Westmoreland News
The Westmoreland News is a weekly newspaper serving Westmoreland County, Virginia. Founded in 1949 with the motto, "Serving the largest population in the Northern Neck", it was originally published by Tidewater Weeklies of Bowling Green.[2] Its office is at 15885B King's Highway in Montross, Virginia.
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| Owner(s) | Lakeway Publishers of VA |
|---|---|
| Publisher | Cathy Gerring |
| Editor | Michelee Smith |
| Founded | 1949 |
| Headquarters | 132 Court Circle, Warsaw, VA 22572 |
| Circulation | 2,797 (as of 2021)[1] |
| Website | https://www.newsontheneck.com/ |
The newspaper was acquired from Northern Neck Newspaper Group in August 2007 by Lakeway Publishers of Norristown, Tennessee, which owns 24 newspapers in Tennessee, Missouri and Virginia as of 2008.[3][4]
In April 2018 it made headlines after printing a flier from the local KKK chapter on its front page.[5]
References
- "2021Virginia Press Virginia Press Directory" (PDF). vpa.net. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
- Westmoreland News (masthead), September 15, 1977
- "CV Corp. set to sell 3 newspapers". Richmond Times-Dispatch. December 25, 2007. Retrieved December 9, 2008.
- Elder, Andrew (January 3, 2008). "Lakeway Publishers buys three newspapers in Va". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
- "Community shocked after local paper publishes KKK recruitment flyer". 26 April 2018.
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