List of newspapers in Arkansas

This is a list of newspapers in Arkansas, USA.

Daily newspapers and Online Publications (currently published)
Title Locale Year est. Frequency Owner Notes
El Dorado News-Times El Dorado Daily WEHCO Media
The Saline Courier Benton 1876 Daily Horizon Publications Notes
Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Little Rock[1] Daily WEHCO Media
The Baxter Bulletin Mountain Home 1901[2] Daily Gannett Company[3]
The Camden News Camden Daily WEHCO Media
The Daily Citizen Searcy Daily Paxton Media Group
Log Cabin Democrat Conway Daily GateHouse Media[4]
Northwest Arkansas Democrat-Gazette Fayetteville Daily WEHCO Media/ Stephens Media
Pine Bluff Commercial Pine Bluff Daily GateHouse Media[4]
Southwest Times Record Fort Smith Daily GateHouse Media[4]
Stuttgart Daily Leader Stuttgart Daily GateHouse Media[4]
Texarkana Gazette Texarkana Daily WEHCO Media
The Harrison Daily Times Harrison 1876 Daily

Weekly newspapers (currently published)
Title Locale Year est. Frequency Publisher/parent company Notes
Cross County Times Wynne 1988
The Helena World Helena-West Helena 1871 Weekly Helena World Chronicle, LLC www.helenaworld.org
Little River Post Ashdown 2020 Weekly Journal Agency, LLC https://www.littleriverpost.com
The Johnson County Graphic Clarksville 1877 Weekly
Dardanelle Post Dispatch Dardanelle Weekly
Arkansas Times Little Rock Weekly
Hot Springs Village Voice Hot Springs Village 1990 Weekly Gannett Media Corp.
DeWitt Era Enterprise DeWitt 1929 Weekly DeWitt Publishing Company Inc
Times of Northeast Benton County Pea Ridge Weekly WEHCO Media/ Stephens Media
The Ashley News Observer Crossett Weekly
The Ashley County Ledger Hamburg Weekly
The Chicot County Spectator/Eudora Enterprise Lake Village Weekly
Washington County Enterprise-Leader Farmington Weekly Northwest Arkansas Newspapers LLC
Wynne Progress Wynne 1904 Weekly

University newspapers

Defunct
Title Locale Year est. Ceased Notes
Arkansas Advocate Little Rock 1830 1837 [5]
Arkansas Banner Little Rock 1843 1845 Owned by the Democratic Party of Arkansas in 1945[5]
Arkansas County Gazette DeWitt 1884 1886 [6]
Arkansas Democrat DeWitt 1879 1882 [7]
Arkansas Farmer Little Rock 1844 1845 [5]
Arkansas Gazette Arkansas Post, Little Rock 1819[8] 1991
Arkansas Intelligencer Van Buren 1842 1845 [9]
Arkansas Journal Helena 1843 1845 [10]
Arkansas Post DeWitt 1882 1882 [7]
Arkansas Reporter DeWitt 1885 1885? [6]
Arkansas State Democrat Helena 1839 1841 Successor to the Helena Spy[10]
Arkansas Star Little Rock 1839 1841 [11]
Arkansas Temperance Journal Little Rock 1844 1845 [11]
Arkansas Times and Advocate Little Rock 1837 1844? Combination of the Arkansas Weekly Times and Arkansas Advocate[11]
Arkansas Weekly Times Little Rock 1835 1837 Known as the Little Rock Times, 1835-1836[12]
Ashley County Eagle Hamburg 1889 1920 Successor to the El Dorado Eagle, merged with the Ashley County Leader[13]
Ashley County Leader Hamburg 1920 1969 Successor to the Hamburg Budget,[13] merged with The Crossett News Observer
Batesville News Batesville 1838 1843 Suspended in 1843, later revived as the North Arkansas[14]
Brinkley Argus[15] Brinkley[15] 2007[15] Merged into Central Delta Argus-Sun[15]
Cabot Star-Herald Cabot
Carlisle Independent Carlisle
Central Delta Argus-Sun[15] Brinkley 2007 2016 Combination of Brinkley Argus and Monroe County Sun
Commercial Advertiser Napoleon 1843 1844 [12]
Constitution Journal Helena 1836 1838 Successor to the Helena Herald[10]
Cross County Democrat Wynne 1895 c. 1910 Merged into The Blade-Democrat[16]
Cross County Democrat Wynne 1912 1924 Successor to The Blade-Democrat[17]
Cross County News Wynne 1899 c. 1899 [17]
Cross County Times Parkin 1933 1987 Successor to the Parkin Times before becoming the Cross County Times[18]
Democrat DeWitt 1871 1871 [7]
DeWitt Chronicle DeWitt 1861 1862 [19]
DeWitt Democrat DeWitt 1898 1898 [6]
DeWitt Enterprise DeWitt 1871 1874 [7]
DeWitt Enterprise DeWitt 1916[6] 1929 Merged into the DeWitt Era Enterprise
DeWitt Free Lance DeWitt 1888 1888 [6]
DeWitt New Era DeWitt 1884[6] 1929 Merged into the DeWitt Era Enterprise
DeWitt Republican DeWitt 1880s 1880s [6]
Fayetteville Witness Fayetteville 1840 1842 [20]
Goldman Times Goldman 1884 1885 [21]
Hamburg Budget Hamburg 1912 1920 Renamed Ashley County Leader[22]
Hamburg Monitor Hamburg 1874 c. 1876 Founded as Hamburg Enterprise, renamed November 1874[23]
Hamburg News Hamburg 1884 1889 Successor to The Ashley County Times, merged into the Ashley County Eagle[23]
Hamburg Reporter Hamburg 1859 c. 1865 [23]
Helena Herald Helena 1833 1835 [10]
Helena Spy Helena 1838 1838 Successor to the Constitution Journal[5]
Independent Democrat Little Rock 1843 1843 [12]
Indicator DeWitt 1875 1875? [7]
Life Line Wynne c. 1900 c. 1900 Black newspaper[17]
Marvell Messenger Marvell 1965 1980
Monroe County Sun[15] Clarendon 2007[15] Merged into Central Delta Argus-Sun
The Morning News[24] 2009[24] Merged with the Arkansas Democrat-Gazette's northwest operation[24]
Mountain View Herald Mountain View 1932 1953 Merged with the Stone County Leader
Napoleon Journal Napoleon 1839 1840 Known as the Napoleon Messenger for two months in 1840 before cessation[9]
North Arkansas Batesville 1843 1845 [20]
North Arkansas Herald Harrison c. 1915 [25]
Ouachita Herald Camden 1845 1845 [20]
Parkin Free Press Parkin 1933 1934 Renamed Parkin Times for one month[18]
Parkin Sentinel Parkin 1911 c. 1911
Phillips County Progress Helena 1984 2004
Political Intelligencer Little Rock 1834 1835 [12]
Quid Nunc Mountain Home 1877 1880 [2]
Sentinel DeWitt 1858 1859 Moved to Lake Village[19]
Sentinel DeWitt 1869 1871 [19]
Sentry, De Witt DeWitt 1884 1884 [7]
Southern Shield Helena 1840 1845 [10]
Spirit of the Age Little Rock 1845 1845 [12]
Stuttgart Chronicle Stuttgart 1880s 1906 Renamed The Arkansawyer[26]
Stuttgart Free Press Stuttgart 1889 c. 1921 [27]
Stuttgart Germania Stuttgart 1895 Published in German[28]
Stuttgart Republican Stuttgart 1915 1915 [26] Restored 1920 and merged into The Arkansawyer[29]
Stuttgart Star Stuttgart 1890 1892 Known as the Republican Star in 1892 before cessation[30]
The Arkansas Gleanor DeWitt 1882 1883 [7]
The Arkansas News Mountain Home 1897 [2]
The Arkansas Traveler Wittsburg c. 1853 c. 1854 [16]
The Arkansawyer Stuttgart 1906 1915 Successor to Stuttgart Chronicle[26]
The Arkansawyer Stuttgart 1920 Combination of The Stuttgart Booster and Stuttgart Republican[29]
The Ashley County Times Hamburg 1865 1873 [23]
The Ashley County Times Hamburg 1876 1884 Renamed Hamburg News[23]
The Baxter County Citizen Mountain Home 1880 1938 [2]
The Blade-Democrat Wynne 1910 1912 Combination of Cross County Democrat and The Blade Exchange[17]
The Blade Exchange Wynne 1900 c. 1910 Merged into The Blade-Democrat[17]
The Chronicle Wittsburg 1875 1877 [16]
The Clarion Hamburg 1901 c. 1901 [23]
The Courier Hamburg 1901 c. 1902 [23]
The Crossett Home-News Crossett 1949 1950 Merged into The Crossett News Observer
The Crossett News-Observer Crossett 1950 1980 Renamed The Ashley News Observer
The Crossett Observer Crossett 1906 c. 1940 Owned by the Crossett Lumber Co.[31]
The Elector DeWitt 1866 1866 [19]
The Epworth News Wynne 1896 c. 1896 [17]
The Harrison Daily Eclipse Harrison 1901 1901 [25]
The Gillett Reporter Gillett 1914[21] 1926
The Grand Prairie News Stuttgart 1916 [26]
The North Arkansas Herald Mountain Home 1890 Monthly[2]
The Parkdale News Parkdale 1900 c. 1900 [31]
The Pilot Wynne 1897 1899 Black newspaper[16]
The Prairie Farmer Goldman 1884 1884 [21]
The Record Gillett 1927 1936
The Review Stuttgart 1912 1912 [26]
The Stuttgart Booster Stuttgart 1915 1920 Merged into The Arkansawyer[29]
The Wheel Reporter Stuttgart 1886 1886 [30]
The Wilmot Weekly Wilmot 1912 c. 1914 Resumed in 1920[31]
The Wynne Ripsaw Wynne 1888 1891 Briefly renamed Wynne Gazette before ending[17]
Twin City Tribune 1984
Standard and Commercial Adviser Napoleon 1841 1841 [9]
Telegraph Washington 1840 1845 Known as the Arkansas Telegraph at founding[9]
Western Frontier Whig Van Buren 1844 1845 [9]
Wittsburg Gazette Wittsburg 1871 1874 [16]
Wittsburg Phoenix Wittsburg 1875 1876 [16]
Wittsburg Standard Wittsburg 1875 1877 [16]
Wynne Star Wynne c. 1924 1949 Successor to the Cross County Democrat, also known as the Wynne Daily Star-Progress and the Wynne Evening Star[18]

See also
U.S. newspapers

References
  1. "U.S. Daily Newspapers, 2012". World Almanac and Book of Facts 2014. The World Almanac and Book of Facts Tr. USA: World Almanac Books. ISSN 0084-1382. via Google Books
  2. "History" (1922), p. 59.
  3. Gannett Co., Inc., Our Brands: Arkansas, McLean, Virginia, retrieved March 27, 2017
  4. GateHouse Media, LLC, Our Markets: Arkansas, Pittsford, New York, retrieved March 27, 2017
  5. Morgan (1981), p. 85.
  6. "History" (1922), p. 50.
  7. "History" (1922), p. 49.
  8. "Southern Press". The South in the Building of the Nation. 7. Richmond, VA: Southern Historical Publication Society. 1909. pp. 402–436. hdl:2027/yale.39002004114386. Date of establishment of leading Southern newspapers
  9. Morgan (1981), p. 88.
  10. Morgan (1981), p. 84.
  11. Morgan (1981), p. 86.
  12. Morgan (1981), p. 87.
  13. "History" (1922), p. 57.
  14. Morgan, James Logan (1981). Arkansas newspaper index 1819-1845. Newport, Arkansas: Morgan Books. p. 83. OCLC 8191114.
  15. Steed, Stephen (January 2, 2017). "Teen buys Arkansas weekly, starts newspaper anew". Arkansas Democrat-Gazette. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
  16. "History" (1922), p. 129.
  17. "History" (1922), p. 130.
  18. "Chronicle" (1974), p. 34.
  19. "History" (1922), p. 48.
  20. Morgan (1981), p. 83.
  21. "History" (1922), p. 51.
  22. "History" (1922), pp. 56-57.
  23. "History" (1922), p. 56.
  24. Staff and Wire Reports (October 28, 2009). "Northwest Arkansas newspapers combine". Tulsa World. p. E1. Retrieved December 9, 2018.
  25. Staff of The Harrison Times (August 23, 1929). "Harrison's First Daily Newspaper Had Short Career". The Harrison Times. 53 (8). Harrison: The Times Publishing Company. p. 1 – via NewspaperARCHIVE.
  26. Morgan (1981), p. 53.
  27. Morgan (1981), p. 51.
  28. Hempstead, Fay (1911). Historical review of Arkansas : its commerce, industry and modern affairs. 2. Chicago: The Lewis publishing company. p. 924. OCLC 4599718.
  29. Morgan (1981), p. 54.
  30. Morgan (1981), p. 52.
  31. "History" (1922), p. 58.

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