The Observer (La Grande)
newspaper in La Grande, Oregon
The Observer, established in 1896, is a newspaper that serves Union and Wallowa counties in the U.S. state of Oregon. Its headquarters are in La Grande, the seat of Union County. The Observer circulates Monday, Wednesday and Friday afternoons. EO Media Group based in Salem, Oregon, publishes the newspaper.
History
The Observer was founded in 1896 by brothers Frederick Barlow Currey and George H. Currey. Bruce Dennis bought it from them in 1910, and he sold the paper in 1925 to Frank B. Appleby. Peter R. Finlay purchased the paper from him in 1930, and died two years later of a sudden heart attack.
The La Grande Evening Observer was purchased by Frank Schiro and Fred Weybret on October 1, 1941. The Grande Ronde Valley Publishing Company was soon established. At the time of the sale, the paper had less than 1,700 subscribers, which grew to more than 3,600 by 1949.
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