{{Short description|Weekly newspaper published in Canby, Oregon}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = The Herald-Independet | logo = | image = Herald-Pioneer front page.jpg | type = Weekly newspaper | format = | owner = Carpenter Media Group | founder = | publisher = Kim Stephens | president = | editor = John Baker | staff_writers = | founded = 1906 (as ''Canby Herald'') | circulation = 5,254 | circulation_date = 2022 | circulation_ref = <ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-10-19 |title=Pamplin Media Group: Media Kit 2022 |url=https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/portlandtribune.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/1/d3/1d3da40a-5099-11ed-8c18-6797ea52fec9/63517f7ec4dd5.pdf.pdf |access-date=2023-04-18 |archive-date=2023-04-19 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230419050310/https://bloximages.chicago2.vip.townnews.com/portlandtribune.com/content/tncms/assets/v3/editorial/1/d3/1d3da40a-5099-11ed-8c18-6797ea52fec9/63517f7ec4dd5.pdf.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref> | readership = | sister_newspapers = ''Oregon City News'', ''West Linn Tidings'', ''Woodburn Independent'' | ISSN = | oclc = 30710695 | RNI = | website = {{URL|heraldpioneer.com}} | general_manager = Sandy Storey | publishing_country = {{USA}} | publishing_city = Canby, Oregon }} '''''The Herald-Independent''''' is a weekly newspaper published in Canby, Oregon, United States. It dates back to 1906.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Canby Herald-Pioneer |url=http://www.orenews.com/canby |access-date=2024-09-20 |website=Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association |language=en}}</ref> The paper also serves the cities of Aurora, Woodburn and Molalla. ''The Herald-Independent'' was formed in 2020 through the merger of the ''Canby Herald and Molalla Pioneer'' as ''The Herald-Pioneer'' and in 2026 merged with the ''Woodburn Independent.''
== History == The '''''Canby Herald''''' dates back to 1906.<ref name="About">{{cite news |title=Who We Are |url=http://www.canbyherald.com/page/42 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120426090315/http://www.canbyherald.com/page/42 |archivedate=April 26, 2012 |accessdate=2014-11-25 |work=Canby Herald}}</ref> In 1915, G.E. Brookins sold the ''Hubbard Enterprise'' to then purchase the ''Canby Herald''.<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 16, 1915 |title=Hubbard Enterprise and Canby Herald Change Hands |work=The Capital Journal |pages=3}}</ref> A year later Brookins leased his Canby printing plant and moved to Eugene to study journalism at the University of Oregon.<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 19, 1916 |title=Editors Are Students {{!}} Two Country Journalists Enroll At University |work=Morning Register |location=Eugene, Oregon}}</ref> The ''Clackamas County News'' was then started in Canby with B. E. Lee as publisher and M. J. Lee as editor.<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 15, 1916 |title=New Paper At Canby {{!}} Clackamas County News Makes Bow To Public - Is a Live Sheet. |work=Statesman Journal |pages=3}}</ref> W. E. Hassler was publisher of the ''News'' for about two years until severing his ties in January 1922. He sold the ''News'' to M.J. Lee, now editor and publisher, who renamed it to the ''Canby Herald.''<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 6, 1922 |title=Canby To Have New Publication |work=The Capital Journal |pages=8}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=January 14, 1922 |title=Local Brevities |work=Albany Democrat-Herald |pages=5}}</ref> A month later Lee sold the paper to A.W. Bond.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 9, 1922 |title=Canby Herald Sold. |work=The Oregonian |pages=3}}</ref> In June 1923, the ''Herald'' was acquired by W.C. Culbertson.<ref>{{Cite news |date=June 4, 1923 |title=Canby Newspaper Bought by Hotel Man of Portland |work=The Oregon Daily Journal |pages=1}}</ref> Henry E. Browne worked as the ''Canby Herald''{{'s}} publisher for 15 years and became its owner at some point. He sold it to Elbert Floyd Hall and Esther May Hall in 1937.<ref>{{Cite news |date=May 31, 1937 |title=Canby Herald Sold |work=The Oregon Daily Journal |pages=5}}</ref> A decade later the couple sold the paper to William Weston.<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 25, 1947 |title=Canby Herald Sold |work=The Capital Journal |pages=17}}</ref> In 1972, Weston and his wife merged their company with Eagle Newspapers.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 19, 1972 |title=Canby Paper Is Purchased |work=Statesman Journal |pages=44}}</ref><ref name=":1"/> thumb|left|upright|A 2014 front page from the ''Canby Herald'' thumb|left|''Canby Herald'' office in 2017The '''''Molalla Pioneer''''' was first published on March 28, 1913,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Molalla Pioneer 100-Year Anniversary |url=https://publications.pmgnews.com/fpubs/molalla-pioneer-centennial/files/assets/common/downloads/page0002.pdf}}</ref> and was founded by Gordon J. Taylor. In 1930, he and his son Walter R. Taylor sold the paper to J. Vila Blake.<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 22, 1930 |title=Molalla Newspaper Sold By Taylors |work=The Capital Journal |pages=2}}</ref> A year later Blake sold the ''Molalla Pioneer'' to C. L. Ireland,<ref>{{Cite news |date=October 23, 1931 |title=Buys Molalla Paper |work=The Oregon Daily Journal |pages=7}}</ref> who owned the paper for 15 years until selling it in January 1946 to Monroe Sweetland.<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 23, 1946 |title=Locals |work=The Capital Journal |pages=9}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |date=January 24, 1946 |title=Molalla Paper Sold |work=The Oregon Daily Journal |pages=5}}</ref> In 1948, Sweetland sold the paper to Charles N. Burger,<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 9, 1948 |title=Sweetland Sells Molalla Pioneer |work=Statesman Journal |pages=1}}</ref> who then sold it again two years later to Howard Durfee and Earl C. Brannan.<ref>{{Cite news |date=February 2, 1950 |title=Weekly Paper Sold |work=Herald and News |pages=1}}</ref> In 1952, Durfee sold the paper to Paul F. Ruud.<ref>{{Cite news |date=December 12, 1952 |title=Paul Ruud Buys Molalla Paper |work=Statesman Journal |pages=33}}</ref> Ruud ran the ''Molalla Pioneer'' for close to two decades until Pioneer Publishing, Inc. acquired the paper from him in 1971.<ref>{{Cite news |date=September 14, 1971 |title=Keys Named Publisher |work=The Capital Journal |pages=1}}</ref> Three years later the company sold it to Rodger Eddy, owner of ''North Willamette News.''<ref>{{Cite news |date=January 8, 1974 |title=Molalla paper changes hands |work=The Capital Journal |pages=2}}</ref> Two years later Eddy merged his company with Eagle Newspapers in 1976.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |last=Easterling |first=Jerry |date=1980-01-20 |title=The Eagle is soaring: Newspaper chain undergoes rapid growth in past decade |url=https://www.newspapers.com/article/statesman-journal-the-eagle-is-soaring/155250060/ |access-date=2024-09-14 |work=Statesman Journal |pages=66}}</ref>
Eagle owned the ''Canby Herald'' and ''Molalla Pioneer'' for nearly four decades until selling them along with three other newspapers in January 2013 to Pamplin Media Group.<ref>{{cite news |date=January 8, 2013 |title=Pamplin Media Group acquires 6 weekly papers from Eagle Newspapers |url=http://www.oregonlive.com/business/index.ssf/2013/01/pamplin_media_group_acquires_6.html#incart_river_default |accessdate=8 January 2013 |newspaper=The Oregonian}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Giegerich |first=Andy |date=January 8, 2013 |title=Pamplin Media buys more papers |url=http://www.bizjournals.com/portland/news/2013/01/08/pamplin-media-buys-more-papers.html |accessdate=8 January 2013 |newspaper=Portland Business Journal}}</ref> Pamplin sold the two paper's shared office in August 2019 and moved them to a smaller space.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Francke |first=Tyler |date=2019-08-05 |title=Backstop the Presses! Neighboring Restaurant Buys Canby Herald Building to Pursue Brewery Dream |url=https://canbyfirst.com/backstop-the-presses-neighboring-restaurant-buys-canby-herald-building-to-pursue-brewery-dream/ |access-date=2024-09-20 |website=The Canby Current |language=en-US}}</ref> In January 2020, the company announced both paper's print editions were to be merged under the title '''''The Herald-Pioneer''''' while continuing to maintain separate websites and social media accounts.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Baker |first=John |date=2020-01-13 |title=Financial reality in Molalla means real changes |url=https://www.canbyherald.com/opinion/financial-reality-in-molalla-means-real-changes/article_88adadd5-c522-5277-830d-315bd3ff5c03.html |access-date=2024-09-20 |website=Canby Herald |language=en |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240921012715/https://www.canbyherald.com/opinion/financial-reality-in-molalla-means-real-changes/article_88adadd5-c522-5277-830d-315bd3ff5c03.html |archive-date=September 21, 2024 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In June 2024, Robert B. Pamplin Jr. sold his newspaper company to Carpenter Media Group.<ref name=":12">{{Cite news |last=Rogoway |first=Mike |date=June 3, 2024 |title=Pamplin Media, Portland Tribune's owner, sells to Carpenter Media |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/business/2024/06/pamplin-media-portland-tribunes-owner-sells-to-carpenter-media.html |access-date=June 8, 2024 |work=The Oregonian}}</ref> In March 2026, the ''Herald-Pioneer'' merged with the ''Woodburn Independent'' to form '''''The Herald-Independent.'''''<ref>{{Cite web |last=Stephens |first=Kim |date=March 16, 2026 |title=Welcome to The Herald-Independent |url=https://woodburnindependent.com/2026/03/16/welcome-to-the-herald-independent/ |access-date=2026-03-16 |website=Woodburn Independent |language=en}}</ref> {{clear left}}
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==External links== *{{Official website|http://www.heraldpioneer.com/}}
{{Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association}}
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