''The News Virginian'' is a newspaper owned by

Lee Enterprises Lee Enterprises, Inc. is a publicly traded American media company. It publishes 77 daily newspapers in 26 states, and more than 350 weekly, classified, and specialty publications. Lee Enterprises was founded in 1890 by Alfred Wilson Lee and is b ...

. The paper serves residents in the cities of Waynesboro and Staunton,

Virginia Virginia, officially the Commonwealth of Virginia, is a state in the Mid-Atlantic and Southeastern regions of the United States, between the Atlantic Coast and the Appalachian Mountains. The geography and climate of the Commonwealth are ...

, as well as Augusta and Nelson counties.

History

''The News Virginian'' traces its publishing history to the ''Valley Virginian'', which issued its first edition in 1901. The ''Valley Virginian'' consolidated with the ''Waynesboro News'' in November 1929, becoming the ''Waynesboro News-Virginian'' by owner / publisher Louis Spilman. In 1960, the paper took on its current moniker of ''The News Virginian''.

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* * 1901 establishments in Virginia Lee Enterprises publications Daily newspapers published in Virginia Newspapers established in 1901 Waynesboro, Virginia {{Virginia-newspaper-stub