Editing Columbia County, Oregon (section)

==Media and news==
Columbia County had newspapers as early as 1891, with the launch of the Clatskanie ''Chief''. The Rainier ''Review'' was launched in 1895.<ref name="turnbull">{{Cite book |last=Turnbull |first=George S. |title=[[wikisource:en:History of Oregon Newspapers|History of Oregon Newspapers]] |publisher=[[Binfords & Mort]] |year=1939 |chapter=[[wikisource:en:History of Oregon Newspapers/Columbia County|Columbia County]]}}</ref> The ''St. Helens Chronicle'', which grew out of a series of mergers of the ''Chronicle'', the ''Sentinel'', and the ''Mist'' founded in 1881.<ref>[https://library.uoregon.edu/govdocs/micro/news ''The St. Helens Chronicle''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180823105631/https://library.uoregon.edu/govdocs/micro/news |date=August 23, 2018 }}, library.uoregon.edu. Accessed September 29, 2022.</ref> The ''Chief'' and ''Chronicle'' merged in December 2023 to form ''[[The Columbia County Chronicle & Chief]]'', which served as a [[newspaper of record]] for the county.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Perea II |first=Frank |date=2023-12-27 |title=Announcement: The Chronicle and The Chief to become one weekly newspaper |url=https://www.thechronicleonline.com/news/announcement-the-chronicle-and-the-chief-to-become-one-weekly-newspaper/article_427729ae-a4de-11ee-9d0a-03de9745930e.html |access-date=2023-12-29 |website=St. Helens Chronicle |language=en}}</ref> The paper published its final edition on September 25, 2024.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last= |first= |date=2024-09-11 |title=Announcement: The Columbia County Chronicle & Chief to close |url=https://www.thechronicleonline.com/news/announcement-the-columbia-county-chronicle-chief-to-close/article_fdf0fba6-7053-11ef-893b-e71c6f525f2a.html |access-date=2024-09-21 |website=The Columbia County Chronicle & Chief |language=en}}</ref><ref name="oreg-2024oct">{{cite news |last1=Sparling |first1=Zane |title=Two more Oregon newspapers go dark. This time in Columbia County |url=https://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/2024/10/two-more-oregon-newspapers-go-dark-this-time-in-columbia-county.html |access-date=2024-10-17 |work=[[The Oregonian]] |date=October 15, 2024}}</ref> The ''[[South County Spotlight]]'', launched in 1961, serves the region along,<ref>{{Cite web |title=Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association |url=http://www.orenews.com/scappoose |access-date=September 29, 2022}}</ref> with a circulation of 3,600.<ref>[https://www.mondotimes.com/1/world/us/37/2073/5164 ''South County Spotlight'' circulation], mondotimes.com. Accessed September 29, 2022.</ref> Columbia County has one AM radio station, KOHI AM 1600, which has broadcast continually since 1959. The station is locally owned, with an FCC-estimated weekly listenership of 10,000.{{citation needed|date=October 2022}}