The ''Stornoway Gazette'' is a local

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reporting on local issues in the

Western Isles The Outer Hebrides () or Western Isles ( gd, Na h-Eileanan Siar or or ("islands of the strangers"); sco, Waster Isles), sometimes known as the Long Isle/Long Island ( gd, An t-Eilean Fada, links=no), is an island chain off the west coast ...

Scotland Scotland (, ) is a Countries of the United Kingdom, country that is part of the United Kingdom. Covering the northern third of the island of Great Britain, mainland Scotland has a Anglo-Scottish border, border with England to the southeast ...

, specifically Stornoway and the Outer Hebrides. In 2004, nine months of head-to-head competition with a rival title ended with ''The Hebridean'' ceasing publication. Following this, the ''Gazette'' acquired the title and the publication rights to ''The Hebridean''. Johnston Press, the

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-based newspaper group, became the owner of the paper in 2004 when they bought Score Press, which had been a division of

Scottish Radio Holdings Scottish Radio Holdings (SRH) was a Scottish media company which owned 22 radio stations, and around 30 local newspapers in the United Kingdom and Ireland. History SRH had its origins in the 1970s when Glasgow was awarded the third licence for ...

. In 2013, when the ''Gazette'' was 96 years old, it was decided that it would relaunch as a

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. It was awarded 2013 Newspaper of the Year at the annual Highlands and Islands Media Awards.

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of the ''Stornoway Gazette'' Newspapers published in Scotland Mass media in the Outer Hebrides Newspapers published by Johnston Press {{Scotland-newspaper-stub