The Beaverton Valley Times is a weekly newspaper covering the city of Beaverton, Oregon

Beaverton, Oregon

Beaverton is a city in Washington County, Oregon, United States, seven miles west of Portland in the Tualatin River Valley.As of the 2010 census, the population is 90,267. This makes it the second-largest city in the county and Oregon's sixth-largest city...

, United States

United States

The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...

. Owned by the Pamplin Media Group

Pamplin Media Group

The Pamplin Media Group is a media conglomerate owned by Robert B. Pamplin, Jr. and operating primarily in the Portland metropolitan area in the U.S. state of Oregon....

, the paper was established in 1921. Based in neighboring Portland

Portland, Oregon

Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

, the Valley Times is printed each Thursday and has a total circulation of 5,774.

History

Founded in 1921, the publication had grown to a circulation in excess of 8,000 by 1989. Publisher Hugh Edward McGilvra sold the newspaper in 1981 to the owners of Eugene’s Register Guard. The paper won a first place prize for its size category in 1992 for general excellence from the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association. In 1996, along with five other area newspapers, the Valley Times was sold to Steve and Randalyn Clark. In 1997, the paper took first place in its division at the annual Better Newspaper Contest of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers Association. In July 2000, the Valley Times was honored by the same organization for excellence. Community Newspapers Inc. sold the newspaper along with several others in the Portland metropolitan area

Portland metropolitan area

The Portland-Vancouver-Hillsboro, OR-WA Metropolitan Statistical Area , also known as the Portland metropolitan area or Greater Portland, is an urban area in the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington centered around the city of Portland, Oregon. The U.S...

 to Pamplin Media Group in August 2000. By 2003, the paper began printing announcements for same-sex couple's commitment ceremonies. As of 2005, it was the largest weekly newspaper in Oregon

Oregon

Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...

. As of 2008, the publisher is Steven J. Clark.