The ''Sentinel'' is an American, English language daily

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headquartered in Fairmont,

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. It was founded in 1874 and is currently owned by

Ogden Newspapers Ogden Newspapers Inc. is a Wheeling, West Virginia based publisher of daily and weekly newspapers, magazines, telephone directories, and shoppers guides. It has operations in California, Florida, Hawaii, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland, Michigan, ...

History

The ''Sentinel'' is descended from the following newspapers: * ''The Daily Sentinel'' (1958-1966), publisher: Walter Mickelson, Jr. * ''Fairmont Daily Sentinel'' (1901-1958), publisher: Day & Aldrich * ''Martin County Independent'' (1896-1929), publisher: Martin County Independent Co * ''The Fairmont News'' (1885-1905), publisher: H.M. Blaisdell * ''The Martin County Democrat'' (1892-1896), publisher: St. John & Bilderbac

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