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Times-News
Front page of the Times-News in 2011
TypeDaily newspaper
FormatBroadsheet
Owner(s)Lee Enterprises
Founder(s)Charles Diehl
O. H. Barber
PublisherMatt Sandberg
Managing editorMychel Matthews
Sports editorAdam Engel
Founded1904
LanguageEnglish
Headquarters132 Fairfield Street West,
Twin Falls, Idaho, 83303
Circulation9,270 Daily (as of 2023)[1]
OCLC number12292697
Websitemagicvalley.com

The Times-News is a US daily newspaper serving the Twin Falls, Idaho area. The paper is owned by Lee Enterprises and is available throughout the Magic Valley region of south-central Idaho as well as in parts of Elko County, Nevada, as far south as Wells.

History

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The Twin Falls News was first published on Oct. 28, 1904 by Charles Diehl and O. H. Barber.[2] Their partnership soon dissolved and Barber left on Feb. 3, 1905 and launched the Twin Falls Times on March 23, 1905.[2]

George A. Fraser edited and managed the News until 1910.[2] He was followed by several others. News editor Karl. H. Dixon sold his interests in 1912 to Carl. G. Anderson.[3] In 1913, the News was purchased by J. F. Melvin and A. D. Milligan, who owned the Twin Falls Daily Press.[4] The Press folded two months later and the News returned to its previous owner.[3] Roy A. Read took the helm of the News and at some point got a controlling-interest in the business.[2]

In March 1907, Wilbur S. Hill purchased the Times from Frank Eastman and Charles Collis.[2] Hill sold it in January 1916 to C. O. Langley, Daniel Denton and Harold Sims.[5][2] In 1921, the Times went bankrupt and was bought by J. A. Crumb,[2] who resold it a year later to Ira H. Masters, who later became Secretary of State of Idaho.[6][2] Masters published Times until 1927. It was then briefly owned by two men from Montana followed by a partnership formed by three Oregon men: Lee D. Drake, E. B. Aldrich and F. W. Lampkiin. They renamed the paper to the Idaho Evening Times.[2]

On April 1, 1930, H. G. Kruse purchased the Times.[7] Shortly after he died in a car crash and his son-in-law Emil Bordewick and R. S. Tofflemire became co-owners in 1932.[2] On Jan. 1, 1937, Tofflemire and Bordewick purchased the Twin Falls Daily News from Read.[8] On Feb. 16, 1942, the Times and the News merged to form the Times-News. The papers were combined to help conserve resources during World War II.[9]

In 1961, Tofflemire and Bordewick sold the paper to Jared How.[10] In 1968, Howard Publications acquired the Time-News from How,[11] and in 2002 sold it to Lee Enterprises.[12] In 2008, the South Idaho Press, of Burley, was absorbed into the Times-News.[13] In 2023, the paper reduced it print days to three: Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday. Also, it switched from carrier to mail delivery.[14]

References

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  1. ^ Lee Enterprises. "Form 10-K". investors.lee.net. Retrieved 29 February 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Six of Seven Local Daily Newspapers Found in Background of Times-News". The Times-News. 25 July 1954. p. 38.
  3. ^ a b "Change Of Newspaper | Editor Dixon of Twin Falls News Sells His Interests". The Press-Times. Wallace, Idaho. 5 January 1912. p. 3.
  4. ^ "Twin Falls News Sold | Oldest Paper on Tract Taken Over by the News Daily". The Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. 20 July 1913. p. 1.
  5. ^ "Newspaper Man Leaves". The Idaho Republican. Blackfoot, Idaho. 25 February 1916. p. 6.
  6. ^ "Ike Masters Declares He Won't Be An Obstructionist in State House". Idaho State Journal. Pocatello, Idaho. Associated Press. 20 December 1950. p. 3.
  7. ^ Eustis, Bert W. (7 April 1930). "Evening Times in New Hands Beginning Today". Idaho Evening Times. p. 1.
  8. ^ "Twin Falls News Has New Owner". The Oregon Daily Journal. Portland, Oregon. United Press. 1 January 1937. p. 11.
  9. ^ "'War Obstacles' Contribute to Newspaper Merger". The Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. Associated Press. 10 February 1942. p. 8.
  10. ^ "Twin Falls Times-News Sells To Publisher From Minnesota". The Idaho Statesman. Boise, Idaho. 20 January 1961. p. 17.
  11. ^ "Indiana Firm Buys Paper In Twin Falls". The Idaho Statesman. 2 April 1968. p. 1.
  12. ^ "Times-News sold to Lee Enterprises". South Idaho Press. 12 February 2002. p. 1.
  13. ^ "SIP to merge with Times-News". South Idaho Press. 2 August 2008. p. 1.
  14. ^ Kiggins, Steve (11 June 2023). "Your expanded Times-News is coming soon". The Times-News. Retrieved 10 July 2023.
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