Treasure Coast Newspapers
newspaper
TCPalm is the digital news site for Treasure Coast Newspapers, the largest daily news operation on the Treasure Coast of southeastern Florida. The region encompasses three coastal counties: Martin County, St. Lucie County and Indian River County. Treasure Coast Newspapers publishes three daily print newspapers: The Stuart News, St. Lucie News Tribune and the Indian River Press Journal, as well as the weekly Luminaries. The site was launched by Scripps Howard newspapers in 1996, and has been owned by USA Today Co. since 2016.
History
Treasure Coast Newspapers was originally a group formed under the E.W. Scripps company, which acquired the Stuart-based Martin County paper in 1965; the Jupiter-based weekly publication in 1978; the Vero Beach-based Indian River newspaper in 1997; and the Fort Pierce-based St. Lucie newspaper in 2000. The Jupiter Courier, Sebastian Sun, Vero Beach Newsweekly and YourNews were other weekly newspapers formerly published by owners Scripps, Journal Media Group and finally Gannett.
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