''The Cowley Courier Traveler'' is a local

newspaper A newspaper is a Periodical literature, periodical publication containing written News, information about current events and is often typed in black ink with a white or gray background. Newspapers can cover a wide variety of fields such as poli ...

published in

Arkansas City, Kansas Arkansas City () is a city in Cowley County, Kansas, United States, situated at the confluence of the Arkansas and Walnut rivers in the southwestern part of the county. As of the 2020 census, the population of the city was 11,974. Pronunc ...

, United States. It covers communities across Cowley County and is publishes a print edition mailed to readers on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays. The paper was formed in 2016 through the merger of ''The Winfield Daily Courier'' and ''The Arkansas City Traveler.'' ''The Cowley Courier Traveler'' is a member of the Kansas Press Association.

History

''The Arkansas City Traveler'' was founded in 1870 by M. G. Mains. It was named after a song of the same name and early issues had a fiddle below the masthead. The newspaper was sold to

Stauffer Communications Stauffer Communications was a privately held media corporation based in Topeka, Kansas, that owned many publications and broadcast outlets, including the ''Topeka Capital-Journal'' and WIBW (AM), WIBW, WIBW-FM, and WIBW-TV. The company operated fro ...

in 1924, which was acquired by

Morris Communications Morris Communications, headquartered in Augusta, Georgia, is a privately held media company with diversified holdings that include magazine publishing, outdoor advertising, book publishing and distribution, visitor publications, and online serv ...

in 1995. Morris sold the paper to Winfield Publishing Company in 2001. ''The Winfield Courier'' was first published in Jan. 1, 1874 by Col. E.C. Manning. It was renamed to ''The Winfield Daily Courier'' in 1884. The paper's owner bought ''The Arkansas City Traveler'' in 2001and merged the two together in 2016 to form ''The Cowley Courier Traveler''.

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''The Cowley Courier Traveler''
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''The Arkansas City Traveler''
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''The Winfield Daily Courier''
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