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Westmoreland News
Type Weekly newspaper
Owner(s)Lakeway Publishers of VA
PublisherCathy Gerring
EditorMichelee Smith
Founded1949
Headquarters132 Court Circle, Warsaw, VA 22572
Circulation2,797 (as of 2021) [1]
Website https://www.newsontheneck.com/

The Westmoreland News is a weekly newspaper serving Westmoreland County, Virginia.

History

Founded in 1949 with the motto, "Serving the largest population in the Northern Neck", it was originally published by Tidewater Weeklies of Bowling Green. [2] Its office is at 15885B King's Highway in Montross, Virginia.

The newspaper was acquired from Northern Neck Newspaper Group in August 2007 by Lakeway Publishers of Norristown, Tennessee, which owns 24 newspapers in Tennessee, Missouri and Virginia as of 2008. [3] [4]

In April 2018 it made headlines after printing a flier from the local KKK chapter on its front page. [5]

References

  1. ^ "2021Virginia Press Virginia Press Directory" (PDF). vpa.net. Retrieved 2023-04-24.
  2. ^ Westmoreland News (masthead), September 15, 1977
  3. ^ "CV Corp. set to sell 3 newspapers". Richmond Times-Dispatch. December 25, 2007. Retrieved December 9, 2008.
  4. ^ Elder, Andrew (January 3, 2008). "Lakeway Publishers buys three newspapers in Va". Knoxville News Sentinel. Retrieved December 8, 2008.
  5. ^ "Community shocked after local paper publishes KKK recruitment flyer". 26 April 2018.

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