Moorefield Examiner
| Type | twice-weekly |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | R.E. Risher Co. Inc. |
| Publisher | Mr. and Mrs. David O. Heishman |
| Editor | Phoebe F. Heishman |
| Founded | 1874[1] |
| Headquarters | 132 S Main St, Moorefield, Hardy County, WV 26836 |
| Circulation | 3,818[2] |
| ISSN | 0740-2651 |
| OCLC number | 9921953 |
| Website | hardylive |
The Moorefield Examiner is an American weekly newspaper serving Hardy County, West Virginia.[3] It is owned by R.E. Risher Co. Inc. and has a circulation of 3,818.[4]
History
[edit]While claiming antecedents dating back to 1845,[5] the Examiner itself was founded in 1874 by Samuel D. Gordon.[1] It quickly became the leading democratic newspaper in the South Branch Valley, and was in those early years the only newspaper published in Hardy county.[6]
Sam McCoy's son-in-law, Ralph E. Fisher, took over the paper in 1935 after Sam's death,[7][8] with Sam's wife Eunice as co-publisher.[9] For five years it was run as a co-op while Fisher was on active duty in the Navy.[7] Fisher died of a heart attack, at age 62, in 1968.[8] Since that time the paper has been run by his daughter. Phoebe F. Heishman, her husband David, and their son James.[10] The paper's website claims the newspaper is Hardy County's only locally owned and operated newspaper.[10]
Related Pages
[edit]Resources
[edit]- ^ a b "Weekly Examiner". Chronicling America: Historic American Newspapers. Library of Congress.
- ^ 2016 West Virginia Press Association Newspaper Directory (PDF). West Virginia Press Association. 2016.
- ^ "Newspapers Currently Received in the West Virginia Archives and History Library" (PDF). West Virginia Division of Culture and History. State of West Virginia. December 2016.
- ^ 2016 West Virginia Press Association Newspaper Directory (PDF). West Virginia Press Association. 2016.
- ^ United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Post Office and Civil Service. Library of Congress. 1962.
- ^ Pettengill's Newspaper Directory and Advertisers' Handbook. S.M. Pettengill & Company. 1878.
- ^ a b "Moorefield Paper Owners To Resume Publication".
- ^ a b "Publisher's Service Set Tomorrow". Cumberland Evening Times. 30 September 1968.
- ^ West Virginia History, Volumes 51-52. State Department of Archives and History. 1992. p. 81.
- ^ a b "About". Moorefield Examiner.
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