{{Short description|Newspaper in Lewiston, Idaho, U.S.}} {{Use mdy dates|date=February 2025}} {{Infobox newspaper | name = Lewiston Morning Tribune | logo = | image = | caption = | type = Daily newspaper<!-- Feb. 15, 1904--><ref name=LOC>{{cite web|publisher=Library of Congress|work=Chronicling America - Historic American Newspapers|title=About The Lewiston morning tribune, Lewiston, Idaho|url=http://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn82014515/|accessdate=2014-06-17}}</ref> | format = | owners = | founder = Eugene L. Alford<br>Albert H. Alford | publisher = Nathan Alford | president = A. L. Alford Jr., president, TPC Holdings | editor = Nathan Alford | chief_editor = | deputy_editor = | associate_editor = | managing_editor = Matt Baney | news_editor = | campus_editor = | campus_chief = | metro_editor = Jennifer Ladwig | metro_chief = | opinion_editor = Marty Trillhaase | photo_editor = August Frank | staff_writers = | founded = {{start date and age|1892}}<br>Daily (1898<!--February 15, 1904-->)<ref name=svffann>{{Cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XM9eAAAAIBAJ&sjid=CzMMAAAAIBAJ&pg=2029,4837186|title=Tribune Marks 75th Anniversary|date=September 29, 1967|page=22|work=Lewiston Morning Tribune<!--|access-date=November 9, 2019-->}}</ref> | political_position = | language = | ceased_publication = | relaunched = | headquarters = 505 Capital Street<br>Lewiston, Idaho, U.S.<!-- 83501--> <ref>{{cite web|publisher=USNPL|title=Lewiston Morning Tribune - Lewiston, ID Newspaper - Website, Address, Phone Number, Editor, Contact Information and Translate to Languages|url=http://www.usnpl.com/addr/aaddressresult.php?id=896|accessdate=2014-06-17}}</ref> | circulation = 24,515 Daily<br/>26,005 Sunday | circulation_date = 2014 | circulation_ref = <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nationwideadvertising.com/adinlewidlew.html|title=Advertise In The Lewiston Idaho "Lewiston Morning Tribune" Daily Newspaper|accessdate=2014-06-17|work=Nationwide Newspapers|location=Orlando, Florida}}</ref> | sister_newspapers = ''Moscow-Pullman Daily News''<ref name=LMT_about>{{cite web|work=Lewiston Morning Tribune|title=About Us - The Lewiston Tribune: Site|url=http://lmtribune.com/site/about.html|accessdate=2014-06-17}}</ref> | ISSN = 0892-2586 | oclc = 232117597 | RNI = | website = {{URL|lmtribune.com}} | publishing_country = United States | publishing_city = Lewiston, Idaho }}'''''The Lewiston Morning Tribune''''' is an independently owned newspaper in the northwestern United States, located in Lewiston, Idaho.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://lmtribune.com/site/contact.html|title=Contact Us|website=The Lewiston Tribune|language=en|access-date=2019-11-09}}</ref> Founded in 1892, it serves eight counties in north-central Idaho and southeastern Washington, the southern portion of the Inland Empire.<ref name=":32">{{Cite web|url=https://muckrack.com/media-outlet/lmtribune|title=Lewiston Tribune|website=The Lewiston Tribune|language=en|access-date=2019-11-09}}</ref> As of 2017, the ''Lewiston Tribune'' has a circulation of 25,000 papers in north-central Idaho and southeastern Washington.<ref name=":23">{{Cite web|url=https://journalism.uoregon.edu/albert-larson-butch-alford-jr|title=Albert Larson "Butch" Alford, Jr.|date=2017-12-17|website=School of Journalism and Communication|language=en-US|access-date=2019-10-03}}</ref>
It was the first newspaper in Idaho to publish an electronic edition, which was offered in September 1995.<ref name=":32"/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.amazon.com/Lewiston-Tribune/dp/B0035LCZP4|title=Lewiston Tribune [Kindle Edition]|website=Amazon.com|accessdate=2014-06-17}}</ref>
== Founding and ownership == Eugene L. Alford and Albert H. Alford founded the ''Lewiston Morning Tribune'' {{Time ago|1892}} in 1892.<ref name="DailyNews08">{{Cite news |date=October 1, 2008 |title=Daily News publisher takes reins at Lewiston Tribune |url=https://dnews.com/local/daily-news-publisher-takes-reins-at-lewiston-tribune/article_ed1eae78-52cc-5047-9a6c-b1284b8be644.html |access-date=2019-10-03 |website=Moscow-Pullman Daily News |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lmtribune.com/northwest/a-look-at-history/article_021515a7-3e98-564d-b542-15958e6f43df.html|title=A LOOK AT HISTORY...|website=The Lewiston Tribune|language=en|access-date=2019-10-03}}</ref> It started as a four-page weekly newspaper in 1892 and it went to twice-weekly in 1895. Later it became a morning daily newspaper in 1898.<ref name=svffann/> Eugene worked as the publisher and business manager while Albert assumed the position of editor.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lmtribune.com/feature/tribune-hierarchy-two-brothers-migrated-from-texas-a-century-ago/article_f7d2dca2-5290-59b8-85fd-01f9fd5754f8.html|title=TRIBUNE HIERARCHY TWO BROTHERS MIGRATED FROM TEXAS A CENTURY AGO, AND THE HELM OF THE TRIBUNE HASN'T LEFT THE FAMILY SINCE|website=The Lewiston Tribune|language=en|access-date=2019-10-03}}</ref>
After Albert H. Alford died in 1928, his nephew Albert L. Alford (<!-- January 7 -->1907–<!-- July 20 -->1968) returned to Lewiston from Washington and Lee University in Virginia to assume the position as a managing editor,<ref name=":12">{{Cite web|url=http://www.alfordassociation.org/OBITS/IDOBIT.htm|title=IDAHO OBITUARIES|website=www.alfordassociation.org|access-date=2019-10-03}}</ref> then became the publisher and editor after his father's death in 1946.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.lib.uidaho.edu/special-collections./Manuscripts/mg136.htm|title=Albert L. Alford. Papers, 1913-1972|website=www.lib.uidaho.edu|access-date=2019-10-03}}</ref> Known to his friends as "Bud" Alford,<ref>{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=unLrUK_F1wYC&q=bud+alford+tribune|title=Congressional Record: Proceedings and Debates of the ... Congress|last=Congress|first=United States|date=1968|publisher=U.S. Government Printing Office|language=en}}</ref> Albert continued to work for the Tribune for 43 years.<ref name=":12"/><ref name=alrts>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=DdlYAAAAIBAJ&sjid=APgDAAAAIBAJ&pg=7356%2C1629820 |work=Spokane Daily Chronicle |location=Washington |title=Alford rites set tomorrow |date=July 22, 1968 |page=6}}</ref> Following his death in 1968, his son, A.L. Alford Jr., became the third publisher of the ''Tribune''.<ref name=":23"/>
Following 89 years of local ownership, two-thirds of the stock was sold in 1981 to ''Kerns-Tribune''.<ref name="tst">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=jLJeAAAAIBAJ&sjid=4C8MAAAAIBAJ&pg=3116%2C616668|title=Tribune stock sold to TCI Newspapers, Inc.|date=September 2, 1981|work=Lewiston Morning Tribune|page=1C}}</ref><ref name="lpsol">{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=NUoaAAAAIBAJ&sjid=WycEAAAAIBAJ&pg=1649%2C426585|title=Lewiston paper sold|date=September 2, 1981|work=Spokane Daily Chronicle|page=11}}</ref> A.L. Alford Jr. repurchased the ''Tribune'' from TCI (who had purchased ''Kerns-Tribune'' in 1997) in a deal that was finalized March 31, 1998. The transition also introduced an employee ownership component to the business.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Emerson |first=Paul |date=1998-04-01 |title=Trib's back in the family; A.L. Alford Jr. completes purchase of 4 newspapers |url=https://www.lmtribune.com/northwest/tribs-back-in-the-family-a-l-alford-jr-completes-purchase-of-4-newspapers/article_055cd342-2903-58ed-b9fe-4f4e61c86eec.html |access-date=2024-08-08 |website=The Lewiston Tribune |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |title=Alford regains ownership of Lewiston Trib; Heir of paper's founders buys it from TCI subsidiary |url=https://lmtribune.com/northwest/alford-regains-ownership-of-lewiston-trib-heir-of-papers-founders-buys-it-from-tci-subsidiary/article_1c4480a6-7d26-58ce-9285-ce77582c2500.html |work=Lewiston Tribune |date=Jan 1, 1988}}</ref><ref name=dnsnyd>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=ncwqAAAAIBAJ&sjid=wNAFAAAAIBAJ&pg=5713%2C31032 |work=Moscow-Pullman Daily News |title=Daily News sold |date=January 1, 1998 |page=1A}}</ref><ref name=aregow>{{cite news |url=https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=XLReAAAAIBAJ&sjid=BDAMAAAAIBAJ&pg=6434%2C6702 |work=Lewiston Morning Tribune |last=Emerson |first=Paul |title=Alford regains ownership of Lewiston Trib |date=January 1, 1998 |page=1A}}</ref><ref name=cho98>{{cite news|url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=3KgpAAAAIBAJ&sjid=q_EDAAAAIBAJ&pg=6522%2C2976452 |newspaper=The Spokesman-Review |title=Moscow-Pullman paper losing publisher in ownership change |date=January 14, 1998|page=B3}}</ref> Nathan Alford became the editor and publisher on October 1, 2008. after the retirement of his father A L Butch Alford, making him the fourth publisher of the ''Tribune''.<ref name="DailyNews08" /><ref>{{Cite web |last=Tribune |first=ELAINE WILLIAMS The Lewiston |title=Alford replaces Alford at Lewiston Tribune |url=https://trib.com/news/state-and-regional/alford-replaces-alford-at-lewiston-tribune/article_a824e632-7693-5756-b0c3-1c654cbec39f.html |access-date=2019-10-03 |website=Casper Star-Tribune Online |language=en}}</ref>
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==External links== *{{official website|https://lmtribune.com}} *[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=BtfE7wd9KvMC ''Lewiston Morning Tribune'' – Google News archive] 1900–2004 **[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=V0QqM0Py3VsC ''Lewiston Tribune'' – Google News archive] 2004–2008 {{coord|46.4228|N|117.0269|W|display=title}}
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