''The Union Democrat'' is a newspaper that serves the
Sonora
Sonora (), officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Sonora (), is one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the Administrative divisions of Mexico, Federal Entities of Mexico. The state is divided into Municipalities of Sonora, 72 ...
and
Sierra Nevada
The Sierra Nevada ( ) is a mountain range in the Western United States, between the Central Valley of California and the Great Basin. The vast majority of the range lies in the state of California, although the Carson Range spur lies primari ...
foothills area of
Tuolumne and
Calaveras counties in
California
California () is a U.S. state, state in the Western United States that lies on the West Coast of the United States, Pacific Coast. It borders Oregon to the north, Nevada and Arizona to the east, and shares Mexico–United States border, an ...
since 1854.
History
The paper was acquired by Oregon-based
Western Communications in 1998. Before then, it was owned and published by Harvey and Helen McGee.
In 2019, Western Communications declared bankruptcy, placing all of its properties, including ''The Union Democrat'', up for sale. ''The Union Democrat'' was sold to
RISN Operations.
References
External links
Official The Union Democrat website
Newspapers published in California
Mass media in Tuolumne County, California
Sonora, California
Newspapers established in 1854
1854 establishments in California
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