Forks Forum
The Forks Forum is a weekly newspaper published on Thursdays serving the city of Forks in the U.S. state of Washington.[1][2]
| Type | Weekly |
|---|---|
| Format | Broadsheet |
| Owner(s) | Sound Publishing |
| Publisher | Terry Ward |
| Editor | Christi Olson Baron |
| Founded | 1931 |
| Circulation | 5,500 |
History
This newspaper was established in 1931 to serve Forks and the surrounding rural communities of the western Olympic Peninsula.[3] Newspaper publishing on the coast side of the Olympic Peninsula had been underway since 1890.[2]
In 1990, the Forum-Peninsula Herald was sold by Lorraine Maris to Maloney Publishing Co. Maloney also owned the Jimmy Come Lately Gazette in Sequim and the monthly Peninsula Business Journal.[4]
Throughout its history the Forum has been notable as the “Farthest west newspaper in the contiguous United States.”
Sound Publishing, a division of Canada based Black Press Group, purchased The Forks Forum in October 2011 from previous owners Olympic View Publishing Company.[5]
In early 2020, The Forks Forum went entirely digital due to COVID-19 setbacks and returned in May 2020 with a broadsheet format rather than their former tabloid-sized format.[6]
References
- "Forks Forum newspaper in Forks Washington - MondoTimes.com". www.mondotimes.com. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
- Bagwell, Steve; Stapilus, Randy (2013). New Editions: The Northwest's newspapers as they were, are, and will be. Carlton, Oregon: Ridenbaugh Press. p. 215. ISBN 978-0-945648-10-9. OCLC 861618089.
- "Forks Forum". Sound Publishing, Inc. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
- "Ownership Changes". Editor & Publisher. Duncan McIntosh. February 20, 1990. Retrieved 2021-02-19.
- "Sound Publishing purchases newspapers in Port Angeles, Sequim and Forks". Kent Reporter. 2011-11-01. Retrieved 2020-12-02.
- Leach, Leah (2020-05-07). "Forks Forum to return". Peninsula Daily News. Retrieved 2020-12-02.