The ''Tri-City Herald'' is a twice-weekly

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based in

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, United States. Owned by

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, the newspaper serves southeastern

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, including the three cities of Kennewick, Pasco and Richland (which are collectively known as the Tri-Cities). The ''Herald'' also serves the smaller cities of Benton City, Connell, Prosser and West Richland. It is the only major

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newspaper in Washington east of

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and south of

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, and includes local and national news, opinion columns, sports information, movie listings and

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s among other features. The ''Pasco Herald'' was founded in 1918 and renamed to the ''Tri-City Herald'' in 1947 after it moved to Kennewick and became a

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. The print edition was published daily until 2023, when it was reduced to a twice-weekly schedule.

History

The paper was founded in 1918 as the weekly ''Pasco Herald.'' In 1947, Glenn C. Lee and Robert Philip bought the paper, moved it to Kennewick and transformed it into the area's first daily paper, coining the name 'Tri-Cities' as part of the paper's name. Lee and Philip sold the paper to McClatchy in 1979. After over 30 years as an afternoon paper, it became a morning paper in 1984. It added a Saturday edition in 1987. In 1950, striking workers of the Herald launched a morning competitor, '' Columbia Basin News'', in Pasco. From 1950 until the summer of 1963, the Tri-Cities was one of the smallest U.S. markets with two competing daily newspapers. ''Columbia Basin News'' printed its last issue in 1963. The newspaper's daily print edition was delivered by a local carrier until December 12, 2022, when it was switched to the

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; the expanded Sunday edition was moved to a Saturday delivery. The ''Herald'' announced that it would decrease print editions to twice weekly on Wednesdays and Sundays (delivered on Sundays). The move is part of a plan to transition the newspaper to more digital content.

References

External links

''Tri-City Herald'' official Web site''Tri-City Herald'' official mobile Web siteSportsTriCities.com, the ''Tri-City Herald's'' sports-only Web site
* ttp://chroniclingamerica.loc.gov/lccn/sn86071980/ ''Pasco Herald'' archiveat

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