890, before becoming a weekday paper on October 19, 1908. Owned by the Campbell family since 1921, it occupied a series of offices in downtown Vancouver before building its own offices at what is now the northwest corner of Evergreen and Broadway in 1928. Relocating to larger headquarters in 1955, it published its first Sunday edition on August 6, 1972, its first Saturday edition on July 10, 1999, and changed from afternoon to morning delivery in July 2000. The paper relocated to its present offices just south of
Esther Short Park on January 13, 2008. ["The Columbian Timeline," "The Columbian," January 11, 2008, page C8.]References
External links
* [http://www.columbian.com/ Official website]
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